Happy Sunday, Friends! December is finally here! I have spent the past week decorating and cleaning my house getting ready for the two parties I hosted yesterday! Both were fun, but I am exhausted and I have missed my papercrafing time. I thought today would be a good opportunity to share a card I made a few weeks ago for the "inspired by the little things" challenge, but never got it uploaded in time! But, before I tell you about the card, we have a WINNER for the Simply Sweet Christmas Inspiration Blog Hop! My cute daughter wanted to pick the winner and that is....JILL NORWOOD!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! Email me your address at kellyrory1@msn.com and I'll get your goodies to you ASAP!! I really enjoyed reading all of your comments and Christmas traditions! I appreciate ALL of the comments that you left for me! Thank you!!! You know how to make a girl feel loved!
As I mentioned earlier, this card was originally made for THIS challenge, but I didn't get it photographed or uploaded in time! Oh well! I didn't think I would even share it, but since I haven't been papercrafting this week, I thought I may as well share it!
I created a beautiful glittery background for the card and I have a photo tutorial of my process. I have made a similar background for THIS card back in the summer! I just love the result!
To begin, I taped my watercolor paper and the Marilyn Stencil to a matboard using washi tape. I cut my watercolor paper slightly larger than I wanted since I knew I would be trimming it down.
I applied the Embossing Paste in an even coat, smoothing out the lines (which are still visible in this picure)
Remove the stencil carefully and wash it immediately as well as your application tools.
Poor the embossing powder over the entire surface. Shake off the excess powder and then heat set.
The embossing paste will bubble as it is heated but the result is beautiful! I thought it made a perfect backdrop for my card!
The tree is die cut and embossed in the same powder and the ornaments are embossed in silver onto vellum cardstock for more stability, but a little bit of sheerness. The Christmas tree stand is embossed in silver as well onto a piece of gray cardstock. I used the Tree Trimming Trio stamp set.
A few sequins finish it off as well as a vellum sentiment strip! Thanks for fluttering by and thank you for all of your sweet comments!
3 comments:
Kelly, your card is beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing it with all of us and how you made it! I do have one question though. What die is the tree from? If you could please let me know as soon as possible, I sure would appreciate it!!! Hugs
Thank you so much, Donna! I was talking on the phone while I was typing and knew I couldn't mentally multi task to add links! Lol! It's the Christmas Tree die from Papertrey Ink! I'll add all the links now!
The links have now all be added!
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