These are two of the cutest stamps from Eat Cake Graphics, that can be used either separately or together to form a big tree in the middle. I first made a house template in Word and cut it out of Soft Suede. The fold is on the left side of the house; the roof is a separate piece. The patterned paper is from My Mind's Eye Christmas pack from last year--it's a little bit glittery, but not over the top. I then had the "great" idea of using another paper from the same pack at the "wallpaper" for the background of the card. Which meant stamping and cutting out:
1) The wallpaper layer
2) The tree, pet, and person layer (after coloring with prismacolor pencils & baby oil)
3) An acetate square (hard to see but looks so cute in real life!)
4) The window frame & snow
all times two windows. I'm definitely buying one of those pencil-grip thingies for my craft knife ASAP. I also cut out the chimney from Cherry Cobbler, adding some score marks 1/4 inch apart for bricks. On the windows, I colored everything snowy with a white pencil first (I forgot on the roof & chimney), then added some snow using a "Snow Writer" from Hobby Lobby, and finally some Frosted Lace Stickles.
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Sat, Jul 31, 2010 @ 11:26 AM
So tell me about these pencil-grip thingies? Sometimes after a 3-D project my finger has been numb for a day, I think I need to know about them. Cute sums this up perfectly!