Sending you a mammoth hug

Hi everyone!  I'm here today to share another card using the new releases Woolly Big Love and Big Guy.  These mammoths are adorable and I love that Woolly Big Love has a mountain stamp (I'm a big fan of the mountains).

For this card, I started by stamping out a 'mountain scene', keeping larger trees near the bottom (closer to me) and smaller ones towards the mountains (farther away).  Then I put it aside for a week or two.  I wasn't too sure about the layout I picked and almost didn't finish the card, but finally decided to give it a shot (and I'm glad I did).

I colored in the scene using Derwent Inktense pencils and a water brush.  These are my favorite way to color an image.  I usually start by lightly coloring (dry) along the edges of an image.  Once I'm done, I use a water brush to first wet the open non-colored area, then work towards the colored edge and pull the color back towards the middle.  Inktense pencils are ink based and 'set' or become permanent fairly quickly.  Once they set, you will not be able to go back over the area to try to move the color anymore.  Large open areas are usually harder to color because of how quick you need to work with them.  For this card though, it seemed to work to my advantage and gave the grass some texture.  After I had the whole card colored, I went over the card again and added some shading (by touching the water brush directly to the pencil tip, then applying to the card). 

Lastly, I stamped the sentiment on the card and on a lighter grey cardstock.  I cut the word mammoth from the grey cardstock, inked the edges, and glued it in place on the main card.  I used Gina K's master layouts 1 to cut the image and a grey matt and glued the card together.

This card was a great reminder to keep going and not give up on a project.  I love the way the card turned out in the end.  Thank you for reading about my creative journey.  I hope you have fun creating your own mountain scenes.

 

Woolly Mammoth Hug Card

 

Hello again everyone, it's Karen and I'm guest designing for Gerda Steiner Designs again today and I've got another mammoth card to share with you. 

Supplies Used: Gerda Steiner Designs "Big Guy" stamp set GSD845, and "Woolly Big Love" GSD846. Vellum, Copic markers, Cosmic Shimmer Embossing Sprinkles in Snow Storm, Momenta letter dies and Cosmic Shimmer Luna Paste in Moonlight Pearl ( just on the mountain tops), Cosmic Shimmer Colour Cloud ink in Clear Day.

My card measures 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" and I started off by colouring in the mammoths with a combination of Copic markers and finished off with pencil crayons to create a woolly look.  I fussy cut them out, being careful to also cut around their horns. Next, I stamped a line of mountains across the upper portion of my card and coloured them in with Copic markers.  I'm sorry I don't remember which markers I used, but it was a combination of Blue Violets and Cool Greys.  Then I coloured in the sky by blending a little of the Clear Day ink with a sponge applicator, and leaving some white areas for clouds. I added a few streaks to the ice at the bottom of the card with Copic markers in Blue Green shades, just to give a hint of colour to the ice.  I then covered the ice portion of the card with a piece of heavyweight vellum, folding the edges over to the back of the card front and adhering them with double sided adhesive tape to the back of the card front. I applied a little glue on the front along the bottom edge of the mountains and sprinkled on the embossing sprinkles.  These are large chunks of embossing powder, and need to be heated from beneath or they will just blow away.  But they give a fun, snowy texture to the card.  After heat setting them, I added the small shadow mammoth in the background.  I die cut the hug letters and coloured them in with Copic markers, again using the Blue Green shades as I wanted them to look icy.  I attached them to each of the mammoths, and then glued the mammoths to the card front.  I added a little more glue and embossing sprinkles on the ice and around their feet and heat set them.  The sentiment was combined from both stamp sets, and I clear heat embossed it.  Finally, I added some of the Luna Paste to the tops of the mountains.

Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you're having a great day!

You are stronger than you think- night sky

 

Hi Everyone!  This is my first time posting here and I'm excited to share how I made this peaceful mountain scene.

When I saw this mountain stamp from Woolly Big Love, I immediately thought of a starry night over the mountains (can you tell seeing this is on my bucket list?).

