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Disguising Die-Cuts and Guest-Designing for Rabbit Hole Designs

13 Dec

Good morning!  Today I’m excited to be guesting for Rabbit Hole Designs!  I’ve gotten to know one of the owners, MaryAnn, over the last few years and I was so thrilled when she started a company!  They have tons of cute and quirky (and caffeinated!) designs but I’m partial to the adorable Love You More series!  I just love the slightly nerdy look of the husband…reminds me of mine! 😉 Anyway, I decided to focus on one of the stamps from Love You More: Christmas Frost for today’s card!

Christmas Frost by Jessica Frost-Ballas for Rabbit Hole Designs

To start I stamped the cute couple onto white cardstock with versafine and heat-embossed them with clear embossing powder.  I colored them with copic markers and then die-cut them with the coordinating dies.  Next I masked off a piece of strathmore bristol cardstock and then blended salty ocean, blueprint sketch, chipped sapphire, and black soot distress oxide ink onto the top of the panel.  I splattered it with water a few times and blotted off the excess.  Then I splattered the panel with white gouache and set it aside to dry.

Christmas Frost by Jessica Frost-Ballas for Rabbit Hole Designs

While the panel was drying I figured out where I wanted to place the couple on my winter scene.  Then I carefully matched copic markers to the distress oxide ink shades and colored around the die-cut images.  I don’t always do this to my die-cut images but it helps blend them into the scene a little better when the scene is a main component of the card as it is here.  Once the gouache was totally dry I colored the snowy ground with copic markers and then added a little more white gouache splatter.  Then I stamped the sentiment from Christmas Frost with versafine and heat-embossed it with clear embossing powder.  Next I took a little white glitter glitz gel and smeared it lightly onto the snowy ground to add a little sparkle to the ground.  I also added a little to the top of her head and his hat to resemble falling snow.  Once that was dry I added the couple to the panel with foam mounting tape.  To finish the card I added a little spectrum noir clear sparkle to the gift bags and her dress and then added a thin layer of crystal glaze to his glasses.  I love all the different sparkly elements and how they catch the light and really make the card shine!

If you haven’t checked out the Rabbit Hole Designs I really recommend heading over to see all their fun products and I’ll be back later this month with another post! 😉 Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

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  1. Sandy Mcallister says

    December 13, 2019 at 10:39 am

    Adorable card I love the diguising technique.

    Reply
  2. Amanda Stevens says

    December 13, 2019 at 11:19 am

    Really beautiful Jessica! 😍😍😍

    Reply
  3. Tara Prince says

    December 13, 2019 at 1:52 pm

    So super cute!

    Reply
  4. Denise Bryant says

    December 14, 2019 at 10:40 pm

    Darling card! Love the cute couple and the way you colored the scene and the image!

    Reply

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