AWH Colour Creations Week 28 – Gray Granite Christmas Mouse Card
Welcome to Week 28 of the Art With Heart Colour Creations hop! We’re working our way through the Stampin’ Up! colours in alphabetical order, and this week it’s all about Gray Granite.
I’ve brought out the Christmas Mice Bundle again for this week’s card. This time, my little mouse is wearing a Santa hat and holding a bauble between his paws. The “Oh, what fun!” sentiment from the bundle suits him perfectly!
A colour combination inspired by the paper
The striped sheet from the A Little Christmas 12″ x 12″ (30.5 x 30.5 cm) Designer Series Paper gave me my colour combination of Gray Granite, Cherry Cobbler and Real Red. I love how the soft Gray Granite stripe looks alongside the two reds, and I repeated those colours in the mouse, hat and bauble.
I stamped the mouse in Memento Tuxedo Black ink directly onto Gray Granite cardstock, then added shading with Gray Granite Stampin’ Blends. Starting with coloured cardstock gave me an even base colour, so I could go straight to adding shadows.
The Santa hat and Christmas bauble are both from the Christmas Mice Bundle. I shaded the hat with Real Red and Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Blends and coloured the bauble with Real Red and Gray Granite Stampin’ Blends to pick up the colours in the striped background.
A scalloped frame and a little Christmas sparkling DSP
I cut the white panel with the second-largest die from the Scalloped Christmas Cheer Dies. I like how the rounded scallops sit against the straight stripes, and the pierced border frames the mouse and sentiment.
I stamped little stars around the mouse in Gray Granite ink and added “Oh, what fun!” underneath. For the finishing touch, I coloured Rhinestone Basic Jewels with a Real Red Stampin’ Blend and placed them in the centres of a few of the stars. It’s an easy way to make clear rhinestones match the rest of the card.
Take a look at some more Gray Granite inspiration on our Insta Hop!
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Next week we’ll be showcasing Highland Heather.
I hope you can join us then.