Hi everyone! :o)
Yesterday was my turn to be on the spotlight over at Jane's Doodles, but I was too tired to write a post and share it here with you. For my spotlight I made this Happy Holidays Card. :o)
On my card I went with same color scheme like on my last week's Jane's Doodles spotlight card (here). I love it!!! :o)
To make this card I used stamps from six GORGEOUS Jane's Doodles Christmas/Winter themed stamp sets: an ornament form 'Deck the Halls', a sentiment from 'Winter Words' and a background stamps, a holly from 'Winter Icons', a small snowflake from 'Snow Globe', a medium snowflake from 'Winter Fun' and a large snowflake from 'Driving Home for Christmas'.
How I made my card....
I stamped the holly and snowflakes on a Kraft paper panel in watermark stamping technique using VersaMark Watermark Ink.
I mixed a white acrylic paint with a bit of water and, using a paint brush, splattered the panel and left it dry on air.
Then I stamped ornaments on a white watercolor paper and colored them in watercolor technique using only one color: Distress Ink Ground Espresso. After drying, I fussy cut ornaments, traced their edges with a black marker and softened them with a stylus ball on a soft working mat. This curled a bit each ornament. I did this to add just a bit dimension to my card.
After the panel was completely dry, I stamped three ornaments directly on the panel and colored them with a black marker. I stamped bows on each ornament and drew lines with a black fine liner. I glued the panel on a white top folded card base, slightly longer than the panel and glued watercolored ornaments over black ones.
As splatters on the panel were pale, I highlighted some of them with a white pigment ink pen.
I heat embossed in white the sentiment on a black cardstock paper and cut the sentiment to stripe of desirable size. To make the sentiment pop a bit on the card, without 3-D foam, I glued the stripe on a same size black stripe, just to make it a bit thicker. Then I glued it directly on the card.
As a finishing touch, I drew white highlights on ornaments and my card was finished. :o)
I love how my card turned out!! :o)
To make this card I used stamps from six GORGEOUS Jane's Doodles Christmas/Winter themed stamp sets: an ornament form 'Deck the Halls', a sentiment from 'Winter Words' and a background stamps, a holly from 'Winter Icons', a small snowflake from 'Snow Globe', a medium snowflake from 'Winter Fun' and a large snowflake from 'Driving Home for Christmas'.
I stamped the holly and snowflakes on a Kraft paper panel in watermark stamping technique using VersaMark Watermark Ink.
I mixed a white acrylic paint with a bit of water and, using a paint brush, splattered the panel and left it dry on air.
Then I stamped ornaments on a white watercolor paper and colored them in watercolor technique using only one color: Distress Ink Ground Espresso. After drying, I fussy cut ornaments, traced their edges with a black marker and softened them with a stylus ball on a soft working mat. This curled a bit each ornament. I did this to add just a bit dimension to my card.
After the panel was completely dry, I stamped three ornaments directly on the panel and colored them with a black marker. I stamped bows on each ornament and drew lines with a black fine liner. I glued the panel on a white top folded card base, slightly longer than the panel and glued watercolored ornaments over black ones.
As splatters on the panel were pale, I highlighted some of them with a white pigment ink pen.
I heat embossed in white the sentiment on a black cardstock paper and cut the sentiment to stripe of desirable size. To make the sentiment pop a bit on the card, without 3-D foam, I glued the stripe on a same size black stripe, just to make it a bit thicker. Then I glued it directly on the card.
As a finishing touch, I drew white highlights on ornaments and my card was finished. :o)
I love how my card turned out!! :o)
Card measurements: 82 mm x 121 mm (3 1/4" x 4 3/4")
List of supplies:
- Jane's Doodles 'Deck the Halls' stamp set (ornament)
- Jane's Doodles 'Winter Words' stamp set (sentiment)
- Jane's Doodles 'Winter Icons' stamp set (holly)
- Jane's Doodles 'Snow Globe' stamp set (small snowflakes)
- Jane's Doodles 'Winter Fun' stamp set (medium snowflake )
- Jane's Doodles 'Driving Home for Christmas' stamp set (large snowflake)
- Crafter's Companion Neenah Desert Storm Kraft Coloring Card
- white cardstock paper
- black cardstock paper
- watercolor paper
- Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)
- Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
- WOW! Embossing Powder (Opaque Bright White, Regular, WL01R)
- Tim's Holtz Distress Ink, Ground Espresso
- Stabilo Fiber Tip Pen (Marker), black 68/46
- Mitsubishi Uni Pin 0.5
- acrylic paint, white
- Uniball Signo White Pigment Ink
- UHU liquid glue
- acrylic block 102 mm x 102 mm
- Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
- bone folder
- Ranger Heat It Tool
- scissors
- stylus ball
- soft working mat
- Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. 3/0
- powder bag
- paper towels
- water
- dry cloth
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