Happy Wednesday Crafters!
So we had a change in weather for a few days, so it felt cold and I thought let's stay with a Christmas feel for this week.
Rodney has been in the spotlight lately, but Father Christmas is starting to take over the stage!
I wanted a rustic feel to my card, so let me show you how I created it.
Step One:
For my base card I took one of the Jamie Rodgers Crafts 8" x 8" Pebble Grey cards and cut my 2 layers
I used my stitched Square dies and cut one layer in Red Mirror card and the next one down in Polar White card.
Taking a piece of Polar White card and the Father Christmas stamp from The Gift of Christmas stamp set, I Inked up the image.
I used a stamping block and Black Panther - Quick Dry Pigment Ink
Such a jolly Image!
Step Two:
Using my Alcohol markers I proceeded to colour in my image.
You can use anything you like, ink pads, pencils or paints.
I then used a craft knife to cut out my image, giving a slight bleed around the edge.
As I say, looking at my result I suddenly thought, let's add some dimension to the Jolly man.
Using some CS Fluffy Stuff, I covered the white trims of his suit.
Using my heat gun I puffed up the paste.
Step Three:
With my stamp still on my block I did my background next and randomly stamped him onto my white layer
Next, using my blending brushes I added some colour around my edges. I used Squirrel Red and Chameleon Green - Quick Dry Pigment Ink Pads
Starting with the red, I felt it looked good on it's own, but I wanted more rustic so I added the green after.
Next I cut some straight lines in gold mirror card using my Straight Line Die.
I wanted to frame my layers with these die cuts and make my card have an elegant feel as well as rustic.
Using my Jamie Rodgers Crafts - Clear Drying Glue, I proceeded to glue the wider lines around my red layer and the thinner around the white layer.
Once done I glued the red layer to my card base and then using foam tape I added to the white layer.
Step Four:
Have you used the Jamie Rodgers Crafts corner dies yet?
So easy and time saving to use as they have a centre die that allows you to easily cut 4 at once.
I used the Jolly Holly corners and cut in gold mirror card.
I glued these to the corners of my white layer
I added my Jolly Father Christmas to my card using foam pads and put him at the centre of the base of my card.
For my sentiment, I stamped out the Merry Christmas one from the stamp set onto white card.
Once cut I used my red blending brush from earlier and didn't add any ink but used what was left on it and blended some around the edges.
I then mat and layered my sentiment onto green, red and gold mirror card.
Using foam tape I added my sentiment to the top centre of my card.
To finish up I added red pearls to the red layer corners and then used Dovecraft Ruby Glitter glue to the berry parts of the gold corners.
Well that was a nice simple make and I love the way the card had the elements of elegance and rustic at the same time.
The rain has not stopped while I made my card and it's actually quite chilly, so quite apt for my card today.
Thanks for joining me guys and hope I have given you some inspiration for using this beautiful stamp set!
See you all next week and keep crafting!
TC
Ian x
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Fabulous card a great inspiration !
Absolutely stunning Ian
It’s a bonus when people like yourself Ian take the time to write how card was made & with products used
A big thank you Ian 😘