Today, I am showing you my favorite stamp set from the Holidays catalogue: Color Me Christmas. It's just so darn adorable!! The images are a great size, big enough to make an impact on a card but small enough to be watercolored relatively quick. Love it!
This card was inspired by a few DTGD challenges: one was a Christmas picture inspiration (from which I drew colors), the other one was to use the Polished Stone technique. I hadn't used that technique in a while, but it's been a long-time favorite, so I was happy to give it a try again. Unfortunately, we don't carry the Glossy White cardstock anymore, which makes it trickier to teach this technique. (I am guessing photo paper would be a possible alternative, but I have not tried it.) To make my background, I used Coastal Cabana, Pistachio Pudding and Basic Grey reinkers. Then, after creating the background, I went over it with a piece of crumbled saran wrap and Silver glimmer paint to add some shimmer.
The tag was die-cut out of watercolor paper using a Chalk Talk Framelits die. I embossed my image in Silver embossing powder, then watercolored the image with inks and a blending pen. A piece of Winter Frost Designer paper was added, matted with a piece of Strawberry Slush cardstock die-cut with a Finishing Touches Framelits die. A piece of Smoky Slate chevron ribbon (told you I love that stuff!) was added, and a sentiment was stamped on the tag with Coastal Cabana ink (a new 2013-2015 In Color). Then a cute Frosted Finishes embellishment was added in the top corner. I'm telling you, the picture of those ornaments don't do them justice in the catalogue - they are SOO pretty! And they're really just rhinestoned stars, so they really don't need to be used exclusively on holidays projects, I think they would look nice for any other occasion that could use a little bit of bling as well.
This card made the Dare to Get Dirty Honours gallery, so I hope you like it as much as the judges did!
Color Combo: Coastal Cabana + Strawberry Slush + Smoky Slate + White
Stampin' Up! Supplies
Stamps: Color Me Christmas, Tous mes meilleurs voeux
Cardstock: Smoky Slate, Coastal Cabana, Strawberry Slush, watercolor paper,
Glossy White cardstock
Designer paper: Winter Frost
Inks: Strawberry Slush, Smoky Slate, Basic Grey, Coastal Cabana, Soft Sky, VersaMark
Accessories: Frosted Finishes Embellishments, White envelope,
Silver embossing powder, Chalk Talk Framelits dies, Blending pen,
Smoky Slate chevron ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals,
Finishing Touches Framelits dies, Reinkers, Silver glimmer paint
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