I haven't counted up how many Christmas cards I've made already but I do know I don't have nearly enough yet so I'm plugging away one design at a time! I'll have a lot of new samples to show my stampers at class next week! I used the Christmas Friends bundle again today and paired it with the Hand Stamped Sentiments sketch. My coloring with colored pencils really leaves a lot to be desired but I think it turned out cute anyway!
I wanted to use one of the patterns from the Sentimental Christmas DSP as the base for the card because I like the retro ribbon look and red and green is always a great starting place for a Christmas card. While the green listed for this paper is Shaded Spruce I think a bit of Garden Green doesn't look bad here. I used a panel of the Garden Green Two-Toned cardstock and roughed up the edges for some texture. I'm definitely looking forward to when we have all of our colors in the Two-Toned cardstock!
I topped that with a piece of Basic White embossed with the Snowflake Sky embossing folder. I adhered that to the card front on an angle keeping with the sketch.
Mr. Moose is stamped in Early Espresso ink and then colored in with colored pencils. Like I said it could be better so I'll keep trying...I definitely don't have that artist gene for coloring and need to work on shading!
The sentiment is stamped on a strip of Real Red Two-Toned cardstock in Versamark and then embossed in gold. The I tore the end showing the white core and added a gold twine bow before popping it on dimensionals. Mr. Moose is then also popped up right above it.
For the little tabs at the top of the sketch I decided to make a little greenery sway with more of the Garden Green Two-Toned cardstock stacking 2 die cuts with a mini dimensionals in the middle. A Festive Glimmer Paper bow in Cherry Cobbler tops the swag.
One more Christmas card finished many more to go! Thanks for looking! Did you stamp today?
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Stamps: Christmas Friends
Ink: Versamark, Early Espresso
Paper: Sentimental Christmas DSP, Garden Green Two-Toned c.s, Real Red Two-Toned c.s., Basic White, Festive Glimmer Paper
Accessories: Snowflake Sky embossing folder, Christmas Friends dies, dimensionals, gold embossing powder, colored pencils, gold twine (retired)
This is SO fun, Amanda - I'm loving this moose, lol. Great paper choices, and so playful! Thanks so much for playing at Hand Stamped Sentiments!
ReplyDeleteA lovely holiday card, Amanda! I have yet to play with these products and look forward to doing so. So glad you opted for the HSS sketch and played along with us this round. Cheers, Jolanda
ReplyDeleteAn adorable card Amanda! I think you did an amazing job on your coloring! The DSP is really a fun addition. Thanks for joining the hand stamped sentiments challenge!
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