Sleigh Ride - Christmas in July!

Howdy - MichelleO here today and at High Hopes Stamps we are doing a little Christmas in July! Now I worry my little snowman may melt in all the heat we are having but it is fun to at least color up a bit of cool! And Think Snow! This is "Sleigh Ride" isn't he adorable with his little penguin friend? 

I forced myself to go a bit non traditional with the colors on this one. I found a tan pattern paper from Graphic 45 that had snowflakes on it... so I pushed on and found a pretty teal in the same collection. I actually love the combo and how the image pops with them. My little snowman friend is colored with my Copics, colors below, then stacked on layers of the pattern paper. All placed on a cream colored card stock base. Now I will admit I may have gone a bit silly with the Nuvo white. Ha! I brought it out to dot the snow flakes on the sleigh... and then though "Think Snow" and well... it is snowing! Oh and that sentiment is also from High Hopes Stamps, love the font! 

The snowflake punches are from Spellbinders and seem to work with the theme well! I added some dots of the Nuvo on them as well, just so all my snow matches perfectly. 

Copic colors used - 

It is fun to color up your own cool weather - and perfect to get ahead on those holiday cards as well! You now how busy things get the end of the year, so why not cool off and get ahead now? 

Hope you enjoyed - and make sure to visit the High Hopes Stamps website HERE for more "Cool" images! 

Christmas In July Release

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Sleigh Ride

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With the mild weather in Southern Ontario this past week, it is hard to believe Christmas is next month!  I sure hope you have started on your Christmas cards, but if not... I hope the other Diva's cards and this card, may inspire you to get working on them!
  Jane 

This is Sleigh Ride (SS004) and Sm. Christmas Script Sentiment (F051). Such a cute image!!!

I started by colouring the image with Tombow Markers and water. After the image was all coloured and dry, I added some Glossy Accents to the Snowman's nose, holly berries, and Penguin's feet and beak.  Frosted Lace Stickles were applied to the Penguin's pompom and the snowflake dots on the sleigh.  Gold Stickles were added to the Snowman's hat buckle. A Zig-Wink of Stella clear glitter pen was used for the fur on the Penguin's hat.  

The image was fussy cut.  The snow hills were created by using a Paper Smooches die called Stitched.  The tree dies are from Frantic Stamper called Tall Pine Trees. A white ink pad was used to sponge the trees to give it a more of a snowy appearance.  The pattern paper is from Bo Bunny-Dear Santa 6x6 Paper Pad, along with some blue, green, and white cardstock.  The sentiment was stamped with a blue ink pad.  I wanted to keep this card fairly flat so it could be mailed out; therefore, I never used any foam tape--which is quite unusual for me - LOL!  To complete this card, a few blue rhinestones were added to the corners of the card.  

Supplies Used:

Ink - Tombow Markers - N15, N35, N75, 245, 985, 847, 856, 992, 977, 533, 535, and 761.  Versamark Ink Pad, Black Embossing Powder, White Ink Pad (sponging trees), and Blue Ink Pad (sentiment).

Paper - Bo Bunny-Dear Santa 6x6 Paper Pad; SU Blue, Green, and White Cardstock.

Misc - Glossy Accents, Frosted Lace Stickles, Gold Stickles, Zig-Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Pen, Blue Rhinestones, Paper Smooches-Stitched Die, Frantic Stamper-Tall Pine Trees die, Water Brush, and Glue Dots.

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