It's a short month on the Art Impressions blog for the Watercolour Weekend posts, as the blog shuts down for a holiday break later this month. So Tricia and I are both posting today on the Ai blog.
My card is a twister. I adore making these! I've wanted to try this idea for a while... I started by picking my patterned papers from the new 5812 - Christmas S2 Paper Pack, and used that as my colour palette to paint the front and back images of the snowman from 5815 Mini Christmas Twister Set:
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I stamped him using Tombow #N55 (using a grey for a less muddy outline) on some Bristol Smooth cardstock, then painted him in with #312/249/847/N55, and I used my 933 marker directly for his nose. The dies that are included in the set cut him out so easily! And they add on the little notch at the top and bottom that fit into the opening for the twister. I used the 5724 Nested Rectangle Dies to cut out all my background papers, and mounted them onto my card base.
With the smaller (lemon-shaped!) die, I cut the opening for the twister, through all layers of paper (I did trim away a few to make it less bulky). I cut a frame for the opening out of the same red cardstock for both the inside and outside of my card - I always like to make the inside of the card neat and tidy looking, and glued them in place. I love the 5072 Block Letters Die Set, and cut the J and Y in red, and a second set in the striped paper from the pack - layering them both for a bit of a shadow effect. After gluing the back-to-back snowman pieces together, I bent him slightly to fit him into the frame. I added a sentiment from 5566 Christmas Sentiment Set with some 3D foam adhesive.
I will have another project to share later today. Check out the Ai blog to see what Tricia is showing this week.
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