Card-io Melting Snowman

By
My final story scene created with Card-io stamps and the third of the snowmen characters.  Mr Snowman is wishing for more snow to fall so his animal friends can help build him back up in time for Christmas Day as he's started to have a melt down!
Mr Snowman does look a little sad don't you think but let's hope his wish comes true ...

The half circle twiggy wreath is stamped with 1st, 2nd & 3rd generations in tones of blue and grey inks for a frosty feel.  Hand drawn blue baubles using a gel pen.  Dots of fluffy stuff for a snow line across the base of Mr Snowman.  Stencil butter crescent moon and tumbling stars for added texture.  Colouring pencils to give the moon some warmth.  A few highlights here and there with a glitter gel pen.


I've used - 13.5 cm sq white card base
Card-io stamp sets: Festive Breeze (snowman),
Oriental Blossom (twiggy wreath & leaf),
Cottontail Capers (rabbits), Peaceful Place (bird & small leaves)
Inks: VersaFine Clair morning mist & paradise; VersaColor sky blue & lapislazuu
Funky Fossil stencils - Rooftops (moon), Moonlit Forest (stars)
Crafter's Workshop oyster stencil butter
Linking up with -
          #2 AGCC                                       #107: AG Christmas                                   Nov - Add a Hat
                         

Thank you for visiting - I'd love you to leave a comment if you have time - Steph x

Comments

  1. crafty-stamperSaturday, 02 December, 2023

    aaawww love the sad Snowman and your half circle wreath.
    Carol x

    ReplyDelete
  2. Becca SSaturday, 02 December, 2023

    Beautifully well done stamping and stenciling and layering!!! And the wintery colors!!! Excellent! The wintery landscape scene is wonderful! Thanks for coming back to participate at FarmQuest Country Christmas!!!--Becca

    ReplyDelete
  3. As.I.Do.Rodos.Sunday, 03 December, 2023

    A fabulous card Ginny
    My Blog As I do Rodos

    ReplyDelete
  4. TammyMonday, 04 December, 2023

    Beautiful card--the colors are so pretty! Thanks for sharing with us at Christmas Craft Creations!

    ReplyDelete
  5. EmmaTSunday, 31 December, 2023

    Gorgeous card, love the colour combox

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Thank you for taking a moment to visit ... I read and appreciate every comment you have time to leave. Steph x

Popular posts from this blog

Birthday Wishes Cake

By
Image
Made my own mixed media background panel for this birthday cake card with inks, stencils, stamps, glitter paste, stencil butter and embossing powder.  You might have to zoom in to see the sparkle and shine.  A favourite three tier cake with chocolate sprinkles ... yum! For the background I started by blending two DO inks onto white cardstock.  Repeatedly placed the mandala stencil on top, spritzed with water and dabbed off with paper towel to create a faux bleach effect.  Glitter paste and stencil butter was applied through parts of the seed head stencil.  Embossing powder was sprinkled over the top of the stencil butter and heated once dry.  Random stamping with various inks. Three tier cake die cut from scraps of pearlised card for the layered toppings (white layer was an embossing folder scrap) and similarly inked card as the background panel for the bases which have stencilled white heat embossed wavy lines.  Added a birthday wishes word banner die in white pearlised card backed wi
Read more

Musical Crossword ... Paper Players #387 Musical Challenge

By
Image
Set myself an additional challenge this week to combine a crossword stamp into the current  Paper Players #387 Musical Challenge  ... easy really just write the names of some instruments into the squares!  I also wanted to try the Retiform (grid) inking technique again and this is the end result. The crossword stamp was inked and embossed first before sponging distress ink along the edges of my paper masks to create several shaped areas into which I stamped musical instruments and notes using grey and black inks.  Finished off with an apt "Just a note to say ... " sentiment. I've used -  5x7 card base Scattered Straw DI on Claritystamp Theuva card Papermania Musical Instruments stamp set Papermania Mr Mister Crossword stamp Hobbycraft sentiment stamp Magazine musical notes stamp Thank you for visiting - I'd love you to leave a comment if you have time -  Steph x
Read more

Tim Holtz Christmas

By
Image
Today I'm sharing a couple of Christmas cards using two Tim Holtz die sets (Christmas circle words & festive repeats) which I've found are very versatile as many of the elements can be used all year round, a definite bonus.  This first little card has a die cut grid background and two hanging paper-pieced baubles for Dec 25th in grey and red with a splash of green foliage mounted on a grey matt layer. For my second card I chose to die cut the elements out of the white matt layer so the gold card base could show through.  I've had the gold die cut tree in my stash for such a long time so decided to emboss a tree on top for added texture and raised it on foam pads.  A lovely Christmas script sentiment was heat embossed with gold EP. I've used -   4x4" & A6 card bases Sizzix thinlits Tim Holtz festive repeat & circle words Christmas dies Mag freebies - foliage die, sentiment stamp, tree EF Linking up wit
Read more