Well, what can I say? The days are getting shorter around where I live, it's most certainly time to make some Christmas cards.
Today I'm sharing a couple of projects made for November's Christmas In The Air feature over at STAMPlorations. In this special feature Nancy and I are sharing a couple of Christmas projects each.
Both of today's cards are using backgrounds involving pigment powders to show off the new festive coffee themed stamp sets, Holiday Mocha Feels and Falalalalatte.
My first card uses both sets in combination with the Confetti #1 Slimline Stencil. Here it is ...
So how did it come together, probably easier than it looks. The speckled background was started off by sprinkling Golden Sands Infusion powder onto my craft mat, spritzing with water and mopping it up with a piece of card. I then added some stencilling (Confetti #1 Slimline Stencil) and stamping (Falalalalatte stamp set) using Thé Izink ink before blending around the edges.
Next I stamped around the edges by only inking up the floral spray from the large coffee cup stamp (Holiday Mocha Feels).
TIP!: Using part of a larger focal point stamp in the background creates a cohesive look and helps you get more out of your stamps.
My focal image was coloured with metallic pencils and the sentiment stamped with Roasted Coffee and Red Brick Prism inks.
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My next card uses the Falalalalatte set in combination with a sentiment from the Christmas Sentiment Dies and one of the Bloomdala Bliss Festive Dies. Here it is ...
Inspiration for my card came from Christmas Markets and Mulled Wine or Glühwein as I would call it.
The background was created on photo paper/card using Violet and Sea green Brusho powder with a touch of Iridescent Gold SprinkleIT spritzed with water.
TIP!: Using photo paper/card give you this nice richly textured look and the colours keep more of their intensity once dried.
I really like how the purple seems to look like a Christmas Tree. The subtle shimmer is really pretty too.
Sadly, it was impossible to capture the shimmer on a good photo, but you'll be able to get a sense of it from the close-up below.
My image was coloured with a mix of watercolour, pencils and white gel pen, fuzzy cut and layered with a die-cut Bloomdala Bliss Festive shape. The sentiment was cut twice, once from Elegant Eggplant card and once from withe card before being layered. I finished my card off with some white stars from my stash.
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Hopefully Nancy and I have inspired you to add to your 2020 Christmas stash.
I am linking my projects up at:
Wishing you lots of fun hopping along.
hugs
Monika ❤
