It is time for a new Christmas Challenge at Happy Little Stampers. Please come and play because when December comes around you will wish you had done a few more Christmas card challenges through the year.
At Happy Little Stampers our Christmas Challenge is always "anything goes" but we do offer an option for you - this month the option is Mistletoe.
My card is a version of the mini slimline. I have a number of red envelopes similar to slimline cards so just adjusted my card base so that it would slide into my red envelopes.
I found a wonderful mistletoe die from Memory Box. I die cut the elements from watercolor paper because I wanted to watercolor my foliage. I glued together two layers of the mistletoe which I had colored with different shades of green watercolor. I cut the bow from one piece of red card stock and one piece of red foil. The berries were cut from white glitter paper.
I smooshed my background in oxide ink to get the blue color. I like the variance of color you get in your background when you do smooshing. You can smoosh in watercolor also to get a nice color also.
The sentiment is from Gina K Designs. It was heat embossed in gold embossing powder. The front panel was matted with gold and then added to a kraft card base. Of course, I finished the card with gold splatters.
4 comments:
Fabulous card! I love the smooshing and splatters! It's a wonderful die isn't it?
What a gorgeous card, Barb - looks really artsy with the smooshed and splattered background, and your bunch of mistletoe is beautiful.
Hugs
Carol x
This is gorgeous hun, love the background
Hug's Shell xx
Delightful design! Yeh background really enhances the mistletoe..
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