Snowman Christmas and the Heirloom Frame - another sneak peak

The Heirloom Frames and the cute snowmen of the Snowman Christmas stamp set are a good match, each allowing the other to shine.

This little snowman juggling snowballs and snowflakes was placed inside an embossed Whisper White Heritage Frame.  I coloured the Snowman with Stampin' Blends and the background with a Coastal Cabana watercolour pencil.  Puff paint was used to mimic real snow both up in the air and on the ground. 

Tip: Shake the puff paint before applying to your work

The frame was added at an angle to the Coastal Cabana card front to which a strip of Let it Snow DSP flanked on both sides with a narrow strip of Dazzling Diamond glimmer paper has been added.

The frame was decorated with a large and a small die cut snowflake (Colorful Seasons), with a bow of Coastal Cabana baker twine added to the middle of the larger one and a rhinestone in the smaller one.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Snowman Christmas

Inks:  Black Memento, Stampin' Blends, Watercolour Pencils

Papers:  Coastal Cabana, Whisper White, Let it Snow DSP, Dazzling Diamond Glimmer Paper

Accessories:  Heirloom Frame and Embossing Folder, Colorful Season Dies, Puff Paint, Blender Pen, Thick Coastal Cabana baker's twine (retired), rhinestone, dimensionals

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Sunset at the Cottage

I love sunsets - always have, and lately the sunsets have been so beautiful.

I've been making a lot of cards using Rooted in Nature suite, and today I combined the stamp set with two other stamp sets, Waterfront, and High Tide - to create a sunset scene at the cottage

I was a bit hesitant about the effectiveness of the sponge brayers, but I used them today (along with some of the new colors) to create this beautiful sunset and was pleasantly surprised.  So, using this tool, I applied the following colors for the sky:  Mango Melody, Poppy Parade and Highland Heather. I added some birds and clouds from High tide.

Coastal Cabana was used for the water, with the horizon  identified using a Coastal Cabana marker.  Details in the water was created by using the water stamp High Tide.

The two trees were stamped one at a  time and side by side using Mossy Meadow.  A stamp from Waterfront, stamped in Soft Suede,  was  to create the rocky knol upon which the trees were growing.

The focal image was trimmed, then matted with Basic Black card stock, adhered to a Whisper White layer which was added to the Basic Black card base

An Adirondack chair, die cut in Highland Heather cardstock, was adhered to the lower right card front to complete the cottage image.

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Rooted In Nature, High Tide, Waterfront
Inks:  Mango Melody, Poppy Parade, Highland Heather, Coastal Cabana, Soft Suede, Mossy Meadow, Basic Gray, Coastal Cabana marker
Papers:  Basic Black, Whisper White, Highland Heather, dimensionals
Accessories:  Colorful Seasons framelits, Sponge Brayer