Winter Wonderland

There are two challenges this week that are asking for "Winter Wonderland".

52 Christmas Card Throwdown

 

ABC Christmas Challenge

'W'  for Winter Wonderland

and/or

'X' for Xtra Special

 I went with a snowy forest with reindeer.

I put the forest stamp in my MISTI, inked it up with various brown mini Distress inks and markers, and stamped - repeating as needed to get good coverage.

Then I cleaned off the stamp and reinked with Versamark and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. I took my fine point Molotow Art Masking Liquid marker and went over all the snowflakes that are part of the stamp and the ground at the bottom. This, plus the heat embossing on the trees created a resist that would make it really easy to sponge the sky.

I sponged with a few shades of blue Distress inks, and when dry, rubbed off the masking fluid.

I added two die cut reindeer and a sentiment (the sentiment is on a little tag as it came out crooked when I stamped it on the focal panel so restamped and punched out to layer it over it straight!). I bordered it with the same brown cs I used for the reindeer.

Thanks for coming by today!

Supplies:
Stamps - Penny Black trees, Rubber Soul sentiment
Ink - various brown and blue Distress inks
Paper - white and dark brown cs
Size - A2
Accessories - Impression Obsession reindeer dies, clear embossing powder, Molotow Art Masking Liquid marker, SU small label punch

A Masculine Thank You Card

 

The Cardz 4 Guys challenge wants a masculine thank you or Thanksgiving card.  Since Canadian Thanksgiving has already passed, I went with a thank you card.

 

 

I used a Dreamweaver stencil and started by colouring the horses in different colours of Distress inks. Then I cleaned the stencil and replaced it, going over it this time with translucent embossing paste.

I sponged the ground underneath their hooves, trimmed the panel, and popped it up on some rustic-looking decorative paper, and added a simple sentiment.

 

Supplies:
Stamps - SU sentiment
Ink - various Distress inks, Archival Jet Black
Paper - white cs, unknown dp
Size - A2
Accessories - Stampendous Dreamweaver horse stencil, Dreamweaver translucent embossing paste, fun foam

Off the Edge Poinsettia

I played with Magicals, using a technique that Loll taught me over Zoom.  I overspritzed part of my poinsettia and made a huge blob of colour so it was a perfect piece to trim down so that my image went "off the edge" of the focal panel.

I placed the poinsettia stamp in my MISTI, tapped it with Versamark, then lightly brushed Magicals over it, spritzed with water, and stamped onto watercolour paper. 

A simple heat embossed sentiment, a bit of fun foam behind the focal panel, and a shimmery cream textured card base finished it off.

It's heading off to these challenges:

CAS Mix Up is doing watercolour this month.  And they want an "off the edge" image.

The Paper Players want a CAS holiday card.

 

And 52 Christmas Card Throwdown has a colour challenge.

Supplies:
Stamps - Penny Black poinsettia, Rubber Soul sentiment
Ink - Versamark, ColorBox Chianti
Paper - watercolour paper, shimmery cream textured cardstock
Size - 6.25x3.5"
Accessories - red and green Magicals, clear sparkly embossing powder, fun foam

Blue and Silver

Lovely colour choices at the Less is More Challenge - "Blue and Silver or Red and Gold".  Those of you who know I love blue will guess which one I chose!!

 

 

I sprinkled blue Magicals on watercolour paper, spritzed with water, then scrunched up cling wrap on it and let it dry overnight. I then stamped and heat embossed the image in white. To reflect the silver garland, I added some silver gemstones and bordered the panel with silver glitter cs.

Supplies:
Stamps - SU Gifts of Christmas
Ink - ColorBox white
Paper - watercolour paper, white cs, silver glitter c
Size - A2
Accessories - blue Magicals, cling wrap, white embossing powder, silver gemstones

Two Heads, Two Challenges

A card for a couple of challenges:

Cardz for Guyz "Birthday for an Adult Male"

Day of the Month Card Club "Make your Own Head Day"  (this can be interpreted by including one or more heads on your card)

I stamped the image on watercolour paper, painted just the flowers and butterfly as I like the horses the way they are. Popped it up on fun foam on first a white layer with the sentiment, then a blue layer to match the blue butterfly.

Supplies:
Stamps - Impression Obsession horses, A Muse sentiment
Ink - Archival brown
Paper - white and blue cs, watercolour paper
Size - A2
Accessories - watercolour paints, fun foam

Poinsettias Framing a Sentiment

I stamped my image in black, watercoloured the flowers and foliage in regular watercolours, and the gold borders with metallic gold paint. I added clear gemstones to the centres of the poinsettias and copper gemstones to the foliage, and heat embossed the sentiment in copper.

I'm linking it up to two challenges:

The Flower Challenge - "Use a Sentiment"
 

 Christmas Kickstart Challenge - "Festive Florals"

Supplies:
Stamps - Gina K Festive Frame, Stamp It Australia sentiment
Ink - ColorBox copper, Ranger Jet Black
Paper - watercolour paper, cream cs
Size - A2
Accessories - gold metallic paint, watercolour paints, clear and copper gemstones, copper embossing powder