Dachsund through the snow.. DL Christmas card - 365 day challenge

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Hi Craft addicts!

Today's latest handmade card for my 365 day challenge is this fun Christmas card which is very simple to make...

  • I used a DL card (from Hunkydory) and scored the left and right hand sides several times to give it some interest.
  • I then rounded the corners using the Stamps by Me 3 in 1 punch.
  • I put it to one side to concentrate on the topper which is part of the mini stamp set from For the Love of Stamps pun collection.
  • I added all of the stamps on to a stamping platform positioning it where I felt they looked right and stamped it several times with Gina K Obsidian black ink to give it a crisp effect on to a panel of white card and trimmed it until I felt it was the right size (approximately 3" x 2").
  • I used Hunkydory's Prism watercolour pencils to colour the dog in and blended the colours with some water.
  • I had some Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink left on a blending brush so used it to add a background colour to the topper, rounded the corners and then edged it with a black alcohol marker.
  • The snowflake background is from the Christmas Gnomes collection from Creative Crafting World's Paper Boutique range and I cut it to fit the topper and then attached it using a tape pen and then edged the corners with a black alcohol marker.
  • I then added that to a piece of white card and repeated the process.
  • Finally I stuck the topper to the centre of the DL card using PVA glue. 
  • As a last minute thought I used some of the Salty Ocean ink to add the snowflakes around the dog.

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