Snowy hills

When doing winter scenes, I tend to reach for my blue inks, but here I wanted to try something else. The scene is inspired by a Stampscapes idea card by Linda Selymes, called ‘Winter Walk’. Here's my card:

The scene is done on glossy cardstock and coloured with dye and pigment inks. First the fence and the cabin were stamped with Jet Black ink. The Soft Hill was stamped twice with Memento London Fog and the Pond was stamped with the same colour. I really like the way the pond looks like an ice and snow coloured collection of water. The Sedge Filler was used with London Fog to add texture to the areas that were still empty. The trees, stones, stumps and hikers were stamped with Jet Black. The scene was coloured very softly, with the inks listed below, leaving lots of areas the white of the paper. The darker inks were used very sparingly, basically only to create shadows, a border and to colour the cabin. Snow and highlights were added with a white gel pen. The branches were stamped in the foreground in both black and white and the Tall Grass were stamped with white pigment ink all over the scene to add texture, also to the sky.

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Supplies: Stampscapes: Leafless Limbs 053F, Spruce Tree 077C, Hikers m/f, Oak Tree Sm. 177B, Sedge Filler 251C, Shack 246B, Soft Hill 278F, Pong 279F, Fence 289D, Old Fence 293C, 3 Rocks and Grass 299A, Stump Lg 311B, Stump Sm. 303A; Tall Grass Sm. 254B, Prickly Branches; Memento: London Fog; Adirondack: Aqua, Juniper, Stonewashed, Pebble, Slate; Archival Ink Jet Black; Colorbox Frost White; white gel pen; Kromekote glossy cardstock.

Winter children

I have another brayered card today, using the same technique as this card. It is a winter version of an autumn scene I did a while ago, using the same silhouette stamp.

The scene is done on glossy cardstock and brayered with dye inks. First, the moon was masked and then Memento Summer Sky was brayered over the cardstock. Then the following inks were applied to the card: Adirondack Stonewashed, Memento Danube Blue, Adirondack Denim, always leaving some of the previous colour showing. For the ground, I used torn pieces of paper as masks and brayered the inks on top to create subtle heaps of snow. After removing the mask from the moon, I sponged a bit of Summer Sky on top of it, because it looked too white. The Pine Bough was stamped at the bottom of the card in both black ink and white pigment ink. Dots were added with a white gel pen and the ‘halos’ around the dots with white pigment ink.

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Supplies: Hero Arts stamps: Three Winter Trees K5255, Musical Walk F5468, Big Pine Bough K5242, Merriest Christmas Wishes CG377; Adirondack: Stonewashed, Denim; Memento: Summer Sky, Danube Blue; Colorbox Frost White; white gel pen; Kromekote glossy cardstock.

Christmas Bird

This card is for Stamping A to Z (T for Tim Holtz and Y for yellow). I wanted to try doing a Christmas card with yellow.

The background was made by applying Distress Stains to my craft sheet, misting with Perfect Pearls and water and then dipping watercolour paper into it. It was stamped with a text stamp. The bird and birdcage were die cut from grungepaper – the paper for the cage was covered with text paper first. The cage was inked with Distress Stain Antique Linen and Walnut Stain and misted with Perfect Pearls and water for shine. The bird was painted with crackle paint and when dry covered with Distress Stain Walnut Stain and misted with Perfect Pearls. The eye was done with black Enamel Accents. The patterened paper behind the bird cage was coated with Rock Candy crackle paint and then inked with Walnut Stain. Finally, the fragment was coloured with Stream, Sailboat Blue and Silver alcohol inke at the back and stamped with Stazon on the front.

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Supplies: Hero Arts stamps: Holiday Background CG324, Basic Lowercase Letters LL188; Tim Holtz Sizzix Caged Bird die; Distress Stain: Mustard Seed, Antique Linen, Scattered Straw, Walnut Stain; Distress Crackle paint Broken China, Vintage Photo, Rock Candy; Distress ink Scattered Straw; Alcohol ink: Stream, Sailboat Blue, Silver; grungepaper; Tim Holtz patterned paper; fragment; Kaisercraft rhinestones, old text paper; DMC floss.

