Purple Onion Designs - Happy Mail

 

Welcome to my blog and a brand new holiday card for Purple Onion Designs that was created using the super cute Happy Mail stamp illustrated by Chilliezgraphy by Pei, in combination with their Vintage Postcard Set and Vintage Holiday Postmark Set.

I took an A2 panel of white cardstock and die cut it using The Greetery's Postcard Details Die.  I used the MFT Slimline Drifts & Hills Stencil and ink blended above it using 'Stormy Sky' Distress Oxide Ink.  The panel was glued to a slightly larger striped panel (Lawn Fawn paper) and then this was adhered a slightly larger again, white card base.

I stamped the stamp image using the same Stormy Sky ink and then using black ink I stamped the other elements.

I stamped the Happy Mail image and coloured with the following Copic marker combinations:-

Bear - E43, E31, E41, E40

Penguins - T7, T5, T3, T1

Postbox - R39, R29, R27, R24

Brown - E49, E77, E44, E43

Teal - BG72, BG11

Blushes - R22, R21, R20, R00

Shadows - C5, C3, C1, C0

I highlighted with a white gel pen and fussy cut the image, backed it with foam tape and applied it to the scene where I glittered parts of it using Stickles glitter.

To complete the card, I added snow throughout the scene.  I did this by dipping a stylus into Dr. Ph.Martin's Bleed Proof White acrylic paint.  This gives you the control to add the flakes exactly where you want them and for a realistic look I recommend that you make sure to dot the snow on some of the lines of the illustration.

Last but not least I added three die cut decorative snow flakes.  Mine were made using Hello Bluebird's Frosty Flakes Die.

Another holiday card complete!  Thanks for taking the time to read my blog today and I promise to be back soon with something new.