Your Next Stamp – Winter Wonderland Showcase

Hi everyone! I’m so glad to join Your Next Stamp again this month for Day 4 of YNS’s Winter Wonderland Designer Showcase! Over 12 days the DT and guests are sharing winter filled creations. Plus, YNS is giving away a prize each day! One random comment left on each day’s YNS blog post will be selected to win a gift certificate to the YNS store. Leave a comment on the YNS blog by December 25 at midnight EST for a chance to win. All Winners will be announced on December 27. 

Here is my card for today, featuring the super fun Silly Monsters Chill Out stamp set: 





It was LOVE at first sight when I saw this funny winter Monster. The stamp shows the monster with a pile of snowballs next to him but I decided to focus on him alone and not to show the snowballs. So here is a little tip for you to try: use masking paper or Post-it tape to mask the part(s) on your stamp you don’t want to show. Next, ink your stamp, remove the mask(s) and stamp the image. I used this technique for the cute monster but I did the same with the "flying" snowball that comes from the pile! Once the snowball was stamped, I drew two thin strokes with a black marker to give the impression of movement and cut the "new" image out. I fixed all images, the sentiment as well as the circular die-cut with foam pads for more dimension. 

Here is the set I used:






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Have a wonderful day…

Francine

Comments

Migdalia said…
Super cute!! I love the silly monster!!
Barb Ghig said…
So FUN, Francine! Your masking added so much character to the monster and snowballs, and I love how you created movement on the snowball with your marker...so clever! As always, your Copic coloring is just amazing...WOW!!!
Lisa Lara said…
oh so cute Francine. I just love this set!