Blizzard

Bev from Bee Crafty launched the MDF on Hochanda during the 'Live from Ally Pally' shows, it was so popular that it sold out twice during the show. Luckily when she launched the New Christmas Stamps on 26th September was able to bring it back. It's wonderful quality and I have loved using it. I am sharing this project which I made with it along with the stamps from the last 2 launches, they all work so well together.

There was no need to prime the MDF first, I painted the sky with Grandma's Teacup Acrylic paint from Indigo Blu, I dragged the brush a little to get some texture. To add the clouds I stippled some System 3 white paint from Daler Rowney, it's incredibly thick and gives great texture.

When this was dry I stamped the words 'Snow' from one sentiment and 'Blizzard' from another using Cobalt Archival Ink and left to dry.

Using Bamboo Leaves Memento ink, I stamped the trees at varying heights to give some perspective and add distance to the project once I had added the landscape.

To add the landscape I used Texture Paste, I coloured it here to show up better on the photos, but thinking about it now I didn't need to for this. I added the paste with a palette knife making the mountain range as real looking as possible.

Next I added the snowflakes to the sky using Blueprint Sketch Distress ink.

I then used Titanium white Acrylic paint to colour the mountains, then adding a small amount of black I added some texture here and there. Next I added some blue to the mountains and also some Grandma's teacup to add the contrast. When this was dry, I added some Cosmic Shimmer glue to areas over the mountains and added Ice Diamonds for the sparkle.

Thank you for joining me again today, I really hope you have enjoyed this project and the step by step. Take care and Happy Crafting.xx

Cold Outside

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For this card I wanted to use the distressed half of the beautiful Snowflake Centrepiece from the Snowflake Flurry collection that Bev launched on Hochanda recently. It's so beautiful as a whole but so versatile enabling you to get a variety of looks depending on how you use it. I also used one of the Bee Crafty sentiments, they are so unique and suit all sorts of cards for so many occasions too.

My card for this was 8''square, I stamped onto each of the sides of my card, being careful to position it to form a frame for the sentiment I had chosen.

For the background I used the Glitter Pens by Leonie, blending Cobalt, Arctic and Lavender from the top down. When this was dry I stamped the 'Baby It's Cold Outside'  stamp. All of the stamping was done with Black Versafine ink.

I then cut out a heart from Mountboard using on of Leonie's Mixed Media Dies, from the 'Lots of Love' set. I then coloured this with a Pebeo 4 Artist Marker in silver before stamping over the same sentiment. I carefully secured it in place with Collall 3D glue gel to blend with the sentiment underneath which finished my project.

Something exciting tomorrow night, Leonie has a brand new launch on Hochanda at 8 pm, I hope you will be watching. Thank you so much for joining me again today, I hope you like what I have shared along with the step by step. Take care and Happy Crafting.xx