Betsy’s ‘Baby It’s Cold Outside’ winter card tutorial

Hello everyone!  Winter seems to finally be here and where I live, it’s COLD!   I used this adorable stamp set called Let It Snow.  I only used 2 of the images from this collection for the card.  

Let me show you how I made my card.  I started by composing and sizing my design.  This was so easy to do. Notice that I flipped my mittens on either side of the hats. 

 It was at this point that I chose my paper from my stash because what I used for paper would determine what  colors I chose to use. If I’m coloring with my Copic markers like I did on this piece, I first match the cap of a marker that looks best on the patterned paper and then I do quick swatches on a piece of scrap paper.  If it’s a match then I will choose whatever I need to make the image look dimensional – whether it’s a shade lighter or darker or both.

Basically I had 4 color groups that matched the 4 colors in the papers: lavender, blue, pink and aqua.  

Copic colors used: RV02, RV04, RV06, BG11, BG23, BG15, B32, B23, B34, BV00. And a Spectrum Noir Tri-Blend Marker in Lavender Blend.

Give this method a try and see if you can match the colors to your paper! 

I fussy cut the image leaving a narrow white border around my image.  I adhered my 2 different papers, which I had used a die to cut with, onto a top folding A2 size white card base.

I added a sentiment banner and small heart die to the top of my card.  This was ephemera that matched the paper.  This really needed some sparkle, sooo…..I used a shimmer pen on the tops of the mittens and bands around the bottom of the hats.  I used some tiny iridescent gems to all parts of the design that had small circles.  And lastly, I used Twinkle Stickles to the pom poms of  the hats, the cuffs of the mittens and the heart ephemera. And that completed my winter card!

I love making winter cards and using all the sparkle! ??? This is such a versatile collection. There are so many images in this set.  You could do this technique with all of them! Tag us with your makes!

Til next time…

Betsy

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