winter Archives - Written In Ink

Would you like to experiment with a design like this? Below, you’ll find a supply list, including a link to the stencils I used from A Colorful Life Designs. Follow the link and use discount code ChrisFan10 to save 10% on your entire order! (Master Creator Bundles are excluded as they already have a 20% discount built in.)

Let’s get Started:

Card Base: 5.5 x 8.5, scored and folded at 4.25

Border Layer: 5.25 x 4

Card Face: 5 ⅛ x 3 7/8

Baby it’s cold outside! Stay cozy.

Card Face:

I stamped the fireplace, chair, and bear + penguin onto masking paper and cut them out.
Next, the fireplace and bear + penguin were stamped onto the card face, using Memento Ink.
I put the mask in place over the bear/penguin image and then stamped the chair.

This created the effect of the bear sitting in the chair without any portions of the two images interfering with each other.

I coloured each of the images with alcohol markers. I used a gold gel pen to colour the andirons in the fireplace; I also used a black fine liner to colour around the flames so they would have more presence.
I put the masks in place on all three images before putting the stencil in place to create the area rug on the floor. I added black ink to the exposed areas to create the checkered pattern.
I used the Sparkles stencil to create the wallpaper, using a soft hand and orange ink.
I added a shadow under the chair and penguin, as well as towards the junction of the floor and wall.
I decided on a couple of final touches – I used white gel pen here and there on the scarf as well as on the flames in the fireplace.
I put the card face into my stamp positioner and stamped the sentiment with Versamark embossing ink before adding gold embossing powder and setting it with my heat gun.

Assembly

I glued the black border layer to the card base and then added the card face on top of these, centering both carefully.

Final Thoughts:

I was really happy with this whimsical scene when it was completed. Looking at it now I would make the shadows around the fireplace and where the floor meets the wall a bit darker and more apparent, but overall I’m satisfied.

Supplies: (and links where possible)

I have listed which products I have used, and where they may be purchased. It’s a huge marketplace; in most instances, there are multiple sources and many alternatives.

Stencils: Floor Perspective, A Colorful Life Designs

Sparkles: A Colorful Life Designs

Waffle Flower Grip Mat, 8.5 x 6.5, Scrapbook.com

Versamark Embossing Ink: Simon Says Stamp

Gold Embossing Powder: Wow, Simon Says Stamp

Stamps: Knitting Bear, Colorado Craft Company

Cozy Greetings, Unity Stamps

Ink: Stampin’ Up!

Blending Brushes: Stampin’ Up!

White Gel Pens: Arteza, Amazon

Fine Liners: Amazon

Memento Ink: Stampin’ Up!