Showing posts with label snowman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label snowman. Show all posts

Monday, November 24

Day 24 - "U"

Ultramarine is a beautiful blue that works well for wintery scenes. I've used an ultramarine marker to colour my little snowman as well as the very back "hill" in my landscape. Happily, I also had some glittery cardstock in the same colour.



YOUR TURN: Create a project using the letter "U" as your prompt.
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INSPIRATION WORDS:
unwrap, under the tree, under the mistletoe, upright diamond fold card, umber, ultramarine, unbleached titanium, uniform


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Saturday, November 22

Day 22 - "S"

Christmas falls in summertime in the Southern Hemisphere, so we don't exactly see a lot of snow, but that doesn't stop our fascination with adorable little snowmen and the beautiful snowflakes they're built from! 


YOUR TURN: Create a project using the letter "S" as your prompt.
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INSPIRATION WORDS:
Santa, stockings, star, snowman, shepherd, sheep, s-fold card, shutter card, shaped card, step card, star fold, scallops, stitching, sponging, stamping, stencils, scarlet, sepia, silver, sparkle, sequin, snow, snowflake


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Thursday, November 13

Day 13 - "K"

Kraft cardstock is a staple in my craft room. It looks fantastic with almost every other colour making it useful for most holidays and occasions... including Christmas! I particularly like how kraft contrasts with white, so snowmen and snowflakes seemed like the obvious choice for me today.


YOUR TURN: Create a project using the letter "K" as your prompt.
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INSPIRATION WORDS:
Kris Kringle, kings, kiss, kraft, khaki, kangaroo, koala, kindling, kinetic cards


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Wednesday, November 27

Day 27 - "X"

It's the dreaded X-day and I've resorted to an old favourite... X-Press It blending card. Not only is it a great surface for blending alcohol markers, but it's also very handy for filling the most difficult letter prompt of the November challenge!


YOUR TURN: Create a card using the letter "X" as your prompt.
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INSPIRATION WORDS:
X-Press It blending card, Xmas, xyron, XOXO, X-tra, X-Fold cards

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Friday, November 22

Day 22 - "T"

I'm going to use today's letter prompt to share a colouring tutorial with you.


YOUR TURN: Create a card using the letter "T" as your prompt.
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INSPIRATION WORDS:
Three Wise Men, twinkle, turkey, tidings, tinsel, toys, tree, trimmings, teal, turquoise, tutorial, techniques, tent card, tilt card, tri-fold card, two-fer cards

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I want to show you how I colour a night time snow scene using markers and a white gel pen. 

1. Print or stamp your snowman onto a piece of blending card, and colour with cool grey markers. (You can colour with pencils or paints if you prefer).


2. Use a pencil to lightly sketch two "hills" behind the snowman. I've drawn them both on angles for a little more interest.


3. Colour the first hill in four light shades of grey, keeping the lightest area around the snowman and the darker areas at the sides and bottom of the panel. This will help to create a "spotlight" effect.


4. Colour the second hill with the darkest shade you used on the first hill.


5. Add another three shades keeping the darkest area at the base of the hill, just above your first hill.


6. Now colour the sky with the three darkest shades you have - I used C8, C9, and C10.


7. Use white gel pen to add "snow" to the bottom of the snowman, completely covering the bottom line of the image. Add a little more to the top of the hill on either side.


8. Add some "snow" to the top and brim of his hat, his carrot nose and any areas that would naturally catch the snowflakes, such as the gift and tops of his hands.


9. Now completely fill the panel with dots of varying sizes. Remember to take them all the way to the edge and try not to make them too uniform in size or placement.

Wednesday, November 20

Day 20 - "R"

What's a Christmas card without a little touch of red?!


YOUR TURN: Create a card using the letter "R" as your prompt.
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INSPIRATION WORDS:
Reindeer, Rudolph, red, rejoice, reunion, rocker card, ribbons, rubber stamps, royal blue, ruby.

Digital Stamps:

Friday, November 15

Day 15 - Tartans, Plaids & Checks

It's time for another non-letter prompt, and this time it's all about tartans, plaids and checks!


