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I fell in love with the Christmas cards Stephanie Klauck made using My Favorite Things Santa's Elves. I never seemed to get tired of these cute elves so I finally purchased the stamp set myself. I went back and looked again at Stephanie's cards and watched her video. The only things I changed were some of the colors and the die that she used. I don't have that die, but I do have a couple of other border dies that worked well.
I was a bit worried about ruining everything when I added the splatter. I tried the Kemper Splatter Tool, and this time I used it correctly so I didn't splatter myself instead of the card, but the splatter was very uniform and very fine. I wanted more variation so I tried the technique Stephanie Klauck used in the video I linked in the gallery post. She put some acrylic paint on an acrylic block, mixed a spritz or two of water into the paint, and then used a stiff paint brush to flick it off onto the card. It worked great for her, not so great for me; but I admit I didn't have a stiff paintbrush. I ended up just dipping a paintbrush into the paint, sometimes watered down and sometimes full strength, and tapped my finger on the handle of the brush. I did splatter more paint around that way, but my card was in a box so I didn't do too much damage. I was happy with the way it turned out.
CARD:
4 ¼" x 5 ½"
Gina K. Designs Cherry Red cardstock, 100 lbs. (card base)
Stampin' Up! Kraft cardstock, 80 lbs. (focal image)
Avery Elle Wonky Stitches die set
Avery Elle Dotted die set
Ranger Distress Paint, Picket Fence (splatter, tap a paint brush)
FOCAL IMAGE:
My Favorite Things Santa's Elves
Prismacolor Pencils
Post-it Super Sticky Full Adhesive Notes (for the masks to protect the images from splatter)
PRISMACOLOR PENCIL COLORS:
Hat & Shoes—Crimson Red, Crimson Lake, Scarlet Lake
Jacket—Peacock Blue, Cobalt Blue, just a touch of Cobalt Turquoise on top (seated elf); Aquamarine, Cobalt Turquoise (standing elves)
Christmas Stocking (seated elf), Ornament & Gift (standing elves)—Chartreuse, Limepeel)
Berries—Crimson Lake, Crimson Red)
Holly—Prussian Green
Skin—Beige, Light Peach, Peach
Hair—Chocolate
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