Black and white card with Christmastime couple by Tim Holtz

So here is my fourth and for a while my last black and white Christmas card. This time with the Christmastime couple. Here on the blog you may have already seen my black and white card with the Christmas caroler, Festive Gent and Santa on his sleigh.

For the sky of this card I first used Hickory Smoke Distress Oxide ink and then Black Soot Distress Oxide ink. I found the Hickory Smoke too light for an evening sky, so I added a coat of Black Soot ink. But then I noticed that the sky became still lighter than if I had just used the Black Soot ink. 

Then I started to stamp the trees first from the Sizzix Holiday Joy stamp and die set, after with one of the Tree Line stamp set. For this I used Black Soot Archival ink.

The snowy ground was made with which acrylic paint tapping onto the surface with a sponge. And of course I spattered the card with diluted white acrylic paint.

The pair was cut out from black cardstock but I added a layer of acrylic paint on the surface.

What I used:

Stampers Anonymous, Tree Line (CMS244) by Tim Holtz

Sizzix Framelits die and stamp set, Holiday Joy (659376)

Stampers Anonymous, Tiny Text Christmas stamp set (CMS424)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Christmastime (664731)

Ranger Distress Oxide inks (Hickory Smoke, Black Soot)

Ranger Distress Archival ink (Black Soot)

Ranger embossing powder (super fine white)

etc.

With my card, I would like to join the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Cold As Ice