Whew...I'm so excited to post this card! Monday was my day off and I spent the better part of the day creating this one! Seriously, I think it took me like five hours! Stamping, coloring, cutting, glittering, more cutting, more stamping, more glittering! Hahaha. Hero Arts is having a contest for December with a color challenge of kraft, cranberry, slate blue, pine green and white. I used all five! The contest also called for "adding shine" and I did that in the form of glitter. The prize is $50 in products! Woo Woo! Wish me luck! I had a lot of fun making this one and I hope you enjoy it. Thanks for stopping by today.
The first thing I did (after choosing my Hero Arts stamp set and stamping the images in black) was to pick out markers in the challenge color palette. That way, I knew I would just color all the houses in those shades. This also made the finished project look uniform and eye catching. Yup, I used ALL those markers! It was fun mixing it up on each house. I love this set!
The next step was to make my background for this wee village. I stamped the trees in Adirondack Bottle Green ink which is a nice deep pine green. I stamped the snowflakes in Brilliance White ink.
I had to add some bling to my snowy scene by making my own glitter mixture. I took some plain chunky white glitter and added Prisma Glitter to it. Before I put the glitter on, I edged the snow in a light blue ink.
Here's my scene...now the hard part...trying to fit all those houses on there! Hahaha. My finished card is 4.25 x 8.5 inches. Sometimes you just need more room to stamp, ya know? I put the scene on a kraft base, then a layer of cranberry.
The houses all have prisma glitter where the snow parts are. It's really hard to photograph glitter...trust me I tried! When I mounted the houses onto the card I put them on with double sided foam tape so they pop up off the card.
Loved your card so much that I went out to buy the stamps...can't wait to use them...Super great job!
Posted by: Cynthia | 12/30/2010 at 08:34 AM
All I have is two words....Love it!!!
Donna
Posted by: Donna Baldaasari | 12/22/2010 at 05:34 AM
Your card is beautiful... I am definitely wishing you luck.
Posted by: Jennifer Kozar | 12/18/2010 at 07:40 AM
GIRLFRIEND... sErIoUsLy???? OMG!! WOWZERS!! That is amazing.. i know you will win!!
hugs,
Patty
Posted by: Patty Bennett | 12/17/2010 at 01:12 PM
It's gorgeous Wanda! Good luck with the contest.
Posted by: Maylee | 12/17/2010 at 12:46 PM
This card is so beautiful, just like the lady that made it!
Posted by: Katrina | 12/17/2010 at 08:24 AM
Great design Wanda. You got this! Merry christmas! Xo
Posted by: Julene | 12/17/2010 at 08:04 AM
Wanda This is stunning a master piece!
LOVE it just like Janice I say: YOU WON!
Wish you all the luck !(keep my fingers crossed for you)
Posted by: Holly Saveur | 12/17/2010 at 04:15 AM
I can tell this was an "All day card"!!! WOW! Just beautiful . . .LOVE the "snow"!! YOU WON!!!
Posted by: Janice Rosenthal Rock | 12/16/2010 at 09:47 PM
Great Card! Good Luck!
Posted by: Louise | 12/16/2010 at 09:23 PM
Is there no end to your creativity? Your photography and stamping expressions are amazing! Merry Christmas Wanda!!!
Posted by: Karen Totsky Bohmer | 12/16/2010 at 07:40 PM
this card is stunning!
Posted by: holly* | 12/16/2010 at 06:38 PM
OMG...this card is sooooo SPECTACULAR! I'm floored! I can tell so much went into coloring each of the houses! You brought that stamp set to life Sistah! Yeah, I'm gonna say this card is a shoe-in for the contest! Good luck! LOVE.LOVE.LOVE...this creation!
Posted by: TeaDub! | 12/16/2010 at 01:03 PM
Fantastic! This one is amazing!!!
Posted by: Mark | 12/16/2010 at 07:42 AM