I have really fallen for bendi cards because allow for more elaborate paper crafting story telling–with their 3 layers, you can create a multi-scene card. To create the card structure, I used white card stock with the following dimensions and to cut the hills, I used the Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Die Set:
Background base: 5″h x 6″w
Background snowy hill: 3 1/4″h x 6″w
Middle snowy hill: 2 3/4h x 5 3/4″w, scored on left at 1/4″ to glue to back of the background base, and with a tab cut at 5 1/2″
An extra layer of hills: 1 3/4″h x 5 1/4″ was added to the front of the middle snowy hill for more interest (but this is totally not necessary)
Foreground snowy hill: 2″h x 4 3/4″w, with a tab cut at 1/4″ and scored at 4 1/2″ to glue to back of the background base.
The poodle and rottweiler (from Lia Griffith for Hero Arts’ “Party Time” stamp set) in the background are being nice, partying and building a snow man together. Ā While the front spotted pup (from Paper Sweeties’ “Sweeties Pets” stamp set) is being naughty, sitting among the remnants of a snowman, self-satisfied after playing Pupzilla. LOL
I colored up these pups simply with the following Copic colors, fussy cut them all out, inked the edges of the paper with a Momento Dual Tip Black Marker (this is the perfect marker to hide the white edges because it does not bleed into the paper), and doodled and paper pieced winter hats on all of them:
Poodle: R30 with R83 for tongue
Rottweiler: E33 and C5
Spotted Pup: E33 and N5 for paw pads and R30 for blush
To add a little extra fun, I added tiny white pom poms to the hats on the pups in the background, Icicle Stickles to the white areas of the hat on the pup in the foreground, and a sparkly snowflake button (with the shank cut off) as a decoration for the snowman’s top hat.
The snowman and the remnant snowman parts are all from the Diemond Dies Build a Snowman Die Set. I added a bit of colorĀ by cutting out the scarf and hat bands from scrap pink and mint striped paper from my scrap box. Ā In fact, I cut out the scarf 3 times and fussy cut the different parts (horizontal around neck and two ends) and assembled them back together so that the scarf would look more realistic and show the stripes going in different directions. I did a bit of shading with a Copic W0. To repeat and reinforce the stronger mint/teal color that I planned for the background sky, I used a Copic BG32 to add dots on the scarf, hat band, and the puppy hats.
The background base was stamped with the “Naughty or Nice” sentiment from the Julie Nutting for Prima “Merry Nice” stamp set with VersaMark ink and heat embossed with Ranger Super Fine Detail Embossing PowderĀ (I find that this fine detail embossing powder is really a must for very detailed fontsĀ like this). With the sentiment set as a resist, I blended on a pale pink Distress Ink at the horizon with Spun Sugar and gradually darkened to a teal sky with Tumbled Glass and Peacock Feathers. To make the sky look like snow was falling, I splattered on some Perfect Pearls water to remove some of the ink for a splotchy and sparkly effect and then watered down some Copic Opaque White to add some fine white splatters for the look ofĀ snowflakes.
The following is a video share of this card:
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This bendi card is being entered into the following challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Monday Party Time Challenge
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Make it Sparkle Challenge
CAS-ual Fridays Christmas and Hanukkah Challenge
Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge
Card Mania Anything Goes Challenge
613 Avenue Create Anything Goes Challenge
Crafty Purple Frog Winter Blues Challenge
Crafty Gals Corner Anything Goes Challenge
Creatalicious Anything Goes Challenge with Optional Christmas
Paper Sweeties December Inspiration ChallengeĀ – WINNER
Super cute!!! Thank you for joining us at Creatalicious, good luck!!! Amy DT
Thanks so much Amy! Happy New Year and thanks for stopping by! Big hugs, Kristina
WOW, Kristina! You are blowing me away with the projects you have created for this month’s challenge at Paper Sweeties! This scene is so adorable – love the 3-D interactive card … and how cute is the Sweeties puppy front and center playing in the snow! Thank you so much for sharing your work with us!!!
