Brrrthday Hot Chocolate

I have a card for a winter birthday today which, with a change of

 sentiment, could easily be a Christmas card instead...

Mmmm a nice mug of Hot Chocolate is perfect for a cold day 

especially a Brrrthday.... love that play on words :)

I've used Lil Inkers mug die and added extras from the Comfy Coco dies to

 make a yummy drink with mallows and wafer twists.The snowman face 

is from the Comfy Cocoa stamp set and I think he's fabulous... I've used markers 

and pencils to add shape and dimension to all the pieces.

The wafer twists are made using the striped peppermint stick stamp which I have stamped 

in brown ink on Kraft card then added shading with pencils. For a cosy background

 I've added a knitted pattern in white ink and the fun sentiment is from Ready Set Snow

Anyone else needing a Hot Chocolate now??

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x

   

Ready, Set, Snowboard!

Hello, Tallie here. I won't get to visit the slopes this year so here's a frosty themed birthday card featuring the MFT Ready, Set, Snow stamp set. This one is for my brother, who unlike me, will shortly be visiting the snowy slopes!

I started with the background for this card, blending on some Distress Inks in Broken China, Peacock Feathers and Faded Jeans. To add many layers of snow, I used a combination of white paint and a toothbrush, and a white gel pen. This one turned out looking more like a night sky, so maybe this bear is going for a night board? :)

On another panel, I stamped out the bear, the snow puff and a couple of the trees with some MFT Extreme Black Ink. I used some Post-It Notes to mask the smaller tree so I could stamp the larger tree behind and a black pen to add some of the extra lines. I then coloured these in with my alcohol markers, sticking to warm greys for the bear and blue-greens for the snow.

I fussy cut around the bear, trees and the slope so I could mount the scene on some foam tape and add some dimension. I stamped out the 'HAPPY BRRRTHDAY' sentiment from the Ready, Set, Snow set onto the panel before I mounted it to the card base background.

A few last little touches with a white get pen to add some details to the scarf and board, and some Glossy Accents for the goggles finishes it off.

Thanks for reading, catch you next week.

Tallie