For the sky, I started with a piece of Tim Holtz Distress watercolor paper.  I sprayed the paper first with water, then sprayed with several Tim Holtz Distress Stain sprays, including tree lot Mica Stain which added a bit of glimmer.  Next, I lightly "sprinkled" PaperArtsy Infusions in Black Knight (this is a powdered watercolor) around the edges (mostly to areas I wanted to be the darkest).  I sprayed the paper again with water, adding a little extra water where I wanted the color to "move" more.  At this point I had a lot of water on the paper and I tilted the paper back and forth until the color flowed to where I wanted it.  I let this dry overnight.  This sky didn't have as much green and purple as I wanted, so once it was dry I used a blending brush and Distress inks in twisted citron and wilted violet to add more color to the already tinted areas.  Lastly, I used a white wash (watered down white paint) on a fan brush to add splatters to the sky (by running the edge of the brush along the edge of scrap cardstock about 6 inches above the paper).  I used a toothpick on the larger splatters to pull out the edges outward, creating 'stars'.  

This process kind of has a mind of it's own, which is why I usually make several skies at a time in case one doesn't turn out.  It's also very messy, so I did all of this in an old cardboard box.

 

For the mountains, I stamped the image on a piece of white cardstock and used Derwent Inktense pencils (neutral grey and charcoal grey) and a waterbrush to color them in.  Then I stamped the sentiment from "Big Guy" and fussy cut the mountains out.  

Finally, I used the two larger dies from Gina K's master layouts 1 to cut a black matt for the backing (larger rectangle) and the sky and mountains from the slightly smaller rectangle.  I cut the sky first, then estimated how high I wanted the mountains to be in order to judge where to cut the piece of white cardstock .  Lastly, I attached the sky to the black cardstock, then the mountain piece to this and attached the whole piece to a 4.25" x 5.5" white card base.

This card was so much fun to make and you really never know what you're going to get until it's dry.  Thanks for reading and I hope you have some fun creating your own peaceful sky.

 

Woolly Mammoth Birthday Box Card

 

Hello everyone, it's Karen here today and I'm so happy to be guest designing for Gerda Steiner Designs latest collection!  This is such a fun collection, full of big, funny, woolly mammoths!  I've got a full size box card for you today and here's a look at it...

Supplies Used:  Gerda Steiner Designs "Big Guy" GSD845, and "Woolly Big Love" GSD846. Background paper inside - Craft Consortium "In the Forest"; Lawn Fawn - Stitched Hillside Border dies

This card measures 4 3/4" wide by 5" tall, and is 2 1/4" deep when opened.  It will fold down flat and fit into an A7 (5 1/4" x 7 1/4") envelope, and there's lots of room to write a message on the back.   I didn't make a video for this particular card because I have done several of those previously, and I will link to those videos down below in case you're interested in giving this a try.  

For this card, I started by using my copic markers to colour in the mammoths, and then used pencil crayons to add some furry lines.  I used a black glaze pen to add in the eyes, and then fussy cut the mammoths out. 

For the box card, I used Distress Inks on the outside and blended from green to a light blue sky, leaving a few areas  blank in the sky to look like clouds. The center round opening was cut out using a 4" circle die, and all this is explained in the video.  The inside background is one of the papers from the "In the Forest" collection and just seemed well suited to the mammoths.  I cut some hilly grassy sections for the cross pieces from some Distress Ink blended cardstock, and added some flowers to those.  I die cut some white clouds and then stamped and heat embossed the sentiment which came from the "Big Guy" stamp set.  For a full explanation of how to put together this box card (and it's very easy to do!), please head over to watch the video.  

Here are links to two videos I've previously created showing you how to make these full size box cards, and I hope you'll come join me to see how it's done.  

PLEASE CLICK HERE for Sandy Paws Box Card

PLEASE CLICK HERE for Bee Happy Gnome Box Card

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you're having a great day!