February CAS Christmas Reminder

Hi everyone.  Time for the reminder for this month's CAS Christmas challenge, hosted by Christine.

I used a new-to-me stamp, Winter Waters Edge (Nellie's Choice) for my card.  Stamped first in shadow grey Archival ink and then used my new-to-me set of Archival inks to add colour over top.  I just dabbed with the corner of my ink pad to get the colours where I wanted them.  I love that I can add white acrylic paint over top and none of the inks will bleed into the white. :)

After adding colour to the trees, mountains, water, grass and stones, I used more of the same inks and a tiny blending sponge to fill in some of the areas.  For the sky, it was too big to get a consistent cover with archival ink, so used salty ocean distress ink.  Used white acrylic paint to add snow pretty much everywhere, using loose strokes.  I added white dots of acrylic paint for snow falling (using the end of my brush), but found it too controlled in keeping with the rest of the image.  I used a wet brush over the sky to soften the "snowflakes" ... happy with how it turned out.  I had to really let go of my control issues for this one! :)

Close-up ... you can see lots of detail with this photo... loose strokes.  :)

I thought I would save myself some time and use one of the Christmas Remnant Rubs from Tim Holtz.  I think I may have had them too long because I had a heck of a time getting the sentiment to stick to the black banner.  And you can see a slight outline.  Not thrilled, but it's there and I'm going with it. :)

I hope you'll check out the February CAS Christmas post and see the beautiful reinder cards from our Designers.  If you haven't played along yet, there's still a week to go.  Making Christmas cards throughout the year takes a lot of pressure off when Christmas gets close.

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Stamps:  Winter Waters Edge (Nellie's Choise)

Paper:   White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.); Mixed Media paper (Strathmore 140 lb.); Black card stock (SU!)
Ink:   Archival Inks - Minis (Ranger);  Salty Ocean distress ink (Tim Holtz)
Accessories:   sponges, paint brushes, white acrylic paint, Remnant Rubs (Tim Holtz)

Challenges:
CAS Christmas February Reminder - Winter Scene