Brayering Paint for a Background, Let it Snow

Hi There!!!  I have a very wintry, snowy card for you today and that's exactly what it's like here in Iowa, at least in parts of Iowa.  A week ago we had a blizzard that dropped over a foot of snow.  The wind was just a howling out.  But 40 minutes north of us they didn't get any snow.  LOL, it amazes me how that happens.

I started my background by brayering paint onto white card.  The idea is not to cover the paper.  Put just a bit of paint on your craft sheet, roll the brayer through it a few times and then lightly roll it over your paper.  Pick up a bit more paint and brayer it onto the paper in a different area.  You can go in just one direction or multiple directions.  I've used a mini brayer but a regular brayer works just as well. 

Repeat with another color of paint.  I got a little too much on my craft sheet so I just spread it out more with the brayer to be sure there wasn't too much going on the paper.  I used colors that gave a wintry feel to the background but this works for all kinds of colors and all kinds of moods.

Did you know that Suzanne has some digital cutting files on her site for making stencils?  You can find them HERE.  Using the Silhouette Cameo I die cut the Snowfall design from a transparency.  I need to get some stencil material and try it but a transparency can work great too.  Before cutting the transparency, I sanded it a little with a sanding block only so it wouldn't be completely clear and I'd be less likely to lose it in my work area :-)  I took this picture with it sitting on a piece of black cardstock so you could see the pattern better.  I chose to make this the exact size that loads when you bring it into the software.  That worked very well but I'm thinking other sizes would be nice too and will do that in the future.  It's always fun to have a stencil pattern in more than one size.

**  Great news this week!!!!  Suzanne's profile is being featured on the Silhouette blog!!  You can see it HERE.  WooHoo - Congratulations to Suzanne!!!  To celebrate she is offering the Snowfall design as a free download all week.  **

 

Here you can see it used over my background.  I love the randomness of the size and placement of the "snow".  To get this look...........

I put Texture Paste Opaque Matte (Ranger) through the stencil, removed the stencil, added Distress Dry Glitter to the paste and let it dry.  Be sure to clean the paste off your stencil before it dries.

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow is stamped onto white cardstock with Archival Ink Manganese Blue (Ranger) and cut out as shown.  

The ribbon is Crinkle Ribbon from the Tim Holtz Trimmings pack (this trimmings pack is retired and when they're gone, they're gone) and it's colored with Distress Spray Stain (Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean).  Over the colored Crinkle Ribbon is some snowflake ribbon.

I die cut some snowflakes.  The 2 larger snowflakes are from #757 Snowflakes (Elizabeth Craft Designs).  The 3 smaller snowflakes are the extra snowflake in the Brrrr and Snowflake Set.  All the snowflakes are die cut from white cardstock.  The larger two are sprayed with Mica Spray (Lapiz and Pearl).  The smaller three have only Pearl Mica Spray on them.  I added Glitter Dots Peel Off Stickers (Elizabeth Craft Designs) to all the snowflakes, even the Snowflakes Ribbon. Some snowflakes are attached with foam tape and others directly onto the card.  There is some fine silver fiber from my stash added under all the snowflakes. 

I've wrapped the top of the card with blue Tim Holtz Craft Thread and hung an Idea-ology Snowflake that was brushed with Distress Collage Medium Matte and sprinkled with Distress Dry Glitter. 

I hope you like today's card.  I really enjoyed making it and am quite pleased with how it turned out.  

Have a great week!!!!

Hugs, Wanda (Art By Wanda)

Let It Snow, Warm Winter Wishes & Season's Greetings - Rocky Mountain Scene

Yogi here today with a Northern Sky (with artistic license...) - Rocky Mountain Scene... Since I live pretty close to them I get to see them all the time. Majestic and awe inspiring - and I'm not or ever have been a skier... c'est la vie.

I'm using a whole bunch of A Way With Words dies or parts of dies from Elizabeth Craft Designs "Let It Snow", "Warm Thoughts" 2pce set; "4 Season's - Winter" 4pce set; "Best Wishes"; "Ampersands" & "Season's Greetings" also available on Quietfire Design HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE

Also using a couple of rubber stamps from Quietfire Design ("Let It Snow" large); ("Winter Wonderland" 6pce set)


Scored, and folded my purple card (5"w x 7"h).

Created the Rocky Mountains by cutting a mask of the mountains from thin cardstock and laying it down on my white cardstock. Sponged Distress "Broken China" softly all over the sky. Then going in a streaky up and down vertical motion with the rest of the colors (Picked Raspberry", "Mustard Seed". "Seedless Preserves") then blending lightly with the blue sponge again getting a Northern Lights type of look... with artistic license...

Flipped and moved the mask down and just sponged some of the "Chipped Sapphire" along the edges lightly to create the definition between the mountains. Repeated one more layer down, then added some shadow/crevices within the mountains by using edges of my mountain mask and mainly sponging on the mask with the edge of the sponge just skimming the edge of the mask.

Die cut the "Let It Snow" from a purple cardstock, inked with Versamark and embossed with Emerald Creek "Frosted Plum" embossing powder. Adhered to card.

Stamped the "Let It Snow" and the trees (Rosewood "Snowy Trio") using Versafine Black Onyx and clear embossed.

Die cut the skies and poles from white cardstock and colored with markers and Distress pads.

On the inside: die cut the various words (Warm Winter Wishes &) from white cardstock, inked with Versamark and embossed with Emerald Creek "Soft Fallen Snow" embossing powder.

Die cut the "Season's Greetings" from a gold glitter sticky backed paper, then added a white shadow line detail.

Adhered all the words.
On the right side, stamped the house scene (Impression Obsession "J7763") using the black. Added the white details using a paint brush and my mix of Copic White Opaque ink mixed with water to a milky consistency.

Stamped the deer with the black and filed in with the white.
Stamped the snowflakes using Distress "Picket Fence" and embossed with the fallen snow.

Added the smoke from the chimney with a white colored pencil.

Let It Snow

Who wishes for snow more than anyone -- snowmen of course!  This is Selma today with a fun card using Suzanne's new A Way With Words Let It Snow die set.

This is a 6x6 inch card.  A piece of design paper was used at the top half of the card.  White card stock was cut to resemble snow banks for the bottom.  The happy snowman was die cut using Joset Designs Snowman from Elizabeth Craft Designs.  The green dimensional tree was die cut using Els van de Burgt Studio 5-Part Pine die set.  A piece of white card stock was covered with Clear Double Sided Adhesive and the tree pieces die cut.  Silk Microfine Sea Glass Glitter was used on the adhesive for a beautiful sparkly tree.  Silver dot stickers were attach to the tree and a few on the blue design paper.  Silver Peel Off Sticker Corners were added at the top. 

Would this card make you smile if you received it? 

Supplies:

9500-1234 Let It Snow 

Other supplies from Elizabeth Craft Designs include:

Snowman, 5-Part Pine, Outdoor Edges, Peel Off Stickers, All Seasons Tree (snowflakes)