Hi everyone, last Friday I treated myself to some of Tracy Evans’ Christmas stamps which I had been coveting for a while, and I was quite taken aback when Royal Mail delivered them on Sunday!! Today was my first chance to have a play with them, and here is my first card.
I decided I wanted to make a scene inside a bauble, so I started by creating the bauble outline using the bauble stencil and Distress Oxide inks. I added some landscaping using acetate Mini Hill masks, then stamped the trees using masking and various shades of blue Versafine Clair. I stamped the two cute penguins in black, blotted out the background colour in their chests with water then coloured with Zig pens and added some Spectrum Noir sparkle pen. I stamped the mistletoe using Grass Green VFC and added white Posca highlights, then outlined the bauble using Sakura Stardust pen, which I also used to highlight the trees and snow - this is another very sparkly card but I couldn’t seem to capture that on camera today!
I added some background text stamping in Morning Mist VFC then stamped, cut out and attached the sentiment. I finished by adding some shadow with pale grey Zig pen and white snow spatters, then matted the finished piece onto dark blue card stock and a card blank.
Stamps: Tracy Evans Boutique Designs TE23 Winter Delights, TE22 Christmas Wishes, TE19 Mistletoe;
Media: Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks (Chipped Sapphire, Stormy Sky); Versafine Clair (Twilight, Very Peri, Arctic, Grass Green, Morning Mist, Nocturne); Kuretake Zig Clean Color watercolour pens; Sakura Stardust pen (clear); Spectrum Noir sparkle pen (clear); Zig fine tip acrylic pen (white);
Tools: Tracy Evans Snippet Stencil SS6 - Bauble; Lavinia acetate Mini Hill masks.
Challenges I would like to enter:
12 Months of Christmas #115 - Anything Christmas Goes
ABC Christmas - S is for Stencils
Allsorts #800 - Anything Goes (2nd entry)
As You Like It - Favourite Cardbase Shape (and Why)
(My favourite is definitely square .. I love the amount of space for creating a scene)
Crazy Is Our Fame, Stencils Are Our Game (October) - Use a Stencil
Double Trouble #176 - Anything Goes
FarmQuest Country Christmas #12 - Anything Country Christmas Goes (2nd entry)
Krafty Chicks #736 - Stamps
Merry Little Christmas #58 - Anything Christmas Goes (3rd entry)
NBUS #67 - Use Your Never-Before-Used Schtuff
(All stamps, bauble stencil and Grass Green VFC)
Peace On Earth #72 - Anything Christmas Goes (3rd entry)
Simon Says (Monday) - Christmas/Winter Card
Simon Says (Wednesday) - Things With Wings
Sparkles Christmas #165 - Use the word “Christmas”
Word Art Wednesday #667/668 - Anything Goes (3rd entry)
I’m really loving my new stamps and stencil, and hope to be back with further makes as soon as possible!
Take care, and thanks for visiting.
Hugs,
19 comments:
It's a wonderful design, so effective. Thanks for sharing with us at Allsorts.
Lovely design Pauline, always loved those Penguins, see they now have a little heart on them, many thanks for joining us again at our 800th Allsorts challenge.
B x
Super Christmas scene with the penguins and gorgeous trees - love this card
Absolutely gorgeous and creative!!
Thank you for joining our challenge at Peace On Earth and Stencil Fun!
Diane POE, SF Co-Owner
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These penguins are so fun, I have the 2 sets of penguins that were released through Aall and Create but they came without the trees and verse so I will probably need to get this one too :)
Beautiful creation as always and so great to see you again at Allsorts challenge.
Wonderful Christmas card Pauline, I love the layout of your design. Thank you for joining in the Allsorts 800th Challenge.
Liz xx
Oh my, what a wonderful card. thank you for sharing at Allsorts. Sarah
Beautiful card and stamps Pauline, love the cute penguins and bauble stencil.
Carol x
Love your Christmas bauble scenic stamping with the cute penguins.
With my GD hat on, I'd like to say thanks for joining in at Allsorts on this special week. x
This is lovely: the landscape in a baulb. I like it!
Lia DT POE
What a pretty scene on your ornament and love the pop of green with the mistletoe. Thanks for sharing your beautiful Christmas card with us at Double Trouble.
You've created a marvelous wintery scene for this Christmas card! I'm enjoying seeing the 25 in large font! Great visual attention-getter! Thanks for sharing at FQCCCB!
Pauline, what a creative holiday card with so many clever techniques used to create it! I really like how you added color to the penguins and took so much care creating the wintery background on the bauble!! Thank you so much for sharing your card and creative process with us at Double Trouble!!! -Donna
What a gorgeous festive card! I love the scene you created in the bauble - so creative and fun!
Thanks for joining us at ABC Christmas Challenges and I hope you will join us again soon.
Hugs
Carol x
Fabulous fun card and love your scene..
Thank you so much for joining in with our challenge this fortnight at As You Like It..
Luv CHRISSYxx
What a beautiful card! I love those penguins and the text around the ornament gives such a nice look. Thank you for playing with us at Double Trouble! :)
You are so creative, Pauline! Every card you create is an inspiration. This is a lovely card. So glad you joined us at Double Trouble Challenge #176.
A beautiful card Pauline. Your new stamps are gorgeous and I love the bauble stencil. Thanks for sharing with us at Krafty Chicks challenge this week. Hugs, Denise x
This is so lovely. I love the penguins. Thanks for joining us at Sparkles Christmas Challenge. Love Dawn x
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