Thursday, 7 November 2024

Crossed Candy Canes

Welcome
Candy canes are always such an iconic sight for the arrival of Christmas.
This new stencil from A Colorful Life Designs is just perfect for creating some fun designs.
So meet the newly released 

So, here's what I did to create my card.
  • I began by placing the Crossed Candy Canes stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Lumberjack Plaid and some Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide ink.  I masked and alternated the inking to give a fun look to the candy canes.
  • Before I fussy cut them out, I used a fine line black marker and a ruler to add the lines between the colours.
  • I took another piece of white cardstock and placed the Simple Grid stencil over that and inked with more of the Lumberjack Plaid DOX ink.
  • I removed that stencil and placed the Buffalo Plaid stencil over the Grid and inked again with more of the red ink.  By layering the stencils, I got a fun looking pattern for my card front. Next, I splattered the panel with my white Posca pen.
  • I glued the card front onto a piece of white cardstock, then onto a piece of green and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
  • I used some foam tape to pop the candy canes over the background.
  • I added some ephemera over the candy canes to finish off my card.

Here are the stencils I used:



My Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs:
KarenFan10
Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:
Addicted to Stamps and More- DIE CUTS AND STENCILS
(PIN)spirational- NUMBERS

Supplies
Stamps- none
Inks- Distress Oxides (Ranger)
Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)
Accessories and Tools- stencils (A Colorful Life Designs); white Posca pen; 
TE Blending Brushes; foam tape; Holly Jolly Ephemera (Simple Stories)

2 comments:

Pat said...

Another really bright red and green toned card Karen, and I love the large candy canes, and the mix of the grid and the buffalo plaid stencil which work well together, and the white black on white ephemera piece in the shape of '25' stands out beautifully over the top. x

mugdha gujarathi said...

Love the bright red Candy canes.. A beautiful Christmas card. Thanks for playing along with us at Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge. -DT -Mugdha