I case'd Tessa Wise's Snowy Trees Card layout and colour scheme with this one. Love her wintery designs! This cute little snowman is from a Sunshine Design cube. I coloured his scarf and mittens, nose and shadows with copics. The edge of the top layer of SU bashful blue is torn and highlighted with Stickles. To reduce the layers, I went around the nesties scallop edge with my copic green (I know, that's very specific!). A little paper piercing, scoring with Scor Pal and rounded corners. This layout is so simple, but it's the offset focal image that makes it, I think.
Stamps: snowman, Sunshine Design; Many Merry Messages, Stampin' UP! Ink: Adirondack dye ink in espresso, copics (I will get better at recording the colours...)Paper: SU Ski Slope Designer Series paper; SU river rock, old olive, soft sky and whisper white cardstock Other: Coluzzle; scallop and circle nestabilities; SU mat pack (paper piercing kit); soft sky double-stitched ribbon; stickles
Inspired by someone on Splitcoast and eager to try out copics, I created this design version. (The orginal used SU's Garden Whimsy stamp set and if you've seen this creation, please help me find the link.) You'll see variations of this layout in the next pictures--a central square image that holds a family photo for 2008. We had family photos taken before Henri's transplant and I wanted to include a photo but still have a hand-crafted design. I also used square nestabilities and embossed with my cuttlebug 'Spots and Dots' embossing folder.
Using the same general layout without the 8 small squares in the background, I case'd one of Nichole Heady's designs (Just Because). I love her use of the Scor Pal to create an embossed grid background! The rounded corners are hers too. What's new? I turned the image into a pocket for my family portrait again and printed a sentiment in chocolate on white cardstock, which I mounted on the photo mat. This is my quick, go-to design when I run out of time making over 50 Christmas cards. No stamping; just beautiful paper.
Again, same general layout here, but I used my D'Vine Swirl cuttlebug embossing folder to emboss the top part of the background in SU pacific point. I love StampingBella bellas and spotted a swirly scene on their website. I wanted something a little different--fatter trees and more swirls!--so I created my own similar winter scene using Adobe Illustrator, my Wacom tablet and pen, and a lot of learning time! I printed my image on 110lb Xerox cardstock--I'm sure this doesn't compare to PaperTrey's white or other coveted papers--but it worked with my copics to colour the trees and the shadows. I then used Michelle Zindorf's technique (check out any of her amazing tutorials), covering the trees, swirls and snow with VersaMarker then heat embossing in clear. I sponged close to the embossed image and out to the edge, then gradually further out from the image with soft sky, baja breeze, pacific point, not quite navy and possibly night of navy. The snow and trees are highlighted with Stickles.
I case'd Tessa Wise's Snowy Trees Card layout and colour scheme with this one. Love her wintery designs! This cute little snowman is from a Sunshine Design cube. I coloured his scarf and mittens, nose and shadows with copics. The edge of the top layer of SU bashful blue is torn and highlighted with Stickles. To reduce the layers, I went around the nesties scallop edge with my copic green (I know, that's very specific!). A little paper piercing, scoring with Scor Pal and rounded corners. This layout is so simple, but it's the offset focal image that makes it, I think.
