Mama Elephant - The Nutcracker

 

Hello friends, thanks for visiting my blog today where I'm share my second card created using The Nutcracker stamp set from Mama Elephant Stamps.  This card also uses the coordinating dies for the stamp set and I used the fun Combo Rectangle Creative Cuts.

To create this card I first made all the mats by using the combo Rectangle Creative Cuts.  I glued all the stacks together but I placed some white craft foam behind the green mat to start building some depth and because I like my cards to feel very substantial when handled.

With the top most panel, I ink blended using inks from The Stamp Market in 'Minty' and 'Fresh Mint' and I splattered it with white acrylic paint loosened with a drop or two of water.  When dry, I popped the panel in my Misti and stamped the sentiment which is included in the stamp set.  I glued this panel in place.

I stamped the 3 Nutcracker soldiers with black ink and coloured them with the following Copic marker combinations:-

Green - G19, G07, YG07, G00, G0000

White/Grey - C3, C1, C0

Black - T9, T7, T5, T3

Skin - E33, E11, E21, E00

The images were highlighted with a white gel pen then die cut using the coordinating dies and applied to the background with dimensional foam tape.

To finish, I added some sparkle to decorative parts of their uniforms in the form of Ranger's Stickles in 'Crystal' and with that this card was complete.  Another Christmas card done!

Mama Elephant - The Nutcracker

 

Hello!  Today I'm creating for fun with some new purchases from Mama Elephant.  They've just had an amazing new holiday release and I couldn't resist treating myself.   This card was made using the new The Nutcracker  stamp set and coordinating die together with their Turn the Page Creative Cuts which are a match made in heaven.

I prepared a pale grey A2 panel of cardstock and adhered it to my card base.  I then used the Turn the Page die and used the larger die to die cut sparkling white cardstock and the smaller die was used to cut white cardstock.  I then needed to create a 'stencil' in effect, in order to ink blend the open pages.  To do this I used the sentiment inner cuts and die cut some acetate which after use I could just clean off and re-use another time.  

With the 'stencil' prepared I ink blended using Speckled Egg and Spun Sugar Distress Oxide Inks.  I stamped the sentiment and then made a snowy background using white acrylic paint and I dipped a stylus in the paint and dotted the snow exactly where I wanted it.

I stamped the images from The Nutcracker with black ink and coloured the images with the following Copic markers:-

Mouse - W4, W3, W0, W00, R24, R22, R21, C3, C1, C00

Rocking Horse - E34, E31, E77, E44, R24, R22

Girl - E33, E11, E21, E00, BG32, G00, G0000, E44, E43, E41

Fairy - E33, E11, E21, E00, C1, C0, R22, R20, R00, BG32, G00, G0000

Nutcracker Soldier - R24, R22, R21, R20, Y19, Y13, T7, T5, T4, T3, E33, E11, E21, E00, C3, C1

I highlighted with a white gel pen and die cut the images.

I glued the 'book' panels together, backed them with dimensional foam tape and applied to the grey panel.  I backed the coloured images with more foam tape and adhered them and for the finishing touches I glittered parts of the character's clothing etc and applied some 4 point star holographic embellishments amongst the falling snow.

Thank you for stopping by my blog today.  I'll be back in a couple of days with something else new to hopefully inspire your own projects.  Enjoy your day!