Hello crafty friends, Marine here,
I'm so happy to be back on the blog with this holiday card featuring the mouse
family again. This time, they're back for a Christmas adventure, whether
they're busy decorating the tree, or enjoying some quiet time by the fireplace,
or delivering presents larger than the chimney pipe! I love how this slimline
card turned out, and how we get three mini scenes on one single card.
As very often, I started off by
stamping all the images on 110lb Neenah solar white cardstock using an alcohol
marker friendly black ink. I cut them all using the matching dies, and colored
everything using my Ohuhu markers and my Graph'it brush markers.
Here is a detailed list of the
stamp sets I used: • Cozy Christmas - armchairs, Christmas tree,
cushions, lamp, glass of milk, presents • Santa Claus Lane - fireplace, chimney, stockings,
sleigh, presents, baubles • Christmas Critters - mouse, reindeer
antlers • Lazy Christmas - large presents • Merry Mice - mice, hat • Beach
Bus - mouse • North Pole - cookie plate, presents • Harvest Mice - mouse.
Next I cut an 8,5 x 3,5 inches Strathmore bristol smooth panel that I divided in different sections, from bottom to top: floor, wallpaper, roof and sky. I started off with the floor, and created a base first using antique linen oxide ink. And to make a parquet floor, I used the Straight Stripes stencil along with vintage photo oxide ink to create a wood plank pattern. For the wallpaper, I did a base first using saltwater taffy oxide ink, and I used the Diagonal Stripes stencil along with worn lipstick oxide ink to add a nice pattern to my wall. I kept the roof simple, and did a 1/4" separation stripe using hickory smoke and black soot oxide inks. And finally I did the sky using salty ocean, prize ribbon and black soot oxide inks.
As always, I added texture to my
background. I mixed some vintage photo oxide ink with water, and added
splatters to the parquet floor. Mixed some worn lipstick oxide ink with water,
and added splatters to the wall. Splattered water on the sky and dried the
paper with a paper towel. Mixed some chipped sapphire oxide ink with water,
added more splatters to the sky, and did the same with liquid stardust.
Finally, I mixed some copic opaque white ink with water, and added white
splatters all over the panel.
Once the panel was dry, I white
heat embossed "Merry Christmouse" from Merry Mice at the very bottom, and attached all
the images using 1mm and 2mm foam squares. Added highlights and details to the
images using a white gelly roll pen, a dot of glossy accents on the berries on
the wall and lights in the tree, and to make the snow on the chimney sparkle, I
added liquid glue, sprinkled fine glitter on the glue, let it dry and removed
the excess of glitter with a fluffy brush.
And that's it! Thanks so much for
stopping by, and see you next time!
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