Winter Scene by Fran C

Hello everyone!

Today I made a Winter scene using the only Christmassy stamps that I have from VLVS! I hope you like it :)

 First of all I stamped the snowman, signpost and houses onto the card, using a mask made from torn paper under the houses for the snow.

I then stamped the images again and cut them out to use as masks while I did the sky (I didn't need the snowman in the end!)

I coloured the sky with a stencil brush and Chipped Sapphire distress ink, only lightly at first.

I stamped a star in Yellow and made a soft haze round it with Squeezed Lemonade distress ink, then added stripes in the sky with Wilted Violet and Twisted Citron distress inks to represent the Northern Lights, building up the colour slowly.

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I coloured the snowman with Copic Pens, and also stamped the Banksy penguins to add some balance.  I coloured the windows in the houses a bright yellow.

I added some holographic glitter on the top of the snow line, and on the snowman and his tree.

Lastly, I added shadows and then some snow by hitting a white Posca pen with a metal ruler (masking anything I didn't want the snow to cover).

Stamps Used:

Frosty the Snowman with Tree         19810

Skyline Silouette 19812

Sign Post 19808

North Star Symbol 19818

Banksy penguins 20296

Other Items Used:

Distress inks in Wilted Violet, Twisted Citron, Squeezed Lemonade, Chipped Sapphire

Versafine Clair in Nocturn

Copic Pens

White Posca Pen

Holographic Glitter

|Zig brush pen in Fluorescent Yellow

Black fineliner

Glue pen

Copy paper for masks

Hope you enjoy this scene.  Merry Christmas to you all!

December Monthly Challenge

We'd like to inspire you with frames, scallops, doodles, vintage tones, teal, gray, tan, white, black, Christmas, trees, WINTER, snowmen, squirrels, snow angels, Victorian, house, scenery, road, snowbanks, family & more! Just be inspired ^_^

Don't forget the rules:

-Create a new project based on our inspiration board (it has to be posted this month, but you can certainly link up to other challenges as well!)

-Use at least one (but certainly more if you want) Viva Las VegaStamps! rubber stamps

(We are now allowing competitors stamps to be on your work, but please make VLVS! the focus of the project, thank you.)

-Post it to your blog with a link back to us

-Upload to our linky using your direct blog post link (You may also upload via facebook, flickr or other gallery)

You could win a Project Spotlight post on our blog + some new rubber of course.

And visit us back here for inspiration!

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Monthly Challenge - Ornament Swap

I really can't believe it... It's time for the very last challenge of 2014! We bring you a bit of blue and white chilly-ness with a dash of brown warm and some beautiful vintage ornaments.

Please be inspired by all the colors (blues, whites, offwhites, black, brown and more,) stripes, ornaments, bows, snowflakes, winter, Christmas, chilly, snow, snowmen and more. Please feel free to enter any type of project; altered art, ATCs, cards, layouts, journal pages and more!  Visit us this time next week for November's TWO winners! We'll now be having TWO winners. One voted winner will receive a grab bag, a badge, and a spotlight. One random winner will receive a grab bag.

Don't forget the rules:

-Create a new project based on our inspiration board

-Use at least one (but certainly more if you want) Viva Las VegaStamps! rubber stamps

(We are now allowing competitors stamps to be on your work, but please make VLVS! the focus of the project, thank you.)

-Post it to your blog with a link back to us

-Upload to our linky using your direct blog post link (You may also upload via facebook, flickr or other gallery)

You could win a Project Spotlight post on our blog + some new rubber of course.

And visit us back here tomorrow for some inspiration from Tina Walker.

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