He Knows If You Are Sleeping...

I'm taking part in this week's Color Throwdown challenge. Here are the colours:

Now, you might not think these are Christmas in July colours (or in December, for that matter lol), but sshhhhhhhh! someone is peeking around the door frame to see if you're sleeping or awake...

This was very simple to make. Once the stencilling was done, I simply cut out the image and attached it to some grey card which had been edged with ink. The last step was stamping the sentiment over the top. 

Materials used:

• stamps - Bold Tidings mini (Tim Holtz)
• layering stencils - Peeking Santa (The Ton)
• distress inks - squeezed lemonade, mustard seed, kitsch flamingo, picked raspberry
• other inks - blush blossom, smoky slate (SU)
• other - blending brushes, MISTI

Thanks for dropping by.

Cheers

Kerry

JAI #681 - Just Add Inspiration

We've a bright and cheerful image to spark your creativity this week at Just Add Ink.

I've been seeing quite a bit of pink and turquoise around on Christmas cards already this year, so I added the lime green and used those as inspiration for my own card.

I coloured my background piece first then added water splatters. While that dried I cut my greenery and coloured them using oxide inks, adding glossy accents and clear rock candy glitter to the berries. The sentiment was stamped using two inks and blended, then I used heat and stick powder to add glitter to that as well. You know how much I love white splatters, so they were the final touch - not meant to represent snow, just because they give that extra something, a bit of a zhuzh, lol. 

Materials used:

• stamps - Bold Tidings Mini (Tim Holtz)
• card - woodgrain (Tim Holtz), basic white, lemon lime twist
• distress oxide inks - spun sugar, kitsch flamingo, picked raspberry, twisted citron, mowed lawn, salvaged patina, peacock feathers, evergreen bough, uncharted mariner
• other - Big Shot, MISTI, craft foam, Dimensionals, blending brushes, Versmark ink, heat and stick powder, distress clear rock candy glitter, heat tool, paint brushes, white gesso, stitched frame die, Glossy Accents, Festive Gatherings thinlits (Tim Holtz)

What aspect of the image inspires you? We'd love to see your creation in our gallery and as always there's more inspiration for you over on the Just Add Ink blog.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Kerry

The Card Concept - Christmas Greetings

Welcome to another challenge with The Card Concept. This week our inspiration pic is all about Christmas.

Aren't those luscious wreaths gorgeous? I took them as inspiration for my mixed media card.

I began with making my two background pieces, spraying heavy watercolour card with tumbled glass spray stain and winter frost mica stain, adding water and drying until I was happy with the result. Then I inked the edges lightly with walnut stain distress oxide ink. The mica stain gives the most glorious sheen! The smaller piece had vintage gold icing paste applied to it through the falling stars stencil and both pieces were stitched around the edges and matted on brushed gold. I cut two wreaths and layered them together for extra dimension, attaching the stamped vellum piece behind and mounting with foam. White Nuvo drops made the berries and were layered over both pine and holly leaves made from more watercolour sprayed with the green inks listed. The metallic adornment star was coloured with more of the vintage gold paste.

Materials used:

• stamps - Bold Tidings Mini (Tim Holtz)
• card - basic white, brushed gold, watercolour, vellum
• distress spray stains - forest moss, mowed lawn, rustic wilderness, peeled paint, vintage photo, walnut stain, frayed burlap, tumbled glass
• distress oxide sprays - rustic wilderness, mowed lawn, bundled sage, peeled paint, vintage photo, frayed burlap
• dies (all Tim Holtz) - funky wreaths, mini holiday greens
• other Tim Holtz products - winter frost mica stain, falling stars stencil, Idea-ology adornments stars, walnut stain and rustic wilderness distress oxide inks
• other - white embossing powder, heat tool, sewing machine, Dimensionals, craft foam, vintage gold icing paste and wax (Art Extravagance), Nuvo drops simply white

There's more samples to inspire you over on the Card Concept blog and of course we'd love to see your creations in our gallery.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Kerry