Welcome once again to the newest CASEing The Catty Sunday Challenge Blog Hop. I'm just back from Sydney, where I joined my Stampin' Up! Demo friends for a day of fun, stamping and training and two new catalogues! I have so much news to share, but for now it's on with the Blog Hop! Have you come here from Siobhan's blog, or are you starting here? Either way, just keep going until you get back to where you started.
This week we are CASEing the Night Before Christmas DSP, and a layout from page 24 of the Holiday Catalogue. My eye was immediately caught by this silhouette card:
Isn't it gorgeous? I loved the sponged background and the silhouette of Santa and his sleigh, dashing across the snowy sky.
I started my background by brayering a layer of Balmy Blue ink on Whisper White cardstock. I then used my Sponge Dauber to add a layer of Pretty Peacock ink. I've found that the darker ink blends better when it's applied over a lighter ink, verses directly to the cardstock. I finished the background by splattering both water and some Frost White Shimmer Paint over the sponged areas. Hopefully it looks like a snowy sky! The ground was just hand cut from a piece of Glimmer Paper
I heat embossed the sentiment from So Many Stars in Silver Embossing Powder on a piece of Pretty Peacock cardstock. I wanted the banner to be there, but not glaring, which is why I chose Pretty Peacock card rather than something that would stand out more. I finished it off with a Whisper White twine bow and a small piece of Glimmer Paper peeking out from underneath.
I used the offcut of Glimmer Paper from the front of the card to create another snowy hill on the inside. I brayered more Pretty Peacock ink onto a scrap of Whisper White card, and then splattered it with water before punching with the Pine Tree punch. A little brayered Balmy Blue ink along the bottom, and the inside was done!
After the hop, you can join in the fun in our Facebook group, where you can add your card to the group for this week's challenge. Can't wait to see you there!
It's time now to hop on over to the next stop in the hop, the very lovely Monique!
Bye for now,
Tina
Oooo I just love love love this, Tina. Your inked background is gorgeous. I love the light patch behind the deer and how that makes him stand out even more. As always I love the inside of your card almost as much as the outside, and I must try that with the tree becuase it looks so good!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tip about putting a lighter colour down first. I’ve never done this! The background looks great and the lighter patch really does make the reindeer stand out even more. I really need to do more to the inside of my cards as yours looks great!
ReplyDeleteSo amazing. So stunning with the blending! So inspirational! Love the splattering on the sponging and thankyou for the light/dark tip - will have to try this one (sponging and blending is NOT my talent!!!!)
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