Silver Tree

Another Christmas card today. This card is for Stamping A to Z on Two Peas (T for Tim Holtz).

The snowflakes were clear embossed on watercolour paper and Distress Stains were applied in a streaky fashion on top. The snowflakes resist the stain. Finally, Perfect Pearls mixed with water was misted on the cardstock to blend the stains slightly and to give shimmer (doesn’t show on the photo). The tree was die cut from grungepaper, painted white and covered with silver glitter. The sentiment was stamped with Faded Jeans on watercolour paper.

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Supplies: Tim Holtz Stamper’s Anonymous stamps Snowflakes and ticket; Tim Holtz Sizzix Branch Tree die; Distress Stain: Tumbled Glass, Stormy Sky, Faded Jeans; Distress Ink Faded Jeans; Making Memories glitter; Glossy Accents; grungepaper; Kaisercraft rhinestones; lace and ribbon.

Colour Splash Christmas

Hi everyone! This card is for The Play Date Café #106, which is a colour splash challenge (black, white and orange). Here’s the inspiration board:

I almost made a card with an orange car, but I really need to work on my Christmas cards, so I did a Christmas card instead.

I just got the background stamp, love it. It was white embossed on black cardstock. The tag was stamped with Memento Tangelo and the snowman was inked with Versafine Onyx Black, masking off the nose. Then the nose was inked with a Tangelo marker. The buttons were coated with black Enamel Accents (I smudged it a bit and tried to cover up with a white gel pen, not very succesfully).

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Supplies: Hero Arts stamps: Holiday Background CG324, Smiling Snowman CG364; Memento Tangelo; Memento Tangelo marker; Ranger black Enamel Accents; BasicGrey stickers; twine; gauze, google eyes.

Owls and hearts

I needed to make a wedding card. This card is for CardPatterns #140 and for Hero Arts November challenge (bling theme). Here’s the sketch:

And here's my card:

I used the same embossing folder on the Core’dinations background cardstock and on the white cardstock. The owls were stamped on watercolour paper and coloured with Distress Inks (Antique Linen and Victorian Velvet), misted with water and Perfect Pearls and applied with a paint brush. The white areas were painted with Perfect Pearls and water to give a subtle shine (hard to photograph). I painted the embossed white cardstock with the same mixture. The cream cardstock was coloured with Distress Stain Antique Linen and misted with Perfect Pearls and water. The two chipboard hearts were painted white and coated with Distress Stickles. The sentiment is from a stamp that says ‘I love books’, but I only inked up the ‘love’ part.

A close up:



Thanks so much for visiting!! Have a wonderful weekend!

Supplies: Hero Arts stamps: Heart Owls D5302, I Love Books ST506; Sizzix embossing folder; Distress Ink: Antique Linen, Victorian Velvet; Distress Stain Antique Linen; Distress Stickles Victorian Velvet; Stickles Diamond; Perfect Pearls; Versafine Onyx Black; Victorian Velvet Core’dinations cardstock; watercolour paper; twine.

Golden Trees

Today, I have a brayered card, which is quick to make. I recently got this Stampscapes Three Bare Trees stamp and had this image of them gold embossed. Here’s the card:

The scene is done on glossy cardstock and brayered with dye inks. First, the trees were gold embossed and then Memento Summer Sky was brayered over the cardstock. After that, the moon was masked and I brayered another layer of Summer Sky. Then the following inks were applied to the card: Adirondack Stonewashed, Memento Danube Blue, Adirondack Denim, always leaving some of the previous colour showing. For the ground, I used torn pieces of paper as masks and brayered the inks on top to create subtle heaps of snow. Dots were added with a white gel pen and the ‘halos’ around the dots with white pigment ink.
Because the trees were embossed, the areas around the branches didn't pick up quite as much ink from the brayer. I liked the way in which it gave a snowly feeling to the trees.
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Dankie vir die kuier!

Supplies: Stampscapes Three Bare Trees 268G, sentiment; Adirondack: Stonewashed, Denim; Memento: Summer Sky, Danube Blue; Archival Jet Black ink; Colorbox Frost White; white gel pen; Kromekote glossy cardstock.