Today's card makes use of the leftover background from making this card. It's a mixture of Distress Inks (Mermaid Lagoon, Chipped Sapphire & Black Soot) watercoloured on to watercolour paper in a couple of layers, with my Simon Says Stamp 'Falling Snow' background stamp heat embossed with 'Diamond White' embossing glitter from WOW over the top. This time I picked an old James the Bear stamp by Lili of the Valley, called 'Present Pile', stamped him on to watercolour paper, extended the line for the snowy ground using a black gel pen, then coloured him using watercolour pencils. I added a sentiment using a stamp from the 'Scribbly Christmas' set by Tim Holtz for Stampers Anonymous, then carefully cut around the top of the image. I layered it over the snowy background, thenmatted it on to a snippet of red card before adding it to the card blank.
- C.R.A.F.T. - Christmas Present
- Crafty Catz - Anything Goes (Optional 'Christmas/Winter')
- Krafty Chicks - All Occasions
- Time Out - Winter/Holiday
- We Love Stamping - Anything Goes (Optional 'Christmas Characters')
He's certainly a Christmas Character Helen and your whole card makes you smile, a nice design as well and remember the snowy background. Lovely to see you at We Love Stamping again, many thanks for joining us.
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You have made a beautiful card Helen.
ReplyDeleteHelen... this card is cute beyond words! Your coloring is beautiful. Thanks so much for joining and sharing at Time Out this week.
ReplyDeleteOh how lovely to see James the bear he is such a little cutie smashing colours Helen thank you for joining us at We Love stamping
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Spectacular card! It’s a lovely background and a cute Christmas bear. I’m delighted to have you playing with the Krafty Chicks All Occasions Challenge this week. Hope you join us again soon.
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Love it Helen - cute character and a great background.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing it at the Krafty Chicks Challenge.
Helen x
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Oh lovely James I do love this stamp and thanks for sharing at Crafty Catz
ReplyDeleteSuper cute and cheerful! Great colouring! Thanks for joining us at Time Out Challenge:)
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