September in Sweden and we are already getting warnings about snow in the weather app! Well, in that case you have to make the most of it – namely Christmas cards! This type of card doesn’t take long, just a few steps and quite easy techniques. So get cosy and get cracking on Christmas.
- Type of project: card
- Occasion: Christmas
- Style: CAS
- Techniques used: watercoloring, ink blending, die cutting
- Decoration: die cut
- Main colour: green/red
- Media used: aquarelle colors, distress inks, ink spray
- Equipment used: cardstock, stamps, dies, stencil
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I recently bought this quite versatile stamp set with a car full of critters that you could put either pumpkins, a Christmas tree or a pile of gifts on top of the car for different occasions. The pile of gifts maybe was meant for birthdays but I think it’s just as suitable for Christmas.
I put the two stamps together and brought forth my aquarelle set for coloring. I love coloring. It’s somehow soothing to go over the area again and again deepening shadows and colors.
I also painted the background. Picturing the car going through the woods when the snow started to fall.
When the color was dry I used a stencil to accentuate the fur trees.
I also stained the scene with white ink to make it look like snowy weather.
To finish it if I draw a frame by hand with a black pen and added a die cut stamp in the right corner.
Then I just framed it with some patterned blue paper and put it on a card base. Tada! As simple as that! I’m gonna make more Christmas cards this way!
Karin Åslund is from Sweden. Karin has been writing for TPC since 2020. Karin started paper crafting in 2005 and she makes cards, mini albums and do some Art Journaling. Her paper projects are often made in traditional Vintage or in a Whimsical style.