I have a confession. I am horrible about details, and it's getting worse as I go. I will read something once, and get a fact stuck in my head, for example, Ellie's hockey class starts at the beginning of November, on November 1st to be exact....wrong. It actually starts this week, November 8th to be exact. Oops. Thankfully they were really cool and let her participate with the previous group last week.
Anyway, you are probably wondering what this has to do with crafting right? Well I am also really bad about reading publication calls. So I made this card for the Stamp & Ink call at PC&S. Guess what? They are NOT, I repeat NOT looking for Christmas cards. Oops again.
So, somewhat by accident I have a Christmas card to share today.
I'm using some Essentials by Ellen products: The Christmas Scribbles and Brushstroke Christmas stamp sets and the Brushstroke Peace Die.
I started with a 3x4 piece of watercolor paper which I added a wash of blue to, with a little touch of yellow in the center for some brightness/light.
I knew I was going to use the pine stamps at the top and bottom border, so after the paper was mostly, but not totally dry, I added green in the general areas/where the pine sprigs would be. Since the blue wasn't totally dry, it blends in nicely, and adds some extra depth.
Then I actually stamped the sprigs with Versafine. I actually stamped it once, and then again in second generation slightly offset to add some extra dimension. I also went in and added some additional green paint in the stamped areas to punch up the color too.
Once the panel was totally dry, I embossed the secondary sentiment in gold. The peace was die cut from gold foil cardstock and popped up, and the entire panel was popped up over a dark blue mat.
That's all for today. Glad to be home, and looking forward to some fun with the family this weekend!
Supplies Used
Paper/Cardstock: Avery Elle - Cream and Sapphire cardstock; Canson - Watercolor Paper; Recollections - Gold Foil Cardstock
Stamps: Ellen Hutson - Christmas Scribbles and Brushstroke Christmas
Ink: Versafine and Versamark
Other: Ellen Hutson - Brushstroke Peace Die; Kuretake - Gansai watercolors; CTMH - Gold Embossing Powder; Scrapbook Adhesives - Foam Adhesive; Tombow - Mono Adhesive