As I promised, today I am sharing the step by step instructions on how I did the Serene Silhouettes Snow Birds Christmas card I posted the other day. Click here to see the original post.
I started off by punching a 1 3/4″ circle from a sticky note for my moon mask and ripped a scrap of cardstock for my ground mask. I positioned each of the masks on a piece of 3 5/8″ x 4 7/8″ whisper white cardstock.
Next I sponged the cardstock with the smoky slate classic ink. I prefer to use a circle motion with my hand when sponging.
Once I was happy with my sponging I moved my ground mask over and sponged a bit more to make a little snow hill.
This is what mine looked like when I removed all the masks after I was done sponging the gray background color.
To add a little bit of a glow around the moon, I sponged using our white craft ink. It is ok to get some of the white ink on the moon itself.
Next I inked up the birds in a tree image from the Serene Silhouettes stamp set in Basic Gray classic ink. I used my blender pens to remove the gray ink from the birds.
Once the ink was off the birds I went back with my Cherry Cobbler stampin’ write marker and colored in the birds. Be generous with the ink when coloring directly on the rubber for best results.
I put the ground mask back in place and stamped the image.
This is what mine looked like after I stamped the image.
Next I added some snow to the background by dabing my gel pen all over the background.
I stamped my greeting from the Good Greeting hostess set in Cherry Cobbler classic ink.
To finish the layer I spritzed all over with the vanilla smooch spritz.
I completed my card by layering my stamped layer on piece of 3 3/4″ x 5″ Basic Black cardstock to create a narrow frame and then popped it up on my card base with dimensionals.
Hope you enjoy!
Supplies:
Stamp Sets– Good Greetings-Hostess, Serene Silhouettes
Paper– Whisper White, Basic Black
Ink– Basic Grey Classic Ink, Cherry Cobbler, Smoky Slate Classic Ink, Whisper White Craft Ink
Fabulous Tools– Stampin Trimmer
Creative Touch– Dimensional Dots, Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz, White Gel Pen
CreativeLee Yours,
Wendy Lee
Thank you Wendy for the wonderful tutorial on creating this card. Can’t wait to get this stamp set so I can CASE this ethereal & beautiful card.
This is absolutely beautiful! I’m going to try to do this following your tutorial. Thanks!
I love your complete directions and I’d love to copy your beautiful card but I cannot locate the stamp of the bush with the birds—can you give me help? The link you gave does open to the stamp? Thanks for any help.
Constance- So glad you like the card. The stamp I used was serene silhouettes. This is a retired set that is no longer available.
Dear Wendy Lee, I’m a little late to see this card and I love your instuctions. You are so complete, especially the supply list. Great Job
Thank so much Theresa. I am glad the instructions are helpful.