If you know me, then you know I'm a Rudolph lover. I decorate my Christmas tree every year in Rudolph ornaments and plush toys (pictured below). So when I saw this 4-piece stamp set online last year, I HAD to have it. And, believe it or not, it was promoted as a kids stamps. Forget the kids, this bad boy is mine! Ha!
The Unity Stamp Co is having a new ''Be Inspired '' color challenge and I thought I'd give it a whirl. I spent a whopping 4 hours on this last night, much of which was trying to figure out what I wanted to do, taking it apart rearranging.... you get the idea. So let's break it down. I used a ton of products on this, starting with a lovely piece of soft green designer paper. I ran the top part through my tiny dots embossing folder and Cuttlebug. I wanted to have the appearance of snow so I topped each of those dots with a white gel pen, let it dry and then smudged in more white ink. Remember when Rudolph ran away and was caught in a storm? I had that wintery scene in mind on this project.
I couldn't wait to start on Rudolph so he was next. First, on the back of the cardstock, I drew the circumference of the stamp so I could work within that circle. I had plenty of room as this is a large stamp. I hand cut the circle and stamped my image in brown ink. I used 3 different shades of brown but started with an outline using a Permapaque brown metallic pen. The other shades were sponged in and I used a the white gel pen again to highlight the white fur. More Permapaque pens were used for the black and red on Rudolph. I also sponged a soft green and red ink along the lower circle to give some dimension and drew some black lines and highlighted with Stickles.
I cut a larger dark red circle from heavy cardstock and used some snowflake rub-ons and edged/smudged white ink all around. Snow storm, right? {*grin}
I fussy cut the Christmas trees from a piece of designer cardstock and embellished with more Stickles.
A neighbor, God bless her, gave my Mom a huge trash bag full of ribbon and lace. Can you believe it?! Found this great eyelet cream colored lace that I fanned and layered behind the centerpiece. I also added some red/white striped craft ribbon.
Now for the tag: It is ALL Unity! As luck would have it, Unity sent some cool freebies in my order this week, including a Manila tag tucked inside a sweet little scalloped kraft mini envelope. So what do I do? I tear up the envelope! I had to though, it was perfect! I hand-ripped it for that torn look but kept the scalloped edge. I didn't have a ''Merry Christmas'' Unity stamp, but I do have another awesome Unity stamp with the wording. I simply masked out the part I didn't want to ink with a little washi tape I had on hand. Then added more Stickles. And I glued this adorable Holly felt piece that Unity sent with my other freebies, and added a Sparkly red Brad. Whew! Enjoyed my evening crafting with my Mom until 11:00 pm. I love how Rudolph turned out. He's no misfit on this card!
SUPPLIES:
Unity Stamp co stamp ''Rejoice for our silent Night'' Wit & Wisdom collection, Studio G Rudolph kids stamp, American Crafts Christmas Book One Snowflake rub-ons, Permapaque metallic pens 1.0 mm fine point, Colorbox inks, Inkadinkadoo brown ink, Unity Stamp Co embellishments, Stickles Crystal glitter glue, K&Company designer paper, Walmart craft ribbon
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