52 Christmas Card Throwdown is asking for "Wild Animals" - I've gone with a reindeer.
I grabbed a background from my box of unused backgrounds - not sure how I made it - possibly just some smooshed ink on glossy cs, with some mixed media stamps added in pale grey. I stamped various trees on in black ink, and trimmed it down. I topped it with a torn strip of white cs for the snowy ground, a black die cut reindeer (also cut from white cs and glued together to add substance), and a sentiment on a stitched banner die.
Today's second card is for The Paper Players whose theme is "Postman Bring Me a Letter". It's also for the NBUS Challenge as I'd never used the stamp before.
I used an Anita Jeram stamp of the sweetest animals posting their letters. It's watercoloured, trimmed with a wonky-stitched square die, and mounted on a contrasting card base. I finished off by adding glitter to the snow on top of the mailbox.
Supplies for card:
Stamps - Penny Black sentiment, various tree stamps, various mixed media stamps
Ink - blue Distress inks, Archival Jet Black
Paper - coated cs, white and black cs
Size - A2
Accessories - reindeer die, stitched banner die
Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - Anita Jeram
Ink - Versafine Onyx Clair
Paper - watercolour paper, blue cs
Size - 5" square
Accessories - watercolour paints, glitter
LOVE your winter scene with the gorgeous background and collage stamping. Beautiful, Susan!! And how adorable is that image ... Anita is so talented and I love the colours you've used to bring it to life! xx
ReplyDeleteSusan... love that you used the postal theme to build up your 2025 Christmas stash! The image is adorable and your coloring wonderful. Thanks so much for sharing with The Paper Players this week!
ReplyDeleteSusan, I love your little cluster of friends putting their letters into the post box. Such a fun image and it makes me smile. You did a great job of coloring the image, too. So glad you joined us at the Paper Players this week
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Čudovita praznična voščilnica :-))
ReplyDeleteVesela sem, da ustvarjaš z nami pri 52CCT ❤️
Two great cards, I love the layered stamping on the first and the sparkle of on the second is so pretty ♥
ReplyDeleteThat's a super background Susan and I love the pretty trees and torn white paper snow, and finished with the lovely black die cut reindeer and added banner sentiment. The second is such a sweet image and beautifully watercoloured, and love the words on the postbox and added sentiment, and the glittered snow on the top of the box looks great. x
ReplyDeletec'est adorable Susan, très belle création, merci de jouer avec les animaux sauvages et avec nous chez 52CCT, biz
ReplyDeleteVery pretty winter scene on a holiday card. Thank you for playing with us at 52CCT.
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