The rainy, cold afternoon meant more time at my desk. I'm still exploring possibilities with my pre-order goodies: the Noel Tidings and Welcome Noel bundles along with the Neutral Noel DSP. For inspiration, I used the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.
My other experiments centred on the Noel Tidings bundle and mainly stamped images so this time, I wanted to try out the Welcome Noel bundle and some die cuts. I started with creating a couple of houses and added a stamped tree and deer.
I used the Softly Woven 3D embossing folder for the front of the card and to warm things up, I used Very Vanilla rather than Basic White.
For the striped elements of the sketch, I used two patterns of Neutral Noel DSP. I cut them on the bias so that the vertical lines would remain vertical. It was a bit like being back in Soft Materials class in high school! For the centre stripe, I used the banner label die from the Noel Tidings bundle.
I finished off with a trio of Gold Adhesive-backed Dots. I stamped the sentiment and went to put it at the centre bottom of the front but... when I tucked it up in the cluster it just looked so much more at home that I left it there. 😀
Anyway, I was pretty happy with the result of this experiment and look forward to more playing!
A wonderful winter scene with the houses, tree and deer! And I agree it was a great idea to add the sentiment at an angle
ReplyDeletelike you did! Thanks so much for joining Freshly Made Sketches this week!