Cardz 4 Guyz wants a masculine Christmas card.
I started with the background - used a circle die to cut a round mask for the moon and a hilly slopes die for the snowy ground (both cut out of masking paper). Then splattered masking fluid on the sky for snow. Then sponged with two shades of blue Distress ink, leaving it lighter around the moon. Once the ink was dry, I removed the paper masks and rubbed off the masking fluid. I die cut the buildings and trees out of black cs and added them to the background. Finished off by using white gouache on a fine paint brush to add snow to the roofs.
My second card today is for Can You Handle the Pressure (dry embossing with an optional theme of poinsettias - I went with this theme).
I stamped and watercoloured the candle / poinsettia image, trimmed it with a square die, popped it up on fun foam on a square of off white cs that I'd run through a floral embossing folder that could well be poinsettias.
Supplies for card 1:
Stamps - Make an Impression sentiment
Ink - Versafine Onyx Black, Distress Chipped Sapphire and Dusty Concord
Paper - white and black cs
Size - 4.75" square
Accessories - masking fluid, masking paper, SSS Winter Village dies, circle die, hilly slope die, Dr Phil Martin's bleed-proof white gouache
Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - Stamplorations
Ink - Versafine Onyx Black
Paper - watercolour paper, off white cs
Size - 4.75" square
Accessories - watercolour paints, square dies, Sizzix embossing folder
How pretty these both are Susan, and I love the wonderfully blended night sky filled with snow, and the added black buildings with the snow on the roofs and also the snow covered trees look so beautifully seasonal, and the white glow around the moon is just perfect. The flower embossed background on the second goes terrifically with the poinsettia and candle panel and some super watercolouring of the image too. x
ReplyDeletetwo beautiful cards Susan, the houses look so dramatic in black against the night sky and your poinsettia with the embossed background is so pretty xx
ReplyDeleteBoth are gorgeous cards and a Merry Christmas to you!
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