Step by Step by Mona Hauge
Hello everyone!
Mona here with a new Step-By-Step tutorial called Christmas Blessings, hope you like it.
Step 1.
Take a piece of white A5 Multifarious card.
Stamp the Moss Flowers LAV898 and the Vine Set LAV804 in Versafine Clair Shady Lane.
Cover everything in Liquid Masking Fluid and let it dry before continuing.
Step 2.
We need lots of different leaves and branches. Stamp the Witch Hazel LAV1007 in Versafine Claire Pinecone, the Holly LAV086 in Versafine Rain Forest, and Winter Foliage LAV1022 stamped in Versafine Clair Shady Lane.
Step 3.
Now we need the Christmas Night Stamp LAV082 stamped in Versafine Clair Morning Mist. To make it look like Father Christmas and his Reindeer are flying across the sky, just slightly bend the stamp onto your acrylic block.
Some charming houses are needed. Stamp the Woodland cottages LAV936 and the Small Pixy Houses LAV734 all in Versafine Clair Pinecone. Then cover the houses with Liquid Masking Fluid.
Step 4.
Apply some Elements ink Dark Denim and some Elements ink Blue Atoll to create the night time sky. Now spray on some water to let the magic happen.
Step 5.
We need some trees behind our houses. Stamp some Small Red Pine LAV592 in Versafine Clair Shady Lane and some Fairy Fir Tree Small LAV489 stamped in Versafine Clair Rain Forest. Use both first and second generation stamping.Â
A little more Pine from the Star Pine Stamp LAV1017 in Versafine Clair Shady Lane will make it perfect.
For our surrounding colour we will use Elements ink Soft Cygnet and Elements ink Truffle. Look at the picture for placement of colour. Spray some water on it and let the magic happen.
Step 6.
Time to remove the Masking Fluid. It is very important to make sure that the paper is completely dry before we start to rub off the Masking .Â
Now we start to colour the flowers. Use a White Posca pen to outline the big flower and a Red Posca pen to outline the small flowers. Let everything dry before colouring in, this will help to prevent the paper from getting ragged.
Step 7.
Now we can colour in all the flowers. While this dries we can colour our houses and Father Christmas and his Reindeer. Use a Yellow Posca pen to colour the centre of the flowers
Step 8.
To give the flowers a little bit more dimension, use a white Mondeluz Watercolour pencil or a White Posca Pencil to do a little highlight in the red flowers, then do the same to the White flowers with a grey colour. Now we will use a brown Micron pen to draw some lines like you see in the picture.
Put a tiny hint of PanPastel Hansa Yellow behind the trees. For highlights we can use a White Signo Uniball pen.
Step 9.
For our sentiments we will stamp from the Christmas Greetings stamp LAV838 and the swirls are from the Vintage Swirl stamp LAV979 all in Versafine Clair Fallen Leaves.
We want some golden stars in our sky. The Wow embossing Powder is absolutely fantastic to use. The stamps we will use are the North Star Mini Stamp LAV707 and the Star Cluster LAV299.
And for our final touch we will do some Posca pen splatters in both White and Gold.
We are now finished with our card. Thank you so very much for following my tutorial. I hope you enjoyed it. If you have any questions please just send me a message and I will answer as soon as I can.
Big hugs fron Mona
