A Winter wonderland - Christmas Barn card #3 - a tutorial

 This is the 3rd card of the 3 cards I made using the Christmas  Barn bundle. It reminds me of a winter wonderland, thus the title.

Stamp:  Christmas Barn

Inks:  Basic Gray, Garden Green, Stampin' Blends (Smokey Slate, Soft Suede, Real Red, Pacific Point, Bermuda Bay)

Papers:  Basic Gray, Basic White, Black Memento

Accessories:  Barn Dies, Evergreen Embossing Folder (retired), Dimensionals, Clear Wink of Stella

Putting the card together:

1.  Emboss the Basic White layer with an embossing folder e.g Evergreen Forest and adhere to Basic Gray card base.

2.  On a separate piece of Basic White card stock, stamp 2 trees (Shaded Spruce, Soft Suede market), a wreath (basic gray and color with Old Olive and Real Red Stampin' Blends), the Barn (Black Memento), and the horse and sled.  Die cut all these stamped images using the Barn dies.

3.  Color the barn with Smokey Slate stampin blends, leaving light areas, bare areas and colour some areas darker.

4.  Adhere one of the trees to the embossed surface and the second tree to the Basic White card stock using dimensionals. Place it slighly down and in front of the other tree.

5.  Add the barn using dimensionals.  Add the wreath to the barn just over the door using dimensionals.

6.Add the horse and sleigh with dimensionals.

7.  Sentiment is optional.

8.  Add Clear Wink of Stella on the wreath ribbon, the snow around the barn, the barn roof, and the blanket of the sleigh.

Card #2 can be found here

Card #1  can be found here

Christmas Barn & Dies - A Moonlight sleigh ride - a tutorial

 Once again I challenged myself to create at least 3 different cards using the Christmas Barn and its coordinating dies.

For the first card, I used the new masking papers and the blender brushes to create this night scene.  Anyone for a sleigh ride?

The top fold A2 card base is Night of Navy cardstock, layered with Basic White card stock. The scene is created on a 3 3/4 by 5" piece of Basic white card stock.

1. Use a 1 1/4" circle punch to punch a circle out of masking paper, and adhere the masking paper to the upper right of the art piece.  This will become the moon.

2.  Using a blender brush, apply the following shades of blue to the upper 2/3rds of the art piece:  Pool Party, Balmy Blue, Pacific Point, Orchid Oasis and Night of Navy.  Lightly apply some Pool Party to the lower 1/3.

3.  Stamp the trees using Orchid Oasis ink, stamping off to create depth and distance.

4.  Stamp the horse and sleigh using Black Memento ink, and colour with an Orchid Oasis stamp'n blend.  Add some more shadow marks under the horse and sleigh.

5.  Remove the mask from over the moon and with a finger dauber, lightly add some Daffodil Delight around the edges of the moon and into the night sky.

6.  Using the star dies, die cut some stars .

7.  Adhere a strip of silver foil behind the art piece to make the stars shine.

8.  Stamp the sentiment using Night of Navy ink.

9.  Add puff paint to the fore ground and around the horse and sleigh.  Add dazzling diamonds to this wet paint and then heat with a heat tool until paint puffs up.

10.  Adhere art piece of a 4 by 5 1/4" piece of Basic White card stock

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Christmas Barn

Inks:  Black Memento, Pool Party, Balmy Blue, Pacific Point, Orchid Oasis, Night of Navy, Daffodil Delight, Orchid Oasis Stampn' Blend

Papers:  Night of Navy, Basic White, Silver Foil

Accessories:  Masking Paper, 1 1/4" circle punch, Puff Paint, Dazzling Diamonds, Heat tool, Barn dies