STAMPIN' UP! SNOW FRONT MASCULINE BIRTHDAY CARD #1

Stampin' Up! has released a few stamp sets of a similar genre ... Snow Front, Water Front, and My Meadow.  I am not much of a "build a scene" person, when it comes to stamping, so I'd not yet used any of these stamp sets (despite owning two of them).  I was a bit intimidated, and didn't know where to start.  That was, until I saw these cards by Linda Dalke.  I'm a visual learner, and Linda made me realise I didn't need to be scared to play with these stamps!

Snow Front, despite its name, doesn't have to be used just for snowy scenes.  The stamp set contains great mountain, tree and water images.  In very little time I had created two panels that look like little watercolour paintings - and I love this technique!

Starting with Stampin' Up!'s Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper, I cut a piece in half; this way you can get two card fronts from one sheet.  I stamped the mountains in Crumb Cake and Soft Suede ink, the trees and grass in Old Olive and Mossy Meadow.  Balmy Blue was used for the sky, and Pool Party for the river.  After stamping all the "bits", I used a Water Painter to blur the edges, and blend it all.

Here's the result of my first attempt:

I applied Old Olive ink (directly from the inkpad) onto the inside of my Tasteful Textile 3D embossing folder, then embossed a piece of Old Olive card.  I love the extra depth that this application of ink gives to the embossing.  To finish the card, I added some Ornate Garden ribbon, and one of the wooden In Good Taste Elements.

Tomorrow I'll share the second card I created using this same technique.

Product List

Snow Front Photopolymer Stamp Set [150483] $38.00	Band Together Cling Stamp Set [149231] $40.00	Clear Block A [118487] $7.00	Clear Block B [117147] $10.00	Clear Block D [118485] $14.00
Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685] $15.25	Old Olive A4 Card Stock [106576] $15.25	Soft Suede A4 Card Stock [119982] $15.25	Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper [149612] $15.75	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116] $13.00
Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [147115] $13.00	Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [147090] $13.00	Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad [147111] $13.00	Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad [147107] $13.00	Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad [147105] $13.00
Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [147114] $13.00	Water Painters [151298] $21.00	Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder [152718] $15.75	Stitched Rectangles Dies [151820] $61.00	In Good Taste Elements [152476] $11.25
Ornate Garden Ribbon Combo Pack [152479] $12.25	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $8.00