Snowy Night Carolers

Two posts in one day. I know it's a shock as I haven't been posting much lately. I am home on vacation this week and wanted to play in the Color Challenge before I go off with my husband to a movie and lunch. I chose to use the Stamp Oasis Evergreen Tree being offered today free with a single purchase at the Rubbernecker Treasure Hunt event.  I love holiday scenes with snow and evergreen trees.  I bet you already figured that though, huh?  I used two of the three carolers in the Carolers, Christmas Light Post set in the Rubbernecker Winter Collection along the the light to create a night time scene with Christmas carolers.  What fun I had making this.  It was very time consuming with all the cutting but well worth the effort. I added a few more colors to the required Chocolate Chip, Tangerine and Kiwi but it was worth it.

I stamped the light post and carolers on scrap watercolor paper.  I also created a mask of the light to put on my main background layer to keep the light area free while I stamped several trees.  I wanted to be able to put a glow around and behind the light and didn't want tree branches to be too full in that area.  I stamped the trees with Kiwi Kiss and then used a dry brush to brush on Kiwi to fill in the tree branch areas.  I used a dry brush to fill in the trunk and a few branch areas with Chocolate Chip and to make the trees look complete.  I sponged on Banana around where the light would be attached and then sponged on Brocade Blue using my cloud template to create night sky.  I used the template to protect most of the light glow.  I painted all the images with reinkers and then cut out to pop up on the scene.  I used Liquid Applique to create the fur on the caps and coat and also to create the falling snow in the background.  I cut a piece of vanilla cardstock to fit the width of the card and then cut with my deckle scissors to create an uneven snowy edge.  I ran the piece through my wavy crimper, attached with mounting tape and then attached the carolers. I added Stickles to the girls and bow and used Diamond Glaze to create a glass look to the light. Sadly the photo does not show how sparkly the Stickles really looks on the card but I still think it is so cute.

Stamps:  Rubbernecker Stamp Oasis Winter Collection -Evergreen and Rubbernecker Winter Collection Carolers and Christmas Light Post Set

Paper:  Kiwi Kiss, Vanilla, Watercolor

Ink:  Brilliance Black, Kiwi, Banana, Chocolate Chip, Tangerine, Blush Blossom, Pretty in Pink, Brocade Blue, Going Gray, Adirondack Cranberry

Accessories:  Liquid Applique, Crimper, Diamond Glaze, Stickles, Brushes, Sponges

Be sure and check out the fantastic sale going on at Rubbernecker as well as the chance to get the Stamp Oasis Evergreen Tree for free. You can also find two smaller versions of this tree as well as a few sizes of a different evergreen tree in the Kittie Kits "Cause a Scene" The Moose is Loose. I love using the different size trees together to create a forest scene.