Hearts Come Home with Brusho Background

I was originally going to include this card in the Crazy Crafters Blog Hop with Lisa Curcio but then realised that it bore a marked resemblance to this card that I made last year!

With the benefit of the Brusho Crystals for the background and the Frost White Shimmer Paint, I like this one better though!

A single layered Christmas Card with a Brusho sunset background and stamped black silhouettes

This is a single layer card using Shimmery White Cardstock.  I carefully masked the edges before I started the background, to leave a nice white frame.

Once the background was dry and I had removed the masking, I stamped the houses, trees and Santa with black ink.  TIP:  I used my Stamparatus when stamping so that I could re-ink and re-stamp as many times as necessary to obtain the ink coverage and depth of colour that I wanted.

I then used the same method to stamp the moon and stars with Frost White Shimmer paint.

With a small brush, I painted the chimney smoke with some Frost White Shimmer Paint.

I then used a black Stampin' Marker to connect the row of houses with a hill.

The Merry Christmas greeting is from the Star of Light stamp set.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - All available for purchase in my online store

Hearts Come Home Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$37.00

Brusho Crystal Colour

$52.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

$10.00

Frost White Shimmer Paint

$14.00

Shimmery White A4 Card Stock

$15.75

Star Of Light Photopolymer Stamp Set

$45.00

High Tide Rock Spray

This was the last of the watercolour backgrounds on glossy cardstock that I made a couple of weeks ago. I'll be honest - I enjoy the process of the watercolour background (especially on glossy paper) but then I tend to get stuck and not know what to do with them!

So I pick them up and turn them around in my hands until I see a shape to work with - in this case a crashing wave splash.  So then I looked at my sea/beach type stamp sets and when my eye fell on the lighthouse I was immediately reminded of that wonderful photograph of the lighthouse seemingly being engulfed by a huge crashing wave.  Do you know the one?

It's amazing what you can see in a watercolour background

So I made myself a mask by tracing the wave onto some vellum and cutting it out and then I stamped the two-step lighthouse with Basic Black and Basic Gray inks and sponged the sea with Island Indigo and Dapper Denim inks before stamping the waves with Night of Navy ink.

This is the little vellum mask I made

Once I'd removed the mask I used Night of Navy ink, a finger dauber and paintbrush to soften the edges a bit and to add a little definition to the area.

The birds are stamped with Basic Black ink.

Thank you for your visit.
'Til next time!
Stephanie


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High Tide Photopolymer Stamp Set

[143006]

A4 Glossy White Cardstock

[144241]

Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad

[126948]

Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad

[126951]

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

Basic Gray Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140932]

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad

[126970]

Island Indigo Classic Stampin' Pad

[126986]

Dapper Denim Classic Stampin' Pad

[141394]

Card Stock A4 Soft Sky

[131292]

Sunset Flamingo

This card is entered into the Crazy Crafters Team Highlights this week.  To view all the amazing projects and vote for your favourites, click here.

A week or so ago, I used up some stray Melon Mambo and Pacific Point ink on my craft mat by spritzing with water and smooshing some pieces of Glossy Cardstock into the resulting puddle.  This is one of those pieces.  It was probably my favourite one because of the pink cloud.

Watercolour background on Glossy Cardstock sets off the Fabulous Flamingo image

To finish the card, this is what I did:

• Stamped the water swirl with Pacific Point ink
  Using Elegant Eggplant ink and two of the three stamps for the flamingo body (I didn't use the plain one)
• Masked one of the feet and stamped the legs with Elegant Eggplant (both stamps)
• Watercoloured a little Whisper White Craft ink in the top part of the "water"
• Stamped the tall grass with Elegant Eggplant ink
• Watercoloured a little Melon Mambo ink into the Flamingo body
• Sponged some Elegant Eggplant ink onto the bottom of the piece
• White heat embossed the greeting from Blooms & Wishes onto Basic Gray cardstock, cut it out with one of the Leaflets framelits dies, trimmed it to fit onto the side of the card and sponged the edges with Elegant Eggplant ink
• Cut some more foliage with an Eclectic Layers Thinlit die from Smoky Slate cardstock and sponged the edges with Basic Gray ink.
• Adhered the leaves to the card with Mini Glue Dotes and added a Glitter Enamel Dot

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - Click on a product image below to visit my online store (Australian Residents only)

Fabulous Flamingo Photopolymer Stamp Set

[143758]

Leaflets Framelits Dies

[138283]

Eclectic Layers Thinlits Dies

[143774]

A4 Glossy White Cardstock

[144241]

Wisteria Wonder A4 Card Stock

[124389]

Elegant Eggplant A4 Card Stock

[108614]

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

Versamark Pad

[102283]

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109132]

Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad

[126951]

Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad

[126948]

Whisper White Craft Stampin' Ink Refill

[101780]

Elegant Eggplant Classic Stampin' Pad

[126969]

Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate

[131291]

Basic Gray A4 Card Stock

[121689]

Basic Gray Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140932]