Oh you are so sweet Debbie! I love that little puppy; he looks so much like my sweet Bandito! š Happy New Year and thanks for stopping by! Big hugs, Kristina
This is SO cute, Kristina. You’re such a creative and talented artist. Thanks so much for sharing your art with us. I love seeing your sweet creations linked to our challenges.
Blessings to you,
Karen Letchworth
Word Art Wednesday
Awww you are so sweet. Thanks so much Karen. Happy New Year and thanks for stopping by! Big hugs, Kristina
P.S. It made me SUPER happy to see that you’re also playing along at Paper Sweeties. Your color scheme is just perfect for the challenge, and we LOVE seeing your cards linked with us. We hope you will stop by again soon.
Blessings,
Karen
Paper Sweeties
Oh that is so incredibly kind of you! I just love this Paper Sweeties pup–he looks just like my sweet Bandito. š
such a fun card!! I love seeing the layers! I have yet to try one of these!Merry Christmas!! Thank you for joining our anything goes Word Art Wednesday Challenge! Ginny M, DT
Awww thanks so much Ginny! I love making these bendi cards–so much room for creativity! š Happy New Year and thanks for stopping by! Big hugs, Kristina
Fab card Hun thanks for taking part in our challenge at the crafty purple frog xx Wendy DT
Happy New Year and thanks for stopping by! Big hugs, Kristina
I love your bendi card! The scene you created is so charming! Thank you so much for joining us at CAS-ual Fridays!
Thank you so much Channin! I had a lot of fun creating these little scenes for the bendi card. š Happy New Year and thanks for stopping by! Big hugs, Kristina
It’s such a sweet and fab be do card, love the little rottie.
Thank you for sharing with us at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge X
Awww thanks so much Tracy! I really had fun designing these little scenes for this bendi card. Happy New Year and thanks for stopping by! Big hugs, Kristina
Wonderful bendy card, great images and a fabulous scene! Thanks for sharing with us at 613 Avenue Create and hope to see you again soon.
Hugs, Sandy DT
Awww thanks so much Sandy! I love making these bendi cards–so many levels to create scenes! š Happy New Year and thanks for stopping by! Big hugs, Kristina
wow wow wow…loving your bendi card with the adorable Snowman and cute critters…thank you so much for sharing with us at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge…hugs kath xxx
Oh you are so kind, Kath! I really enjoyed designing these little scenes to make this bendi card. š Happy New Year and thanks for stopping by! Big hugs, Kristina
Beautiful winter scene! I love all the different elements and details here. Thank you so much for sharing with us at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! And a Happy New Year!!
Thank you so much Anna-Karin! I had so much fun designing this card. š
Aww what a gorgeous fun card! Thanks so much for sharing at Crafty Purple Frog!
Lucy x
Awww thanks so much Lucy! It was a super fun card to craft. TFStopping by! Hugs, Kristina
Holy cow! Not only is this card gorgeous, it’s unbelievably adorable!
You’ve made a masterpiece!!
Wow, that’s so kind of you! Thank you so much for taking the time to leave such an encouraging comment, Michelle! Big hugs, Kristina
Oh my gosh this is a brilliant card! I LOVE the way it is shaped š
Thank you for joining us at the Crafty purple frog challenge.
Huge hugs
Amy xx
Thanks bunches Amy! I love making bendi cards when I have a “story” to tell with a card. There’s so many levels/layers where you can add details. š
A wonderful card!
Thank you soo much for taking part in our “anything goes with optional Christmasā challenge over at Creatalicious & good luck in the draw.
Hope to see you again in our new challenge as wellā¦
Hugs,
Melanie
(DT-Coordinator Creatalicious Challenges)
(DT Crafty Friends)
(DT The Sketchy Challenges)
PS: Sorry for the late comment, life had been very busy the past couple of weeksā¦
It’s amazing how you visit so many folks and leave crafty love! Thanks so much Melanie! Big tight hugs, Kristina