Hi Friends!
Today, we are
starting our December #222
Christmas Gathering Challenge at The Card Concept today and I was inspired by this beautifully decorated kitchen, colors, and Christmas theme from our photo
this month to create a Mixed Media card.
We hope that you will
take a moment to stop by our challenge blog and check out how the rest of our fabulous
Design
Team was inspired as well!
I have been trying to
ink up some of my neglected stamp sets and decided to pull out the retired Christmas
Light stamp set and coordinating die from Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps to create this quick
Mixed Media card.
To create this card:
De-static a piece of
white cardstock with an embossing powder tool, ink the sentiment from Christmas
Light with Versafine Black Onyx ink, stamp onto the upper left-hand area of the
prepared cardstock paper and apply clear embossing powder.
Heat set the powder
with a heat tool and once cooled, trim the panel to approx. 4” x 5 ¼” and mount
onto a piece of black cardstock.
Repeat the embossing
steps above for the candle image, and when the embossing has cooled, watercolor
with distress oxide inks and water-based markers.
Die cut the image with
the coordinating die, layer onto another die cut from white cardstock.
Trim a piece of plaid
designer paper to approx. 2 ½” x 3 ¾” and mount onto the lower part of the card
front.
Add a strip of white
crochet lace, layer a piece of 1” black satin ribbon over the lace and wrap the
ends behind the card front.
Mount the entire
panel onto a white card base.
Loop the gold cord
and adhere to the card front before mounting the die cut candle image with dimensional
foam.
Add a few black
rhinestones to finish off the card.
Stamp Sets: Christmas
Light (retired Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)
Inks/Mediums: Versafine
Black Onyx, Distress Oxide- Fossilized Amber, Mustard Seed,
Iced Spruce, Evergreen Bough, Forest Moss, Candied Apple, Hickory Smoke; Stamoin’
Write Markers- Hello Honey, Gumball Green
Cardstock/Paper: White, Black, Tartan
Plaid (Craft Consortium)
Accessories/Tools: Gemini, Jr. Christmas Light Die
(retired SNSS), Embossing Powder Tool, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, 1” Black
Satin Ribbon, Crochet Lace, Gold Cord, Black Rhinestones
I hope you have had a
chance to stop by The Card
Concept to see how the rest of the Design Team were
inspired as well as check out the other challenge gallery entries- wonderful
inspiration from all!
We hope you are inspired to create a card and join us for our Christmas Gathering Challenge at The Card Concept! The deadline to play along is Monday, January 12th at noon EDT.
