Avery Elle

Happy Howl-idays ｜Avery Elle

12:57:00 AM

Hello, crafty friends!

I can't believe that this is already the last day of August!

And it means it's time to start making holiday cards. right? :)

So today, I'm sharing my first Christmas card of 2016 with you.

I started off by brick stenciling on the watercolor paper using distress inks.

I used Vintage photo, Ground espresso, Black shoot, Antique linen, Fossilized amber and Barn door.

I then die cut the stenciled panel using two square dies to express fireplace.

From this step, background is completed!

Next, I stamped milk bottles from Sweet Tidings, light strand from Retro ornaments and dog from Happy Howl-didays stamp set of Avery Elle onto Strathmore bristol paper.

I colored them using Zig clean color real brushes.

For milk bottles, I used Carmine red, Wine red, Yellow, Green shadow and Pale grey, Haze blue.(these colors are not shown well in the pic)
For puppy coloring, I used Grey, Light grey, Oatmeal, Carmine red and Wine red.
I then white heat embossed the sentiments from Happy howl-idays stamp set.

To finished off, I assembled the all pieces where I wanted them on the card base using foam tape for dimension.
Puppy is waiting for his Santa with holiday milk bottles for him :)

Thank you so much for stopping by.
Hugs, Dana.

[Other supplies]
* MFT stencil 'Small brick wall'
* MFT Blueprint 15 for large watercolor panel
* MFT Die-namics 'Stitched rectangle' for small panel.

[Challenge]
* SimonSaysStamp Wednesday challenge : Anything goes