Farmhouse Christmas

 These Simple Stories Farmhouse Christmas papers get me all inspired to get busy making Christmas cards, so I did... and got 4 of these put together.

Lots of die cuts!  And a little stitching with my sewing machine.  Happy with how they turned out :o)

Slimline Covered Bridge card

It's Watercolour Weekend time!

 Another slimline card for you - this time featuring 5129 - He Leads Me Set:

I began by diecutting my Canson XL Watercolor paper with my scalloped slimline die, and then planned out my scene on some scrap paper first!  After colouring the covered bridge in first my #565 Deep Blue Tombow Dual Brush marker, stamping it off, and then colouring overtop with #969 Chocolate - I stamped it in the upper third of my rectangle.  Using a pencil, I drew a couple of light guidelines, extending the roadway down and towards the lower right edge of the panel.  With that in place, I knew where to position my little fox from 5016 - WC Mini Critter Set - which I coloured in #947 Burnt Sienna.  With the fox masked, I used my stamp positioner to place the fence just behind him, after colouring it in #565/969.  The tree in the set was stamped on either side of the bridge in the same blue/brown combo - and my scene was set.

I used a damp brush to pull the colour out of all the images, painting #565 onto the bridge, keeping shadowed areas darkest, and used it for the river running underneath.  Tones of #969 and #992 Sand were painted on the trees and fenceposts, keeping them streaky to suggest woodgrain.  Both browns were used to paint in the roadway as well.  A wash of #126 Light Olive was painted as the grass, and used to stamp the tiny foliage from 5073 - Bible Foliage as the tree leaves.  I also used #177 Dark Jade and #249 Hunter Green to add more colour to the trees.  A few sprigs were stamped as bushes, in #177, and the tiny grass from the set was stamped edging the road, and the larger grass was stamped in the foreground around the fence.  With the largest stamp from 4051 - WC Foliage Set, I stamped it several times in #177 behind the fence, and added the tiny dotted flowers from 5074 - Bible Flower Set in #905 Red.  They were stamped around the grass in #993 Chome Orange to add some extra colour to my scene.

To finish off, #493 Reflex Blue was painted in the sky, and a few shadows were added with #565 Deep Blue everywhere.  The roadway provided the perfect spot for my sentiment from the Exclusive Daisy Set available from Scrapbook.com

Quick & Simple Challenge

I am joining the Art Impressions Design Team to post a card for the "Quick & Simple Challenge" on the Ai blog this week.  I did a quick watercolour painting using 5131 - Stone Path Set from the Bible Journaling collection:

I wanted to create a beach scene to finish out the dog days of summer, and this painted up very quickly.  I used the long grasses from 5007 - WC Foliage Set 3, stamped in several different greens/yellows, and added a bit of shading around the stones & dunes.  The sentiment is from the Exclusive Daisy Set available at Scrapbook.com.  I stitched my scene onto a warm brown cardstock mat with my sewing machine, and adhered it to the base with some 3D foam adhesive.  Check out the challenge over on the blog - there are always fabulous prizes to be won!

Ho Ho Ho Slimline card

And the last of my slimline samples... is a vertical card using the Art Impressions Alphabet dies:

 Added a few die cut patterned snowflakes, and that was it - quick & easy :o)

Sending Hedgehugs Slimline card

I love everything that I make using these little hedgehogs from Lawn Fawn's Hedgehogs set:

 This was the card that I assembled during my Facebook Live demo for the Crafter's Workshop last Saturday.  Dies are Stitched Hillside Border Dies, Puffy Clouds Dies and Birch Tree Dies - all Lawn Fawn.

 Hedgies were stamped in Memeto Tuxedo Black ink and coloured with Copic markers.

Let's BBQ

I loved making this card!  I've had this stamp set (Let's BBQ) from Lawn Fawn for a few years, and only used it a couple of times... but had these images stamped and coloured up.  I decided to use them as a slimline card for my demo last weekend, and put together my little scene:

 I used my Puffy Clouds die to cut a stencil from some copy paper, and used some Broken China Distress Oxide ink to create my cloudy sky.  Then cut my Stitched Hillside Border dies in some green cardstock to create the grassy hills.  The gingham was some ancient paper that I had from my CTMH days - but it made a perfect tablecloth.

The images were all stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, coloured with Copic markers and fussy cut before being adhered to the scene.

Slimline Christmas cards

I have two Christmas cards that I showed on my Facebook Live demo for the Crafter's Workshop on Saturday:

Both cards use the Slimline 2 dies from Studio Katia.  Papers are Photoplay Kris Kringle, and Moda Scraps.