Whimsical Non-Traditional Christmas Cards | 12 Weeks of Christmas Week 7
Hello everyone and thank you for joining me, today I have a Whimsical Non-Traditional Christmas Card to share with you so let's jump right in.
As always I like to have my cardstock cut down, I have an A2 sized base, the black matte is 1/8th of an inch smaller than the base and the panel is 1/8th of an inch smaller than the black matte. I used pixie spray on the back of Simon Says Stamp Radiant Hearts Stencil to hold it in place, then blended on 3 Distress Oxide Inks in Tumbled Glass, Speckled Egg, and Broken China on one base and 4 Distress Oxide Inks in Picked Raspberry, Wilted Violet, Cracked Pistachio and Mermaid Lagoon. I then added Iridescent Glitz Glitter Gel on top of the hearts through the stencil. Then set the panel's aside to dry.
I stamped out two of these cute elf images, sadly this stamp set is no longer being made but you could replace them with any image you like and it would still make a super cute card. I used my Mini Misti and a Copic friendly ink and stamped the image out twice. For the more Christmas colour palette, I used E57, E27, E50, E21, R22, E79, E49, Y08, Y19, G14, G05, R14, R05, N3, and N5. For the more neutral colour palette, I used C0, C1, N3, N5, BG15, V15, RV02, YG11. I used the matching die to cut out the Elf images and covered the back in thin 3D foam squares to add some dimension to this card. I then heat embossed my sentiment on black cardstock with Alabaster White embossing powder and heat set it until it was smooth and melted. Trimmed the sentiments to be label strips that will help ground my elf images. I adhered down all my layers and brought in a white gel pen to add some
I hope you enjoyed these two Non-Traditional Christmas Cards!! If you would like a more in-depth look at how I made these please check out my video linked down below. I also have a full supplies list below that if you would like to know exactly what I used. Thank you again and I will see you again soon!!
Supplies
Simon Says Stamp Radiant Hearts Stencil
White 110lb Cardstock (Base)
Black 100lb Cardstock (Matte)
Neenah Solar White 80lb Cardstock
Strathmore Bristol Smooth Cardstock
Tim Holtz Glass media mat
Tim Holtz paper trimmer
Pixie Spray
Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide Ink
Speckled Egg Distress Oxide Ink
Broken China Distress Oxide Ink
Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink
Wilted Violet Distress Oxide Ink
Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide Ink
Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide Ink
Iridscent Glitz Glitter Gel
Nuvo Spatula
Blending tool & Foam
E57
E27
E50
E21
E79
E49
R22
Y08
Y19
G14
G05
R14
R05
N3
N5
C0
C1
BG15
V15
RV02
YG11
Simon Says Stamp Christmas Cheer stamp set
Thin 3D Foam Squares
Gink K amalgam ink
Mini Misti
Gemini Go
Mini Snips
Nuvo Deluxe Glue
Brutus Monroe Alabaster White embossing powder
Anti-static Powder Bag
Embossing heat tool
Small Acrylic Block
Simon Says Stamp Clear Embossing Ink
White Jelly Roll Pen .05
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