Whoo Whoooo! ALL Aboard my crafty friends! The Peanut Express is about to depart The Rabbit Hole Designs depot.
Clarence is so full of joy riding his Christmas train. This image is from the Clarence Christmas stamp set (Illustrated by Dustin Pike). I paired it up with two of The Rabbit Hole Designs stencils; the Mesh-Optical stencil is used to create the Christmas tree and the Nutty 2 Layer stencil is used for the tree ornaments.
Let's have a look at the step tutorial...
A - Stamp the Clarence Train image on a piece of coloring cardstock and colored it with Olo alcohol markers. Cut out the image and set aside for later.
B - Use paper masking tape to outline a Christmas tree on the Mesh-Optical stencil and position it on the right side of a 4" x 5 1/4" piece of light blue/grey cardstock securing it with additional paper tape.
C, D, & E - Select light, medium, and dark green inks to use with the Bitty Blending Brushes and randomly stencil the tree opening with all three color. Removed the stencil from the card front after stenciling.
F & G - Position the solid nut layer stencil from the Nutty 2 Layer stencil on top of a 4" x 5 1/4" piece of kraft cardstock. Select three inks (a light, medium, and dark) to stencil and shade the solid peanut.(I chose Fossilized Amber, Brushed Corduroy, and Ground Expresso Distress Oxides to color the solid nuts).
H - Removed the solid peanut stencil first layer and replace it with the gridded peanut 2nd layer stencil. Add a bit more color shading with the darkest ink of the three ink colors.
I - Use a palete knife and small bit of the gold (Slippery When Wet) Lunar Paste to add guilded highlights (only to the upper right area of the each nut. Remove the stencil and wipe it off immediately. Use a heat gun to help dry the Lunar Paste quicker by gently blowing heat over the stenciled kraft paper to dry the nut. This should only take a few seconds.
J - Replace the gridded peanut 2nd layer stencil layer back over the kraft paper and the stenciled nut images. (This dies NOT have to line up perfectly. Slightly off alignment is better) Using a clean palette knife, add a layer of Transparent Grit Paste over the top of the peanut grid stencil. Remove the stencil and clean it off immediately. Let the peanuts dry. Once the nuts are dry, cut out 4 - 6 individual nuts and set them aside for later.
K - Use Speckled Egg ink and to add a Cottontail Blending Brush to inkbkend the sides of the card
L - Draw Clarence's train track at the bottom of the card front
M - Ink blend the bottom of the card with one of the darker blue inks. Grab four of the peanuts and the Clarence Train image to use to assembling the card front.
N - Treat the top left of the card front this the Cottontail Embossing Powder Tool and use your stamping tool to add the sentiment with VersaMark Watermark clear ink.Add and heat emboss the stamped sentiment with red embossing powder. Glue the card front to a red A2 card base. Glue the Clarence and his train on the left side of the card onto the drawn train track. Select the placement of the four stenciled peanuts on the Christmas tree. Use double sided adhesive foam squares behind the nuts and adhere each to the tree as shown in the photo above.
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