Hi everyone!
When this Snowman set of Framelits and stamps was released I passed it by but I have been so impressed with what I’ve seen that his year I just had to buy it before it disappears. This is just one of the cards I’ve made using it…
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I created the main blue background using Tim’s wrinkle-free distress technique with blue DIs.
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Then I block dabbed a darker blue DI over the top and misted it to blend. When it was all dry, the sides were edged with brown DI.
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I stamped the snowman several times and then waterbrush painted the various sections to cut out.
The cut sections were decoupaged with foam pads.
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The background was mounted and attached to the 8” x 8” card blank.
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I found a piece of coloured card of a coordinating colour and ran it through an 8” x 8” embossing folder.
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A strip was cut from it and dark blue DI pad gently drawn over the embossed pattern to make it stand out. I misted it to soften the edges.
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A strip of white card was run through a ShadowPress folder and then painted with Distress stain.
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It was dried with a heat gun, rubbed over with dark blue DI pad so that the debossed word stood out, then edged.
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Using the Frameworks Honeycomb die I cut kraft card and then dabbed it directly with a dark brown DI pad.
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The finishing touches were put to the snowman by adding crystal gems and edging in dark brown
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DI.
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Brads were added to the sentiment.
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Top:
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Bottom:
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Complete:
Thanks for dropping in today, have fun!
Chris xxx
Great colour choices. Love the background effects and layout. X
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card, the colours and textures are wonderful :-) xxx
ReplyDeleteA gorgeous design xxx
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