Christmastime

Welcome

Meet today's card. 

 A fun and festive one for the holidays which is coming way to quick for my liking.

I created this card using a fun new stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called Circus Harlequin and traditional Christmas colours.

So here's what I did to create my card.

• I began with a heavy white cardstock panel and using some ScorTape that is low tack, I added pieces across my card front to work as masks.
• Next, I positioned my Circus Harlequin stencil from A Colorful Life Designs, over the masked panel and inked it up with some Candied Apple Distress ink.  
• I removed the tape and repositioned it over the red inked areas, matching up the stencil pattern and then added the Mowed Lawn Distress inks over those areas.  
• I removed all the tape to reveal the inked background, then using my ScorBug, I scored lines along the masked strips to help add interest.  
• I placed the panel into my Misti and stamped the sentiment using some black Versafine Clair ink.
• Next, I die-cut the snowflake from SSS twice and glued them together for stability.  I took the center piece of the snowflake and inked that red to match the red in the background.
• I glued the snowflake to the front of the card, then pop dotted the red center over that adding a black gem to the center of it.
• I mounted the whole piece onto a heavy white card base.

 Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

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Adding my card to these challenges:

Use Your Stuff- ADD STRIPES

Craft Rocket- CHRISTMAS/WINTER

Krafty Chicks- CHRISTMAS

Stinkin' Inkers- QUILTING

Supplies

Stamps- Christmas Cheer (TT)

Inks- Versafine Clair; Distress (TH)

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Circus Harlequin (ACLD); Post it Tape; Misti (My Sweet Petunia);

Snowflake die (SSS); black gem; ScorBug