Morning!
It's a new week and I'm definitely back in my comfort zone with today's card.
You know I love a winter village scene and well, I had an idea for also using a star aperture for a mini greeting and things just went from there:
Stamps: Flora & Fauna - Holiday Word Party, Hello Bluebird - Typed Christmas
Dies: Concord & 9th - Christmas Cottage, Essentials by Ellen - Home & Hearth, Lil' Inker Designs - Stitched Stars (r), Simon Says Stamp - Village
Other: Distress Oxides
You can also tell I made this card rather late at night, as I hadn't noticed the colour difference in my what cardstocks until I came to photograph my project the next day. But ho-hum, it's all fine! lol
I started off my cutting the star aperture where I knew I wanted to add a tiny sentiment.
I then blended the blue Distress Oxide inks listed below to create the cool night sky and when dry flicked some Hero Arts white liquid watercolour on the background for a little snowy effect.
Then I got down to creating the village from various dies and layering them up.
Only the very bottom strip with the sentiment is popped up on 3D foam tape, the rest are glued down but in a way that the edges that are visible are bent back a little so there's still some shadow behind them, and they don't look so flat and 2 dimensional.
All in all a simple yet effective card. They can be a little time-consuming compared to others, but they are very rewarding to make.
Until next time!
 Flora & Fauna - Holiday Word Party stamps Shop at: EH | SHC |
 Hello Bluebird - Typed Christmas stamps Shop at: MISC | SSS |
 Concord & 9th - Christmas Cottage dies Shop at: EH | MISC | SBC | SHC |
 Essentials by Ellen - Home & Hearth dies Shop at: EH |
 Lil' Inker Designs - Stitched Stars dies (r) Shop at: MISC | SHC |
 Simon Says Stamp - Village dies Shop at: SSS |
 Distress Oxide ink pad - Blueprint Sketch Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Distress Oxide ink pad - Mermaid Lagoon Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Distress Oxide ink pad - Tumbled Glass Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Versafine - Onyx Black ink pad Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Bazzill Cardshoppe - Marshmallow Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb smooth Solar White cardstock Shop at: AZ | EH | SSS |
 Hero Arts - Liquid Watercolor - White Shop at: EH | SHC |
 Tonic Studios Nuvo Crystal Drops - Simply White Shop at: AZ | EH |
 Marvy Jewel Picker Shop at: AZ |
 Ranger - Multi-Medium Matte adhesive Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Tonic Studios Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 3M Scotch double-sided foam tape Shop at: AZ | EH |
 Lawn Fawn - Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC | SHC |
 MISTI stamping tool Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Cosmetic blending brushes Shop at: AZ |
 Tim Holtz - Stampers Anonymous Splat Box Shop at: AZ | SBC | SHC |
 Ranger - Artist brush set Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Sizzix - Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
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