October AIR #2 - Welcome Winter using Paper Smooches challenge

Hi All!
This month, we, AIR member were asked to use Paper Smooches stamps.  It was soooooo hard to me to pick just one set from all those cute and modern designs!  The one I picked is "Winter Groves".  It is perfect set for all winter themed project., and I made this card.

Supplies

IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento™ Dye Ink Summer Sky, Tuxede Black, Paris Dusk, London Fog

IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento™ Marker  

IMAGINE Crafts® InkBlushers™

IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Essential Glue Pad™ inker

Stamp: Paper Smooches Winter Groves

Die: Spellbinders Frame One,  Persian Motifs

Glue, Foam Tape.

Coated Card Stock

Color Paper

Ultrafine Gritter  (Judi Kins)

Post It Notes

Half Inch Circle Punch

How to:

1 Stamp the Tree with IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento™ Dye Ink Summer Sky on coated cardstock.

2. Stamp the same image to Post It, then cut out - make four or five.

3. Using cutout Post It, mask the stamped tree then overstamp same tree several times. Remove mask.

4. Base coat IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento™ Dye Ink marker NEW SROUT.

5. Add some shade with IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento™ Dye Ink Pear Tart marker.

6. Add deeper shade with Bamboo Leaves

7. Color the trees around the center in same way.

8. Color other trees with Pear Tart and Bamboo Leaves

9. Blend color line with lighter color - Pear Tart here.

10 Color tree trunk with Desert Sand

11 Add shades with Toffee Crunch

12 Add more shade with Rich Cocoa

13 Coloring trees are done

14 Create shadow of trees with IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento™ Dye Ink London Fog.  Pick color from pad with IMAGINE Crafts® InkBlushers™ , apply it lightly.

15 trees are done.

16 On different piece of glossy paper, stamp snowman with IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento™ Dye Ink Tuxedo Black.

17 Add shade with Summer Sky 

18 Dandelion to skarf , London Fog for shadow and Cantaloupe for nose.

17 Cut out the snowman

18 Stamp the words to cardstock with IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento™ Dye Ink Tuxedo Black

19 Die cut Lebel and stencil inside with IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento™ Dye Ink Paris Dusk

20  Mix  IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Essential Glue Pad™ inker and Memento Paris Dusk on pallete , apply to snowflake stamp.  Make several of them,, punch out, then apply Ultrafine Glitter.

Assemble card.  DONE

Light color outline makes softer image when colored with markers or colored pencils.  This is another my favorite technique.

Until Next time!