Winter Wonderland

Experiencing a white Christmas was on my bucket list for quite some time and it almost happened the year my daughter was living in Scotland ... until a little ol' global pandemic came along and then nobody was going anywhere - hardly leaving the house, let alone to the other side of the world. Ah well, such is life. Now I enjoy winter in December through card making instead, lol. 

Today's card is for three challenges which happen to dovetail together very nicely.

 

 

My Tic Tac Toe choice was the top row of ink blending, snow and tree.

I began with masking my paper for the snowy ground and blended the sunset sky (red sky at night, shepherd's delight 😉). Stamping came next, then small touches of puff embossing powder on the tree branches and at the feet of the deer before gesso splatters for falling snow. I die cut some snowflakes to tuck behind, cut my scene into three parts to mount, stamped a sentiment and called it done!

Materials used:

• stamps - Postage Collage Winter View (Waffle Flower), Tiny Text Christmas (Tim Holtz)
• inks - blushing bride, lumberjack plaid, cherry cobbler, Versafine Clair nocturne
• other - snowflake dies, Sidekick, blending brushes, hills and drifts stencil (My Favorite Things), MISTI, craft foam, paint brushes, white puff embossing powder, heat tool, Versamark pen, white gesso

Thanks for calling in.

Cheers

Kerry

Let It Snow - Just Us Girls Challenge #750

Welcome back! It's my final week as Guest Designer at the Just Us Girls Challenge - I've had a ton of fun designing for these challenges and thank the JUGS team for the opportunity. Right now, it's stencil time!

I made a Christmas card using layering stencils as well as a standalone, and as I'm loving pink for Christmas this year, I paired a dusky pink with burgundy and white.

I started with my pink background piece, stencilling with texture paste, then I inked the snowman layering stencils and cut them using the postage collage die. Once they were attached I did gesso splatters (regular visitors will know how essential those are!). My sentiment was given an ombre ink treatment and a touch of sparkle before being mounted on vellum. 

Materials used:

• dies - Postage Collage (Waffle Flower), Festive Words (Tim Holtz)
• stencils - snowflake (stash), Postage Collage Snowman (Waffle Flower)
• distress inks/oxide inks - lumberjack plaid, carved pumpkin, black soot, vintage photo
• other - opaque texture paste (TH), blending brushes, Big Shot, Dimensionals, white gesso, fan brush, clear Wink of Stella, craft foam

I hope you'll get out your stencils and have fun creating - and if you do, be sure to share and link up for the challenge. There's more samples to inspire you over on the Just Us Girls Challenge blog, so pop over for a look.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Kerry

JAI #666 - Just Add Inspiration

This week's Just Add Ink inspiration pic really caught my attention. I love the bright, cheerful colours and the sense of whimsy and fun.

I've used the bright pink, aqua and black on my card and tried to bring some of the happy vibe from the image to it with a funky script die. 

I started by sponging some ink on my background piece, dried it and then stencilled using snowfall grit paste - which really does look like little chunks of icy snow. 

After cutting my letters I coloured them with Zig markers then added a touch of shimmer and offset them on a black layer of the same die. The little birdies were watercoloured too. Aren't they cute with their little beanies? Lol. 

Materials used:

• stamps - Stay Warm (Mama Elephant)
• card - watercolour, Capri (Kaisercraft), basic black (SU)
• Tim Holtz products - Festive Words dies, snowfall grit paste, Speckles stencil, salvaged patina ink, micro glaze, black soot archival ink
• other - Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers, Big Shot, Dimensionals, craft foam, clear Wink of Stella, heat tool

Check out what this lovely image inspired in my fellow design team members over on the JAI blog and, as always, we'd love you to play along.

Thanks for dropping in.

Cheers

Kerry

JAI #632 - Just Choose Two

This week's Just Add Ink 'choose two' is perfect if you're making Christmas cards:

I picked deer and sparkle, although there are some trees in my background too. 

This snowy scene designer paper from some years back was perfect for embellishing. I stencilled snowfall grit paste then added some freehand around the ground too. Clear rock candy glitter was spritzed all over and I added some mica flakes for that extra touch of sparkle. For good measure, I also splattered white ink everywhere - it's not quite a snowstorm, but it's definitely snowing, lol. The deer was cut from white card and ink blended, with three layers for more dimension.

It's very difficult to photograph 'sparkle' but I've tried here and if you look closely you can see the glitter in the snowflakes (you might need to click on it to enlarge it).

Materials used:

• card - night of navy, basic white, soft suede, Christmas Backdrops (Tim Holtz), Feels Like Frost DSP (SU retired), watercolour
• Tim Holtz products - Darling Deer die, snowfall grit paste, mica flakes, clear rock candy glitter, speckles stencil, spatula, glitter duster, Sidekick, Christmas token, picket fence and vintage photo distress crayons
• distress oxide inks - antique linen, vintage photo, ground espresso
• other - sewing machine and thread, black marker, craft foam, night of navy bakers twine, Dimensionals

Do check out what my team mates have made to inspire you over on the JAI blog and it goes without saying we'd love to see your own creations in our gallery.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Kerry

Snow Flurry - CAS on Friday Challenge #194

Welcome to another CAS on Friday challenge!

This is challenge #194 and with all of the other DT members heading into winter, the theme is SNOW.

My card is very simple, just a couple of stamps and some sponging, but I love the winter look.

Materials used:

• stamps - Winter Woods, Gorgeous Grunge
• card - crumb cake
• other - craft foam, stitched rectangle die, Big Shot, Drifts & Hills stencil (MFT), sponge daubers

There's only one more challenge left for this year - and oh boy, what a year it's been, am I right?! So we would really love it if you joined us for our snow theme - plus, why not head over to the CASOF blog to see what other snowy goodness my team mates have come up with for you.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Kez