I’ve been busy in the garden when it’s not too hot 🥵 ,
and in between, I’ve been a busy elf making Christmas cards, as I’m way behind my target.
I am trying not to buy too much new stuff (don’t we all 😂), and being more selective.
I’m really making good use of new sets as a result, and this set was a must have….
Frosted Forest Bundle from Stampin’ Up! gives so many creative possibilities.
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Anyway, you really came to see the cards, so here’s a couple….
There’s stamps, dies, and stencils in the Bundle, and these cards just use one of the dies…
a silhouette of trees and snow/land, which I extended, and added some teeny deer from an old set.
I used a dark blue card base, and splattered it using enamel effects/liquid pearls mixed with a drop of water, and applied with a paint brush flicked against a lid.
I find you get smaller controlled splats if you’re quite close to the card.
Further away they tend to be big splodges, although there’s never a guarantee, 😳 so embrace them, and gently mop big splats with a corner of tissue.
Next is a DL sized black card base with a lot more trees 🌲
This was so simple to do….
I used a similar sized white card piece, cut the trees,
then extended the land by hand cutting in a wonky undulating fashion 😃
Then cut more trees from snippets of card, glueing them behind, altering the heights.
I hope you can see the sheen of the splats, but I also added WOS to the trees for extra sparkle.
Here are just some of the snippets of card used….
I’m taking this to the Snippets Playground, where they have a new challenge #487,
and you just need to hand in your snippets homework…..see you on the swings!
Lesley
Thanks for taking the time to visit, and I really appreciate your comments
Awesome Christmas cards - good way to try and keep cool on the hot days - thinking of snowy landscapes.
ReplyDeleteLove the look of these 2 cards and clever of you to extend the borders and add extra trees at differing heights.
Thanks for entering a piece of homework to the Snippets Playground. See you up in the treehouse later. xxx
Oh I do like a few splats and, yes, they can be unpredictable but that's part of their charm I think. Just love these two cards and I can see that this set has loads of possibilities. Enjoy the rest of the weekend
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely theme to your cards Lesly. I love the clean look - very elegant.
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Di xx