Snow-buddy Birthday - stenciling, alcohol marker

There's snow-buddy like you, so I hope you have a wonderful Brrrrr-thday! My wintery birthday card features stamps, inks, and a stencil from Kraftin' Kimmie stamps and Copic colouring.

Putting It Together 

I have a winter birthday which might be why I like winter so much. I started this project with a wintery brick wall and decided to pair it with a skier taking a break for a wintery scene birthday wishes.

For my brick wall, I mixed a pearlescent paste with drops from a Kimmie ink re-fill.  More drops result in a darker colour.

I mixed the ink and paste with a Nuvo silicon spatula.

I then used the spatula to smear through the stencil on a Bristol panel. I used Press and Seal under the panel to keep the paper and stencil anchored.  I made two panels, one in each direction but only have process pictures from the one I didn't use this time.

While the paste was wet, I took off the stencil and sprinkled on Glamour Dust to sparkle like ice crystals on the wall. I sprinkled unevenly for a more 'natural' look.

 I stamped the skier on Strathmore Marker paper with Wicked Black for a more whimsical 'cartoon' look and then coloured with Copic markers adding two Nuvo alcohol markers for colours I don't have in Copics.

E000 E00 E11 E13 E18

E21 E31 E33 E37 E29

BG11 BG13 BG49 BG09 BG39

C1 C5 BV000 BV31 BV34

Y00 Y15 Y26 G82 C7

C9 C10 R37 110

Nuvo 360 Nuvo 425

I might actually be getting better with alcohol markers. They definitely don't intimidate me as much now thanks to classes from Kit and Clowder and Sweet Sentiment along with a lot of encouragement and additions to my stash. I do like Copics but not their price, so I add to them when I can find them cheaper but also pick up other colours in cheaper brands such as Nuvo and Spectrum Noir. They all mix together, so that works, too.

I fussy cut the image and did a dry layout with a trimmed brick wall before heading to bed. Darn that work thing in the morning.

I decided to add a little icy sparkle to the inside. I squeezed out some Crystal Stickles...

then dragged the edges of a small white panel through the sparkly goodness.

I added a sentiment stamped on a white strip from another Kimmie set and popped up the image with foam mounting tape. I used a kraft cardbase to give the brick a neutral matting.

Inside, with patterned paper background and a sentiment from a third Kimmie set, the icy edged panel gives ample room for a personal message.

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