Hi everyone, today I would like to share a Christmas card I made which was inspired by a Tracy Evans YouTube video, but where I had to make a number of adjustments due to not having all the same colouring media, stamps and other supplies!
Tracy’s original card was a rectangle, and had a splodgy background created by inking around the edges of a 5” x 3” gel press. The 2 gel presses I have aren’t suitable shapes and sizes for this technique, so I created a background on square card by applying inked and spritzed acetate. As the outcome effect was different I then went off on a tangent with my foliage, coloured my baubles with Zig pens rather than pencils, and changed the colour of my background stamping to suit!
I cut a 13cm square of white stamping card, and dabbed Distress Oxide ink around the edges of a piece of acetate the same size, spritzed and dabbed onto the card. I stamped mini baubles into the white space, copying Tracy’s technique of roughly inking round the edges with a Medieval Blue VFC inkpad, then coloured with Zig pens and blender. I stamped 1st and 2nd generation holly branches around the border, hand drew the bauble strings, then added some background word stamping in Morning Mist and the number 25 in Medieval Blue. I added white Posca highlights to the baubles and leaves, sparkle to the baubles, and stamped a teeny Robin bottom left. I matted the square onto dark blue card stock and a 6” square card blank, then added a sentiment which I stamped onto separate card.
Stamps: Tracy Evans Boutique Designs TE21 Holly and Berries, TE22 Christmas Wishes, TE23 Winter Delights;
Media: Tim Holtz Distress Oxide ink (Blueprint Sketch); Versafine Clair (Nocturne, Medieval Blue, Morning Mist); Kuretake Zig Clean Color watercolour pens; Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen (clear); Posca pen (white).
Challenges I would like to enter:
12 Months of Christmas #125 - Anything Goes Christmas
A Place To Start (August) - Anything Goes
As You Like It - Favourite Colouring Medium (and why)
(I love using Zig pens as they are so vibrant and blend easily)
C.R.A.F.T. #762 - Christmas
Creative Fingers #306 - Anything Goes
DL.Art (August) - Anything Goes
Everybody Art #583 - Anything Goes
Girlz & the Art of Letters #8 - H is for…
(Holly)
Outlawz Festive Friday (August) - Christmas (2nd entry)
I have to confess that when this card was halfway in progress it looked a bit of a shambles, but I’m fairly happy with how it turned out in the end.
Take care and thanks for visiting.
Hugs,
3 comments:
Absolutely beautiful monochrome card, love the colour and all the stamps -beautiful love it.
Carol x
Sometimes you just have to get past the “ugly” stage . . . in order for the beauty to blossom. You nailed it - it’s a lovely Christmas card. xxx
That's such a lovely effect and what a gorgeous blue xx
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