Reindeer & Christmas Trees

Posted on by Julie 8 Comments

It’s Inspiration Challenge day at SCS. And did I ever love the inspiration from Mizue Hirano. I chose the two in the third row down.

Both were done on water color paper using a flat wash brush and a small detail brush. Instead of watercolors, I used dye reinkers because I like the vibrant color and transparency. I first made the abstract backgrounds then dried them with the heat gun because I’m too impatient to wait.

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I made the white frames with the method I developed for resizing the Nestabilities rectangles. The tutorial for this is under my Tutorial heading. I edged the frames with a red marker. All the images were embossed using black pigment ink and black embossing powder. These cards measure 4.25″ x 5.50″. The greeting tag on Reindeer was cut out using a nestie circle.

Julie Warner - justwritedesigns https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com/

Supplies:
Stamps: Autumn Leaves, Inkadinkado, Studio G, Stampendous, Imaginisce
Paper: white, water color, red
Ink: black pigment & black embossing powder
Accessories: paint brushes, dye reinkers, nestie rectangles & circles. red marker (to edge the frame & tag), black marker (to edge the Christmas Trees panel)

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8 Responses to Reindeer & Christmas Trees

  1. Avatar jami {sgtstamper}
    jami {sgtstamper} says:
    October 11, 2008 at 6:34 PM

    These are so beautiful – I just love the dramatic contrast of the black images on the soft water colors!!
    hugs, Jami

  2. Avatar Silke Ledlow
    Silke Ledlow says:
    October 11, 2008 at 7:04 PM

    Hi Julie!!! OMG – I love all your latest creations!!!

    Sorry – I don’t mean to ignore you, but I’ve been super busy these last couple of weeks!!! Hope you are doing well???

  3. Avatar Kittie
    Kittie says:
    October 12, 2008 at 5:45 AM

    Oh my! I love the reindeer card so much. The background with the green and red is so perfect and I love the black embossing used on both of your cards. Wow! You are so very creative.

  4. Avatar StampMom
    StampMom says:
    October 12, 2008 at 8:19 AM

    Lovely take on the artist’s work — I saw these on SCS before I saw them on your blog and they immediately jumped out at me. Nice!!

  5. Avatar Judy Rozema
    Judy Rozema says:
    October 12, 2008 at 11:37 AM

    These are seriously some of my very favorites from the day! You have such vibrant colors with such amazing designs!

  6. Avatar Shelly
    Shelly says:
    October 13, 2008 at 8:20 AM

    Fabulous take on the inspiration Julie!

  7. Avatar Vicki
    Vicki says:
    October 13, 2008 at 11:10 AM

    WOWZER! These are amazing creations!! Love that BG!! 🙂

  8. Avatar Libby
    Libby says:
    October 13, 2008 at 11:46 PM

    These are wonderful!! Your backgrounds turned out fantastic – such a perfect take on the inspiration pieces. They must have been so much fun to make, too!