I have to say that this year I was really sad to see Halloween come. That is, I had so much fun creating Halloween cards, it was sad to know that I had to move on to Thanksgiving and Christmas. It made me feel a little better to know that I had some super cute stamps from Stacey Yacula at Purple Onion Designs with which I could start holiday cards.
I decided to use Icicle, Puddles and Birch to start getting into the holiday spirit. I inked them up with MFT Black Licorice Hybrid Ink because I knew I wanted to color them up with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and practice a little watercoloring (I’m still a beginner and figuring things out, but I share my limited experience in the video below–hope it’s helpful to you). These are the colors I used:
Icicle: Light Grey (091); Turquoise Green (042); Geranium Red (029) with light pink in the ears and on his cheeks using a Tim Holtz Distress Spun Sugar (I couldn’t find my Light Pink (026), which I think would have worked similarly)
Puddles: Light Grey (091); Beige (072); Turquoise Green (042); Geranium Red (029) with light pink on his cheeks using a Tim Holtz Distress Spun Sugar
Birch: Light Brown (061); Brown (060); Florescent Pink (003); Turquoise Green (042); Geranium Red (029); and Light Carmine (021) for blush
Ground: Light Grey (091) and Light Blue (036)
Next I ran a white card stock card base through my Big Shot with a Cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder to create a kind of wintery frame. I used 4th largest of the Diemond Dies Nesting Oval Die Set to cut out an opening on the card front. Then I used double sided foam adhesive to position the critters in the opening, recessed back just a tad from the card front.
Lastly, to add some wintery embellishments, I used the two smaller snowflakes from the Diemond Dies Winter Snowflake Die Set to die cut six snowflakes to cluster in the upper right and lower left of the frame. I heavily coated all the snowflakes with some Plaid Folk Art Extreme Glitter Acrylic Paint in Hologram to give them all a shimmery sparkly look to them. I also added a 1/4″ trim of hologram-painted card stock at the bottom edge of the card front to add a more finished, coordinated look.
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The following is a watercoloring process video:
This card is being entered into the following challenge:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge
Craft Your Passion Anything Goes Challenge
Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge
Not Just Cards Anything Goes Challenge
Addicted to Stamps and More Make Your Mark Challenge
Creatalicious Anything Goes Challenge with Optional Anything But a Card
Through the Craft Room Door Anything Goes Challenge
Crafts Galore Encore Anything Goes Challenge
Crafty Gals Corner Anything Goes Challenge
MFT Card Sketch Challenge #304
What a beautiful design, with those lovely pops of color in the center and the rest all crisp white. Very nice.
Thanks so very much Maria! I wanted to keep everything else white so that the critters would really pop. They’re just so cute!!!
This is a completely adorable card. beautiful colouring which makes me want the Zig pens! (Oh dear!) and such a pretty and effective background. Thank-you for joining us at the Crafts Galore Encore Anything Goes November Challenge. Good luck! Denyse x
Awww thanks so much Denyse! I love the detail of the Zig pens, but I have to say that similar results are totally achievable with the Tim Holtz Distress Markers too. (just sayin’) 🙂 TFStopping by! Big hugs, Kristina
Super sweet! Thanks for sharing your video! What set of Zig markers do you have?
Hi! Never mind the question. I found the answer on your youtube video. 🙂
Thanks so much Michelle for checking out my video and blog post too! I got the set of 60 on Amazon, which I think has the best price for all the Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. Here’s an affiliate link (in case you want to get them): http://amzn.to/2f2i1dI So far I’ve found that the 60 set is plenty although I know some people have the case of the “must have everything in a collection” thing. 😀 lol Hope this is helpful! Hugs, Kristina
Fabulous card, love all the texture and colours.
Thanks for playing along at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.
Hugs,
Caryn xxx
Love this card also! Love how you cut out the oval in the front to showcase your stamped image! 🙂
Awww thanks Chris! This was really fun to create. I definitely wanted to showcase these cute critters. 🙂
Wow so beutiful winter/christmas card!! lOVE this and love the snowflakes dies!!
Thank you so much for entering our ATG challenge at Through The Craft Room Door this week. Looking forward to see you again next challenge.
Hugs! Cicci
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Thank you so much Cecilia! I had a wonderful time crafting this holiday card with these little critters. 🙂 TFStopping by! Big hugs, Kristina
A wonderful card!
Thank you soo much for taking part in our “anything goes with optional anything but a card” 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)
Thanks so much Melanie!