Mr Frostie in green

Hello and welcome, 

We have a bad winter here in Sweden where we live, and with bad I mean lack of snow. I love snow and we like to go cross country skiing. We have been able to ski but mostly on artificial snow. So with that in mind I got the idea to make Mr Frostie and surroundings in green. Here we go: ⛄️

I started with the background, a nr #8 mixed media tag. Then brayered the snowflakes with Distress paint in Picket fence, and stamped. Dried with heat tool. Be aware that you need to clean your stamps immediately so the paint doesn’t dry on the stamp! 

Then I inked my craft mat with Distress ink and Oxides, sprayed some water and dipped the tag. Dried between layers and repeated until happy. 

I inked the edges with Scorched timber Distress ink and stitched around the tag with my sewing machine. 

I stamped “let it snow”  and the branch from CMS499 Mr Frostie stamp set with Archival ink in Black soot.

I diecut the snowflake from 666717 Vault Winter Wishes from Watercolor cardstock. Then used collage medium matte as glue and added Clear rock candy glitter to the snowflake. Let dry. Glue to the tag.

I stamped Mr Frostie himself on Watercolor paper and colored him with Distress inks. Fuzzy cut him and then inked the edges with Distress ink Scorched timber. 

I diecut the letters “MR FROSTIE” from 666859, from sanded Ideaology Kraftstock. Then glued to the tag. 

I adhered Mr Frostie with 3D foam for some dimension, and glued just his arms to the tag. Here you can see the white snowflakes in the background. ❄️❄️

I cut a small circle from some scrap paper just to fit Mr Frostie’s head, and placed over his head. Then I splattered some Distress paint Picket fence over the rest of the tag.

Thank you for visiting, 

/Susanne 

Card for a 90 year women

Hello and welcome, 

First post of the year! Hope everyone will have a Happy New Year!

Today I want to share a card I made for one of my Mother’s friends. They worked together for many years as well. 

I started with the background, a piece of Watercolor cardstock. Then I inked my craft sheet with different pink/lilac shades of Distress Oxides. Spritzed with water and dipped the paper. Dried between layers and repeated until happy. Then I inked one of the stamps CMS460 with Archival ink in Plum and stamped. I had to stamp 3 times and moved the stamp because the background are bigger than the stamp. I used my sewing machine and stitched around the edges and then inked the with Scorched timber DI. I sprayed some pink Distress Spritz as well.

I used the Vault rosettes die 666567 and collage strips to made the flower. To use the collage strips for this is a great tip from Tim Holtz. It made it so easy. I inked the edges on the rosette with Scorched timber and splattered some Scorched timber Distress spray stain on both rosette and background. Dried with heat tool. 

I stamped the stem from CMS479 Abstract florals and colored with Distress inks. Then cut the stem out. 

Then I diecut the circle from rosette die set from Watercolor cardstock, inked in pink and stamped “90” with CMS484 Sign painter with Distress embossing ink and then used Embossing glaze in Walnut stain. Inked the edges with Scorched timber DI. 

I inked two Ideaology paper strips with Scorched timber and stitched them to the background with my sewing machine. Then I used a circle stamp from CMS396 Field notes together with Archival ink in Ground espresso. 

I also decorated the card with some half pearls in different colors (white/pink). 

I mounted the card to a pink/lilac piece of Ideaology Coredinations cardstock with 3D foam, then to a brown cardblank in the same way.

I will try this card over at Simon says stamp Monday challenge  - Add some texture. The texture I added is the 3D rosette, the pearls and stitching. 

Thank you for visiting, 

/Susanne