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 

Crossed Candy Canes

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:

Crossed Candy Canes

Simple Grid

Buffalo Plaid

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:

Colorful Options- RED

The Holly and Ivy Christmas- ANYTHING GOES

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)