Bellariffic Fridays - Winter White challenge

Happy Friday! 

There are so many reasons to be exited about Fridays but one in particular I always look forward to is Bellariffic Fridays over on the Stamping Bella blog. I love challenges because they always put you outside of your comfort zone and make you create differently. This weeks challenge was a Winter White challenge. 

I decided to use the Buddy and Jolly stamp set from Stamping Bella. This is one of the first sets I got from Stamping Bella and I feel it is so adaptable...you can colour the elves in traditional Christmas colours or do like I did and colour them in non traditional colours...switch up the sentiment and you have a card that is perfect for any chilly occasion.

I started by masking of a rectangle section on my card stock and ink blended some Tumbled Glass Distress Ink inside the masked off area. I then outlined the newly ink blended area with a silver gel pen and stamped the sentiment included in the stamp set. For some added detail, I used a white gel pen and added some dots as well as used the Snow Marker by Marvy to create the snow that Buddy is standing on. To finish off the card, I used silver sparkle paper to further frame the card.

I coloured Buddy using my copic markers using the following colours.

Copics:

Skin - E04, E11, E21, E00, E50, R20

Outfit - BG09, BG07, BG05, BG02, BG01, BG000, Y17, Y15, Y11

Hair/Coffee - E37, E35

I hope you enjoyed my card creation and be sure to check out the Stamping Bella blog to see what the other design team members created.  

Until Next Time - Stephen

 

 Believe In The Magic Of Christmas

The moment I saw Simon Says Stamp's "Believe in the Season" release, I immediately knew I needed the "Poinsettia" and "Believe" stamp sets. I initially thought it would be fun to try colouring the flower images with my coloured pencils but I didn't like the look I got with that, So I went back to what I felt most comfortable with - Copics. I think the Poinsettias would also look amazing watercolored but I am not really comfortable with that medium myself. I love the control I get with placement of colour with my Copics...and well I just enjoy colouring with them :)

I stamped the background using the Diagonal Stripes background stamp from Simon Says Stamp. I then die cut it out using my often used Stitched Rectangles Dies. I matted that on some red card stock as well as some gold glimmer card stock.

The sentiment is from the "Believe" stamp set, also from Simon Says Stamp. I love how versatile the set is, as you can mix and match the sentiments and use the stamp set all year round. I heat embossed the "believe" on some vellum with some gold embossing powder from Stampin' Up!, the "In The Magic Of Christmas" was heat embossed with black embossing powder from Stampin' Up!  

I die cut the images with the coordinating dies and popped the poinsettia image up using some foam tape. I added some gold Nuvo Crystal Drops in the centre of the flower for some detail as well as added some clear Wink of Stella shimmer pen to the flower. To finish my card off, I added some gold metallic sequins from Pretty Pink Posh to tie together all the gold accents. 

Till Next Time - Stephen