Skies are often a feature of many cards, but definitely at Christmas when you’re creating winter scene. But you may struggle to colour them, or perhaps you’re bored with how you normal colour them. Well, today I’m showing 3 alternative ways to colour a sky rather than using markers or paints! For this card, I’ve used the Hero Arts Rolling Hills die, and although this has come out in a holiday release, I can see it being used all year round – just change up the scene!
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Alternative ways to colour: Ink blended sky
For this first card, we’ll colour the sky with ink blending. I saw someone create a red sky for the Christmas card and that’s what inspired me with today’s card! Using an Altenew Ink blending tool, the start of blending Rouge Catherine Pooler ink onto a white card base. Blend this up into Rocking Red before switching to Cranberry Fizz CP ink. Lastly, to add a little more drama, darken the top with Black Jack CP ink.
Next, die-cut the Rolling Hills Hero Arts Frame Cuts from white card and foam mount onto the card base. Stamp a selection of the houses from the Hero Arts Cozy Town stamp set in Memento Black Ink onto white card. This ink is safe to use with alcohol markers. Colour the houses in and once complete, use the coordinating dies to cut out the stamped images.
Adhere the houses to the front of the card with liquid adhesive and foam pads for variation. Next, heat emboss one of the sentiments from the stamp set and add to the front of the card. Lastly, finish the card with a few gold sequins to mimic falling snow.
Alternative ways to colour: Embellishment mousse sky
For this card we’re going to colour the sky with embellishment mousse – this adds texture and movement to the sky! Using a spatula, apply Aubergine Nuvo Embellishment mouse towards the bottom of the scene. Next, start adding Nuvo Cornflower Embellishment mousse above this, blending this into the Aubergine mousse.
Lastly, to darken the sky and add a little drama to the winter sky, apply Old Navy Nuvo embellishment mousse to the top blending this with the Corflower. Don’t worry if you don’t get a smooth blend as the texture adds movement to the sky.
Again, stamp and die-cut some of the houses from the Cozy Town stamp set and then use your Copic markers to colour them in. Adhere these to the front of the card and stamp a sentiment from the Altenew Happy Holiday’s stamp set onto the front of the card. To finish the card off, add Chalkstick Nuvo Vintage Drops to the card mimicking snow.
Alternative ways to colour: Glitter sky
This card was very quick to card to make as the sky takes no time at all! Adhere wide double-sided tape to a white card base. Remove the release paper and add Brilliant Silver WOW! Sparkles to the bottom of the scene. Next, add Gold Dust Sparkle towards the middle and lastly add Copper Fire Sparkles at the top.
Use the release paper from the double-sided tape to help burnish the glitter into the tape. Once complete, adhere the die-cut window over the top. This card uses just the church from the Cozy Town stamp set to finish the scene off.
Another sentiment from the Altenew Happy Holidays stamp set was heat embossed onto black card and foam mounted on the card. This card does not need any embellishments with all the sparkle from that sky!
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Alternative ways to colour skies!
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 Happy Holidays – Altenew Shop at: ALT | SB | BP |  Cozy Town – Hero Arts Shop at: SB | HA | BP |  Cozy Town Frame Cuts – Hero Arts Shop at: HA | BP |
 Cozy Town Combo – Hero Arts Shop at: SB | HA |  Rolling Hills Frame Cuts – Hero Arts Shop at: SB | HA | BP |  Rouge Ink – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | LPT |
 Rouge Reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | LPT |  Rouge Ink Bundle – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | LPT |  Cranberry Fizz Ink Pad – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB |
 Cranberry Fizz Reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB |  Cranberry Fizz Ink Bundle – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD |  Rockin’ Red – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | LPT |
 Rockin’ Red Reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | LPT |  Rockin’ Red Bundle – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | LPT |  Black Jack Ink – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | LPT |
 Black Jack reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | LPT |  Black Jack Bundle – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | LPT |  WOW! Clear ultra slow drying embossing ink pad Shop at: CPD | CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) |
 WOW! Clear ultra slow drying embossing ink refill Shop at: CPD | CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) |  WOW! Clear ultra slow drying embossing ink pad & refill Shop at: CPD | CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) |  Opaque Bright White -WOW! Embossing Powder Shop at: CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) |
 Copper Fire Sparkles – WOW! Shop at: WOW (UK) |  Gold Dust Sparkles – WOW! Shop at: WOW (UK) |  Brillian Silver – WOW! Shop at: WOW (UK) |
 Chalk Stick Nuvo Vintage Drops – Tonic Studios Shop at: SB | CS (UK) | CS (US) | TS (UK) | TS (US) |  Cornflower Nuvo Embellishment Mousse – Tonic Studios Shop at: SB | CS (UK) | CS (US) | TS (UK) | LPT |  Royal Aubergine Nuvo Embellishment Mousse – Tonic Studios Shop at: SB | CS (UK) | CS (US) | TS (UK) | TS (US) |
 Old Navy Nuvo Embellishment Mousse – Tonic Studios Shop at: TS (UK) | TS (US) |  Premium White Cardstock: 8.5″ x 11 – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | LPT |  Original MISTI 2.0 – My Sweet Petunia Shop at: ALT | CPD | SB | HA | BP |
 Gina K Designs – Connect Glue Shop at: BP |  Scrapbook Adhesives 3D foam squares 1/4″ white Shop at: CPD | SB | BP |  Ink blending tool large – Altenew Shop at: ALT | SB | BP |
 WOW! Dual Speed Heat Gun (UK version) Shop at: CS (UK) | WOW (UK) | WOW! Dual Speed Heat Gun (US version) Shop at: CPD | WOW (US) |  Teflon Bone Folder – Lawn Fawn Shop at: CPD | BP |
 Tim Holtz 8.5 Inches Comfort Trimmer – Tonic Studios Shop at: SB | CS (UK) | CS (US) |  Trim and Score Board – We R Memory Keepers Shop at: SB | CS (UK) | CS (US) |  QuickStik – We R Memory Keepers Shop at: CPD | SB | CS (UK) | CS (US) |
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This post was produced as part of my design team work for Bumbleberry Papercrafts have not been paid to make this post, but I am given supplies from Bumbleberry Papercrafts to use. However, I create projects with creative control and produce projects I am proud of and with products that I love. The information provided is based on my own personal experience – I am not an expert.
