Wednesday, 18 December 2024

Home Note Card

 

Hi There! Thought I would show you how I made this card today. 

I began by stamping sky terrace on to an A6 piece of greyscale catalyst card. 
Next I tore some strips of coloured catalyst card to make the hills. I chose 3 which contrasted in colour, playing with them until I was happy with the arrangement. 

on another piece of coloured catalyst card I painted a thin layer of gesso to make the colours a bit less vibrant. 
I blended a little mermaid lagoon ink onto the gessoed card too. 
After sponging a little walnut stain Distress oxide around the edges of each layer, I began to stick them together using matte medium. I tucked the edge of the house into the last layer.  
I attached the papers to the front of a 6x4" white card and added the Home sticker from the Winter wordy stickers. 
Here is the finished card again. 
I used: 
A6 Catalyst cards #1 Greyscale and full colour
Distress Oxide ink - Mermaid lagoon and Walnut Stain

Thank you so much for looking! 

Wednesday, 4 December 2024

Another Christmas card

 

Hi There! I am here with another step by step for this cute Christmas card. Here is how I made it.

I began by blending 3 colours of distress oxide ink across a 4" square of watercolour card. 
Next I sprayed Fossilized Amber Distress Spritz through the Circles 1 big ones inkable. 
When this was dry I stamped over the background using Distress oxide ink. 
On a scrap of card, I stamped the gingerbread man 3 times and coloured with a combination of oxide ink and coloured pencils, before cutting them out. 
I matted and layered the background to a 5x5" card and added the gingerbread men using foam pads.  
Finally I added the sentiment using Versafine Clair ink.
Here is the finished card again....
and you can see the sheen from the distress spritz here.

I used:
Distress Oxide inks in Mustard Seed, Peeled Paint, Fired Brick, Lumberjack Plaid and Tea Dye
Big ones Inkable - Circles 1
Distress Spritz - Fossilized Amber
Versafine Clair Nocturne ink
5x5" card
4x4" watercolour card plus extra for the gingerbread men
Card for matting and layering
Foam pads
Thanks for looking and please don't forget to enter the challenge over in the Bee crafty stamps group