The Card Concept #102 {Homestyle Holiday}

Hi Friends!

It's time for The Card Concept #102 {Homestyle Holiday} Challenge!

I love this beautiful inspiration photo and was inspired by the reds, greens as well as the black gingham pillow to create a Shabby Chic/Mixed Media card using Home for the Holidays and Texture Tiles 4 stamp sets from Sweet and Sassy Stamps.  

I am also participating with the Try Stampin on Tuesday "Tic Tac Toe Tuesday #6" Challenge (bottom row across – stamping, red, plaid) along with the Double Trouble #14 Christmas/Holidayand/or combined with TSOT" Challenge and the Word Art Wednesday #360-#361 “Anything Goes” Challenge.

Just a reminder that The Card Concept is a bi-weekly challenge that has an inspiration photo along with a suggestion of design styles that you can choose from to create your card- Clean and Simple, Clean and Graphic, Clean and Layered, Shabby Chic, Freestyle Collage, Classy and Elegant and Mixed Media (or you can combine several styles for your own style).

If you have not had a chance to visit us at The Card Concept or the other challenge sites yet, I hope you will find time to do so- wonderful inspiration from all!

To create this card:

1). De-static a piece of white cardstock with an embossing powder tool, stamp the main door image from Home for the Holidays with archival black ink, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with the heat tool.  Watercolor the image with distress inks and die cut with a stitched oval die.  Mount onto another oval die cut from black cardstock and set aside.

2). Ink the buffalo plaid image from the Texture Tile 4 stamp set with black distress ink, stamp onto another piece of white cardstock.  Line up and repeat the pattern until the entire panel is completely filled, trim and mount onto a piece of black cardstock.  Wrap a piece of red and black checked soft grosgrain ribbon over the panel, wrapping the ends behind the back and mount onto the white card base.

3). Ink the wreath, dog and the sentiment from the Home for the Holidays stamp set with black archival ink, stamp onto another piece of white cardstock,  apply clear embossing powder and heat set with the heat tool. Once the embossing has cooled, fussy cut the dog and wreath image and watercolor the wreath with water-based markers. Create a banner with the sentiment using a trimmer and punch, layer onto black cardstock.

4). Mount the main focal image onto the card front with dimensional foam.  Add the fussy-cut dog and wreath along with the sentiment with dimensional foam. 

5). Finish off the card by adding the large plaid bow and use a shimmer pen to add glitter to the wreath and door.

 Stamp Sets: Home for the Holidays, Texture Tiles4 (Sweet and Sassy Stamps)

Ink/Mediums: Versafine™ Onyx Black, Tim Holtz® Distress Ink- Black Soot, Festive Berries, Hickory Smoke, Mowed Lawn; Stampin’ Write Markers- Cherry Cobbler, Mossy Meadow; Spectrum Noir™ Glitter Pen

Cardstock/Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black

Tools/Accessories:  Big Shot™, My Favorite Things Stitched Oval STAX Dies, Embossing Powder Tool, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, 1 ¼” Red and Black Grosgrain Plaid Ribbon

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by- I hope you will join us for our #102 {Homestyle Holiday} Challenge at The Card Concept- we would love to see your card in our gallery!!