CPS Sketch # 197 - No Sponsor

Hello!  It's time for another CPS Sketch project.  This month is sponsor free for the designers... so we're creating up a storm!


Just Believe

I had a ball coloring this sweet primitive / country snowman from the Just Believe stamp set from Shady Tree Studio.  Nancy, the owner and illustrator for these lovely images, was originally a part of Cornish Heritage Farms, where we worked together.  She was so smart to purchase the rights back to her images and start her own enterprise.  And it's a joy to be stamping with her images again!

I stamped and embossed him with Walnut Brown Distress ink on Kraft cardstock.  I colored him with white pigment ink and added highlights, shadows and other details with various distress inks.  I added a bit of faux-stitching around the main image (after adding a bit of frosty edges with white pigment ink).  I opted for a faux blanket stitch.  If I'd been really hardcore, I would have actually used thread and stitched... but, I'm a stamper and love ink.

And isn't this patterned paper just perfect for my snowman?  I think so!

Thanks for stopping by this week!  Be sure to stop by the CPS blog for more designer inspiration!


liseStamps: Just Believe by Shady Tree Studio
Ink: Walnut Stain, Rusty Hinge, Barn Door, Black Soot, and Forest Moss Distress inks by Ranger, Snow Cap pigment ink by Ranger
Paper: Kraft, Red and Brown by Bazzill, Solar White by Neenah
Patterned Paper: Christmas Chesnut Soup (Whole Cloves) by Jillibean Soup
Other: waterbrush, brown micron pen, clear embossing powder by Ranger, piercing tool, Shapeabilities by Spellbinders, button by Basic Grey, Ink the Nick of Twine by Garnish, glitter and glue by EK Success
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