Monday 21 November 2022

Lots of Holiday Cheer


Welcome
Today, I am playing with 2 new stencils from A Colorful Life Designs.
On the background I used the Dotted Poinsettia and for the bow I used the Christmas Cover stencil.

So, here's what I did to create my card.
  • I cut a piece of white cardstock and placed it onto my Make Art Station with the Dotted Poinsettia stencil over that.
  • I inked it up with some Rustic Wilderness and some Candied Apple Distress Oxide ink.
  • I got another piece of white cardstock and placed the Christmas Cover stencil over my paper and inked that up with more Candied Apple and added a bit of shading to the bow with some Barn Door DOX ink.  I repeated that process as I wanted the bow to be layered up.
  • Next, I fussy cut the bows out, one I cut the whole thing out and the other one just the bow portion without the tails.
  • I splattered with my white Posca pen.
  • I used some foam tape to pop the largest bow over the front of my stenciled panel, then foam taped the bow part from the second piece I had cut out, over that.  It really added great dimension to the overall look of the bow.
  • I glued the main panel onto a piece of red cardstock and then onto an A2 size card panel.
  • I die cut the sentiment and inked just parts of it so it wouldn't get lost against the background.
  • Lastly, I added some red gems for interest.


Here are the stencils I used:



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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies
Stamps- none
Inks- DOX
Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)
Accessories and Tools- stencils (ACLD); TE Blending Brushes; Die (WPlus 9)
Make Art Station (Ranger); red gems; foam tape; Posca pen

4 comments:

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

A lovely cheerful card Karen. Great stencils.
Faith x

Pat said...

You have so many wonderful stencils and your card is so bright and cheerful Karen, and I love the green you have added to the die cut sentiment, and that large red bow finishes it beautifully. x

kiwimeskreations said...

Love this really 'Christmassy' card Karen = great use of the stencils!
Blessings
Maxine

cuilliesocks said...

A fabulous card Karen, lovely design and great colours, Kate x