Whimsical Christmas Card

Hello

Today's card is the third in my week of Christmas Cards.  It is a fairly simple card that uses a dry embossed background and a homemade patterned paper to draw attention to the sentiment.

Materials used:

• White and Navy card
• Christmas themed embossing folder (Couture Creations)
• Distress ink in salty ocean, peacock feathers and antique linen
• Sliver pearlised spray
• Peace on Earth sentiment stamp
• Versamark ink
• Sliver embossing powder (Ranger)
• Swirl stamp
• Blue and sliver gems

I began by creating the embossed background using the white card and the embossing folder and I trimmed the piece down to the edge of the embossing.

Next I created the blue handmade patterned paper.  I started by using a clean brush to wet the piece of card with the pearlised water and then picked up the colours and dotted them around allowing them to mix and blend together.  To get the intensity I wanted I added a few layers of colour.  Once the piece was dry I stamped the swirl stamp several times using the salty ocean distress ink.  I then trimmed the piece down and created a banner end.
I stamped and embossed the sentiment on to a piece of navy card then trimmed it to size.  I adhered the embossed background and the blue swirl piece flat while the sentiment was adhered using foam tape.  For a final touch I added the gems.

If you were wanting to make several cards like this then creating a large sheet of the patterned paper would be the best way to do it.

See you tomorrow!
Stacey

PS. this card has been added to the Christmas/holiday challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog.