Glowing Trees and Mr. Snowman

The Inspiration Challenge on SCS's today was to pick an inspiration piece from Images Under Glass. I choose an adorable snowman image called Woodland Snowman to work with.  I loved the trees and the light surrounding them and the snowman.  I tried to capture the light with my scene but got a little carried away with yellow craft ink and clear embossing powder.  I stamped the small tree, masked, stamped the snowman, masked him and then stamped the large tree. I painted the hat and nose with a brush.  I used a mini tipped sponge applicator to apply lights to the tree with yellow craft ink and embossed with clear embossing powder.  I sponged craft ink around the snowman to show light reflecting on him and embossed with clear embossing powder.  I wanted to put clear embossing over the lights so I could apply a dark blue sky around and not blur into the yellow. I masked the snowman to protect him and used an ink blending tool to sponge the sky with bashful blue, bordering blue,and not quite navy.  I wanted to show a lighter blue around the lights and snowman and then create darker shades up in the top of the sky.  I applied Liquid Applique' to the ground area, dabbed with my finger to spread it evenly and heated.  I used a small sponge dauber to apply white craft ink to the snow area and embossed with white embossing powder.  I used the point of my paper piercer dipped in a pool of Liquid Applique' to create the tiny little snowflakes and heated.  I cut slits with a craft knife to push my ribbon through to create the scarf, tied and attached well with glue dots. I attached the ribbon across the corner of the scene and tied a multi loop bow to finish.  If you would like to see my ribbon tying tutorial on creating this multi loop bow check it out on the Rubbernecker Stamp Company Blog.

Stamps:  Flourishes- Forest of Trees, Retired SU Thanks Snow Much

Paper:  Real Red, Not Quite Navy, Watercolor

Ink:  Black Craft, White Craft, Summer Sun Craft, Barely Banana Craft, Bashful Blue, Bordering Blue, Pumpkin Pie, Not Quite Navy, Black Soot, Peeled Paint

Accessories:  Clear and White Embossing Powder, Grosgrain, Cuttlebug Folder, Liquid Applique' Mini Tip Applicator, Sponge Daubers, Brushes, Paper Piercer