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Let's Sparkle and Shine at Christmastime

by Brenda Noelke on Oct 02 2024

Hello, Picket Fence friends and happy Wednesday!! Brenda here with a festive Christmas card featuring the Cheerful Winter Gnomes Stamp Set and the A Snowy Breeze 6x8 Stencil!! I love using unconventional colors for holiday cards, and this is the perfect example!! I began by stamping one of the gnomes from the Cheerful Winter Gnomes Stamp Set onto white cardstock using PFS Black Hybrid Ink. I colored him with Copic markers, added highlights with a white gel pen, then used the Coordinating Die to cut him out. For the background, I blended Wilted Violet and Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide Inks onto a panel of white cardstock with blender brushes. I spread Seasonal Holiday Arctic Fox Paper Glaze Luxe through the A Snowy Breeze 6x8 Stencil onto the panel with a palette knife, then set it aside to dry. Once dry, I trimmed the panel slightly and adhered it to an A2 white card base. The arch was cut from vellum using a die in the Basic Die Cutting Die Set 1. The gnome was adhered to the vellum with foam tape. The sentiment, from the Signature Quotes: Christmastime Stamp Set, was white heat embossed onto black cardstock and cut out with the Coordinating Die. It was also adhered to the arch with foam tape, then liquid glue was added to the back of the vellum behind the die-cuts only and added to the front of the card. Snowflakes from the Jingle All the Way Sequin Mix were the perfect finishing touch. I just adore this little guy all decked out for the holidays!! Thank you so much for stopping by!! Have a wonderful Wednesday!! Brenda

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Cheerful Winter Gnomes card set

by Silvana Chambon on Sep 30 2024

Hello, friends! Welcome to the PFS blog! It´s Silvana here from Casa Magnolia and today I wanted to share with you the cards from one playful session with a lot of the new products from the last release. I had so much fun with these cards, specially making the background. But let´s see the cards finished: Both cards have these bright and very colorful backgrounds which I loved. They were made with Paper Splatter Watercolors and flat brushes. Just put two drops of liquid watercolor per color. Be careful when blending one color with another, so you don't saturate the lighter color with the darker one. I used watercolor paper for these backgrounds. For this background I used Liquid Pecan Tart Brown, Liquid Cranberry Red and Liquid Candy Cane red Paper Splatters Watercolors. The paper Splatters have this shine in it that makes them beautiful and gives them a holiday look. To add more interest to it, I dry embossed the new A Snowy Breeze 6x8 stencil and used some Liquid Gold Paper Splatter watercolor with a fan brush. For the other card I used the Liquid Holly Leaf green and Liquid Candy Cane red Paper Splatters Watercolors.The color that appears when these two meet it´s a deep violet shade. You need to be extra careful here, as what you're aiming for is for the green and red to prevail over the third color that appears. For this background I opted to used the Chistmas Tree Farm 6x8 Stencil with Arctic Fox Paper Glaze Luxe. This card has a more traditional color scheme so I thought the trees were perfect. Let´s talk about these cute gnomes. This is the Cheerful Winter Gnomes stamp set. You can also find the coordinating die or purchase it in bundle. I stamped with Black Hybrid ink and then added a layer of embossing ink and clear embossing powder. I used the same Paper Splatter Watercolors of the background to color each gnome. For the beard and nose I chose Copic markers colors. To finish the cards I stamped the different sentiments that come with the stamp set with embossing ink and white embossing powder over a black cardstock. I had some much fun with this two cards! I hope you enjoyed the blog post and give these cards a try! Thanks for stopping by. Have a fantastic week. Silvana