YOUR TURN: Use a tartan, plaid or checked pattern to decorate your project.
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Monday, November 4

Jolly Happy Snowmen


Kathy created this adorable card using two of the snowmen from the new Snugglin' Weather set of digital stamps. She snuggled them amongst a whole truckload of gifts and finished the project with a matching sentiment.



Thursday, November 23

Day 23 - "CASE Yourself"

CASE (Copy And Selectively Edit) a card you made for a previous challenge. You can keep the design exactly the same or change almost everything for a new look. I created two cards inspired by a project I made for the 2022 challenge. I used the same image, the same book of patterned papers and the same layout with just a little tweak.


ORIGINAL CARD:

YOUR TURN: CASE one of your previous creations, making changes as desired.
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Digital Stamps:

Wednesday, November 8

Day 8 - "G"

Gift giving is one of the small pleasures that fill the holiday season, and it also happens to be my choice for today's letter prompt. I coloured one of the snowmen from the Snow Drifters set with water based inks in shades of blue and black. The blue border was also coloured with the same ink for a perfect colour match.


YOUR TURN: Create a project using the letter "G" as your prompt.
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INSPIRATION WORDS:
gifts, garland, gingerbread, green, gold, gamsol, gesso, gap card, gate fold card, gilding, gold leaf, glitter, glass, glossy accents.

Stamps:

Thursday, December 1

Snowman With Bauble


Original artwork by Beccy Muir, all rights reserved.
Images are for personal use and must not be copied, swapped, shared, resold or mass produced without the express written permission of the artist.

Thursday, November 24

Day 24 - "V"

I've layered up pretty little vellum snowflakes to create the embellishments for my card. I used a decorative corner punch to create the snowflakes and then attached them with glue, which of course left little marks in the centre of each one... but that's nothing a sparkly rhinestone won't cover, while also adding a fabulous twinkle to the night sky.


YOUR TURN: Create a card using the letter "V" as your prompt.
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INSPIRATION WORDS:
Vintage, Vixen, visitors, view-master card, Venetian blind card, velvet, vermilion, violet, verdigris, vellum

Stamps:

Friday, November 18

Day 18 - "P"

My "P" word is paper-piecing, a technique where an image, or part of an image, is stamped on patterned paper, fussy cut, and then adhered to a base image. In my case, I paper pieced Mr. Snowflake's hat, scarf and mittens with a scrap of plaid paper. I think it gives him a bit of country charm.


YOUR TURN: Create a card or papercraft project using the letter "P" as your prompt.
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INSPIRATION WORDS:
pudding, partridge, pears, presents, pine, pop-up cards, pyramid card, pocket card, pastels, purple, plum, paint, paper piecing, pleating, parchment, pearls, pencils, petals, photos, plaid

Stamps:

Sunday, October 16

Fun and Festive


Fabulous seasonal papers, bright colours and cute images and the perfect mix for great Christmas cards... and Judy's creations have it all! She has used the bonus snowman and Santa images from the Cozy Christmas set of digital stamps to make her fabulous projects.


Did you take a close look at her Santa card? Notice something a little different from the original image? That's right! Judy added "eyes" to her Santa by colouring over his laugh lines. How creative is that?!

Saturday, October 15

Card Toppers


The images from the Cozy Christmas set are a great size and shape for complete card toppers, which is especially handy for those of us who enjoy creating clean and simple cards. You can resize the images for bigger or small cards, and there's also the option of using the pre-coloured versions if you're in a bit of a hurry.


You can easily print the images onto a card blank, add some colour (or print the coloured version), and you have a one layer card. Just keep in mind that some colouring mediums, such as alcohol markers, may show through the cardstock making them unsuitable for a one layer card.


I've opted to create three individual card toppers rather than a one layer card. This means I don't have to worry about any of my markers bleeding through to the back of the cardstock.


I used alcohol markers to colour each image, adding a little bit of white pen to Santa's beard and hat for some added texture.


Next, I fussy cut the images leaving a tiny white border around the edges. As you can see, I also removed the extra cardstock from inside the candy cane frame, which will allow the background to show through.


I chose to mount the Santa image on silver mirror cardstock, which coordinated with the silver pen I used on the frame.


The moose image has been mounted on gold cardstock to match the gold pen I used on the bells.


For the snowman image, I embossed a piece of white cardstock with a dotted texture rather than using mirror cardstock, which gives the impression of snow falling.


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