Happy Thanksgiving friends!
I guess I should have a Thanksgiving card, sorry...been too into Christmas lately! But I do wish you all in the USA a wonderful day today with family and friends to celebrate and give thanks. To all of the rest of my friends, where ever in the world you are, have a blessed day!
Today I've used DRS Designs stamps: Plaid Fir Tree , Merriest Wishes, Tis The Season, Skating Snowman, and Christmas Lamp Post.
I cut a circle from the front of the card as a window to the inside then I made a frame with the same die plus 1 size larger together. I cut it out of a previously made sprayed background panel. I usually use Dylusion spray inks and/or Distress Oxide Spray Inks for making background pieces. I glued the frame around the circle opening. I then used Citrus Green Oxide to stamp the plaid tree, cleaned the stamp then stamped it again with turquoise ink, cleaned and stamped it again in blue. I used masks so that I could stamp the 3 trees together and then cut them out as 1 piece. After cutting, I popped them up on the left side of the circle opening.
I stamped Tis the Season at the bottom then set the card aside to work on the inside.
For the inside I used the circle that I cut out of the front of card, stamped the lamp post and snowman on it. I colored all with Copic Markers. I then cut a card panel a little smaller than the inside (4 1/8 X 5 3/8") I used a stamp aligner to make sure I stamped the lamp post in the right spot, removed my circle then stamped the lamp post on the card panel. I colored the parts needing coloring and then glued the circle on top where it would match up with the other lamp post.
Inside
I then stamped Merriest Wishes at the bottom.
My next card uses the same colors and the same trees as a background sort of.
I cut out a nativity scene from a larger scene (ODBD die). I recut the star in silver then
mounted it on a die cut flat bottom circle from MFT's. (I used the same piece of background paper
I previously made).
The card front is black so my other card front pieces were cut from a single piece of white,
4 1/4 X 5 1/2" I cut it with these angles then trimmed so that some black would show.
My 2 side pieces were stamped and masked with the same 3 colors as my top card.
since I have the star on the manger I masked the star off the sentiment).
Hope this gives some inspiration!
Thanks for visiting!!
Robin
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3 comments:
Robin, some fabulous colors and creative uses for stamps and dies. Hard to pick a favorite!!!! I am definitely going to try using these colors together! Thanks for the inspiration! Hugz
Wow! These cards are just so cute and colorful! Love all the different greens on your trees and the snowman is adorable! Wonderful layout on your last card too…Your creativity knows no bounds! :) :) :)
Two incredibly impressive cards Robin! Took me forever to "see" the trees in the side panels of the 2nd card and now I can't unsee them and I keep wondering how I missed them to begin with :)
Your snowman card is amazing! All the layers so carefully lined up really make this card something special!
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