I had a couple of extra colored images from my last Christmas ornament project using the Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Stamp Set by Inkadinkado so I decided to do a quick pop up card for a last minute card.
I used the following Copic colors to color up all the characters:
Rudolph: Nose: R05, R24 and R27; Lighter areas: E50 and E51; Brown hide and hooves: E35, E23 and E87. I also coated Rudolph’s nose with some Ranger Glossy Accents for some shine.
Yukon Cornelius: Skin: E50 and E51; Hat: R05, R24 and R27; Wood handles and satchel: E23 and E37; Beard and mustache: E99 and E07; Blue coveralls: B93, B95 and B97; Hammer head: C3
I had messed up my coloring of his ear muffs (I was distracted and colored them like his hair) so I ended up adding a bit of sparkly texture with Diamond Range Flower Soft in Gold. This bit of mistake-covering extra texture turned out to be a perfect little finishing touch!
I fussy cut the characters out with my favorite Fiskars Spring Loaded Scissors and then inked the edges with a Momento Tuxedo Black Marker (to hide the white paper edges). Unfortunately, I next made the mistake of gluing these characters onto the pop up hillsides. I say unfortunately because I would have done better to do the next step adding texture first, but live and learn (you can learn from my mistakes – LOL).
I used the Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Pop Ups Die for the 3D card structure, but added a little extra “umph” with some Deco Art Snow Tex that I revitalized (it had hardened) White Gesso! The amount of gesso to use really depends on how dry the Snow Tex is, but for my mixture (which I wanted pretty thin to add just a thin layer on the foreground and hillsides) it was about a 1:1 ratio.
Then for the front and back covers of the card base and for the inside sentiment, I used a few remaining sheets from an old Recollections “Winter Frost” 6×6 paper stack. These pretty papers were great to add a little extra stability to the card as well (since the Snow Tex had warped the papers and added some weight to the inner workings of the card).
The following is a video sharing the card as well as the process of how to use the hillsides pop up card die:
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This card is being entered into the following challenges:
Card Mania Christmas Challenge
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Anything Goes Challenge
Through the Craft Room Door Anything Goes Challenge
Creatalicious Anything Goes with Optional Monochromatic Christmas Challenge
613 Avenue Create Anything Goes with Optional Christmas/Winter Challenge
Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge
Crafty Gals Corner Anything Goes Challenge
Not Just Cards Anything Goes Challenge
Saw your card at 613 Ave C – thank you for sharing it with us! Turned out great with your two fussy cut images and the wonderful depth you gave it between the die cut snowy mounds. Nicely done!
~ginny, DT for 613 Ave C
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Awww thanks so much Ginny!
I love your Card! How cute is Rudolph and Cornelius. This brings back memories for me. You sure made good use of that paper pack too. Great job!!!
Awww thanks so much Susan! I love that old movie so much!
his card is adorable. Love that it’s a pop up card. Great coloring. Thanks for joining us at the Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenges for our latest challenge. {Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenges}Good luck and join us again soon. Hugs, Barbara
Thanks so much Barbara! This was a fun card to design.
Great dimension and texture on this card. The flower soft was a great way to make the earmuffs stand out. There are no mistakes! Just opportunities to embellish!
Thank you for joining us at Crafty Gals Corner for our Anything Goes challenge.
Thanks so much Rae Ann! Absolutely right! no mistakes–just opportunities to embellish!
Heheh – love this – very sweet and fun!! Happy Holidays! Thanks bunches for entering our ATG challenge at Through The Craft Room Door this week. Sure hope you will remember us for our next challenge too! Xj.
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Thank you so much for your sweet and encouraging comment!
So adorable! I love the snowbanks.
Awww thanks a bunch Victoria!
Wonderful creation!
Thanks for playing at Card Mania Challenge.
Ileanaxx
A super card. Love the pop up element. Fabulous colouring! Thanks for sharing with us at Creatalicious Challenges, we hope you join us again soon. Meighan DT
Thank you so much Meighan!
A great card!
Thank you soo much for taking part in our “anything goes with optional monochrome Christmas” challenge over at Creatalicious & good luck in the draw.
Hope to see you again in our new challenge as well…
Hugs,
Melanie
(DT-Coordinator Creatalicious Challenges)
(DT Crafty Friends)
(DT The Sketchy Challenges)
PS: Sorry for the late comment, life had been very busy these past weeks…
You are so kind! Thanks so much Melanie!