Artistic Outpost Sleigh Ride

A new wintery Christmas set from Artistic Outpost...Sleigh Ride!
Hooray! I love Christmas stamps!

Sleigh Ride features nostalgic images of children in their coats and finery, perfect for your winter or holiday projects. We also feature a versatile background stamp of glistening pine trees and holiday sentiments and collage elements.
These stamps are available both as an unmounted sheet of red rubber measuring 8.5" x 5.5" or mounted on EZMount clingfoam, pre-trimmed, and stored on a printed cling card.

Here's one of the cards I created with these beautiful stamps!
I started with the children and sleigh stamped on white paper.  I masked them to stamp the trees in the background.  I used Ranger Pesto and Bottle to ink the trees.  Because they didn't stamp quite up to the edges of the children, I filled in the space with Copics.  I also added a bit of shading to the trees.  The children were colored with the Copics you see in the photo except for the greens.

 

I used a very dark green mat to frame the image, then dark red and another dark green one.  There are little brads in each corner.

I stamped the verse with Ranger Raisin on white paper.  I colored the background with Copics using several grays and B60.  To create the frame shape, I first cut out the verse with a Spellbinders S4-138 Petite Ovals LG #2.  Then I trimmed straight across the top of the verse.  I cut the dark green mat with S4-140 Petite Ovals SM #3.  I trimmed it to match the verse leaving a 1/8" edge at the top.  I tucked it under the mat of my main image so it looks almost like it's all one piece.  I like the curve of the oval frame with the curve of the sleigh runners. The card front is pale bluish purple Bazzill. 

For more inspiration, check out my fellow Design Team members blogs to see what lovely creations they made:

*Lisa Somerville *Gerrie Johnnic *Lynn Stevens *Barbara Washington *Connie Paxman *Stephanie Severin *Suzzane Czosek

 I know you'll find lots of inspiration from all these talented ladies!

Have a stamping great day!

-judy