Wintry Forest Scene Card with Embossed Trees and Dry Brush Technique

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Create an atmospheric winter landscape card featuring die-cut deer against a layered forest backdrop. The card uses distress inks for a faded sky effect, stencilled tree silhouettes, and dry brush acrylic paint over an embossed wood grain folder to bring depth and detail to the scene.

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Step by step

1. Create a wintry backdrop by applying distress ink (salty ocean colour) to card stock, fading it into white at the edges using a craft knife to cut tree shapes into stencil film. ▶ watch 3:00
2. Ink over the stencil film with darker distress ink using a circular motion to create intense tree silhouettes in the background. ▶ watch 3:45
3. Emboss card stock using an embossing folder with a wood grain or lumber pattern. ▶ watch 4:15
4. Apply dry brush technique with acrylic paint over the embossed folder, using a dry brush with no water to highlight the embossed details. ▶ watch 5:45
5. Add lighter colour dry brushing to bring out the wood grain detail of the embossed texture. ▶ watch 6:30
6. Add a tiny touch of green acrylic paint to suggest moss on areas of the tree. ▶ watch 7:30
7. Cut embossed card into thin strips to create foreground trees, matching the width of the background tree stencils. ▶ watch 8:00
8. Glue the tree strips onto the card using express glue to create a layered forest effect. ▶ watch 8:30
9. Tear card stock to the same size as your base card and layer it as a foreground using foam tape for dimension. ▶ watch 9:45
10. Fold a piece of card around the back of die-cut deer and run through the machine again to flatten the back edge for a better finish. ▶ watch 10:15
11. Add shadow to the feet of the deer using stencil film to create straight lines, measuring from where the sun would be. ▶ watch 11:30
12. Spray the card lightly with water and dab away some ink to create out-of-focus snowflakes falling down. ▶ watch 12:00

Tips from the show

• Fold card around the back of a die and run it through the machine again to flatten the back edge for a professional finish.
• Use a stencil to create perfectly straight shadow lines by measuring from where the light source would be.
• Spray with water and dab away ink to create soft, out-of-focus snowflake effects.

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