I liked the layered sketch from Paper Craft Crew #256 and thought it would be great to ink my Festive Phrases stamp set. I tend to favour French sets and this one has not been translated, but the little elf holding the Christmas sign was tugging at my heartstrings. Ironically enough, it's not the first image I've inked, but I'll get to it!
I thought the Merry Music Designer Series Paper would make a great background, and I overstamped a few images from the Swirly Bird stamp set on it (two of the swirly circles and the splatter). I added a banner cut out of the same DSP, a piece of crinckled ribbon and a piece of silver sequin trim. We have replaced this trim with mini sequin trim this year, but I'm using the one I have before purchasing the new one. The sentiment was stamped in black ink first, then in VersaMark so that I could clear-emboss it (since we don't carry black embossing powder anymore). A few clear faceted gems were added as well. The edge of the background paper was distressed using the edge of my scissor blades for a bit of texture.
(Colour combo was inspired by ColourQ #287 - Black + grey + a spot of colour, and I chose the new Berry Burst.)
Colour Combo: Basic Black + Basic Grey + Berry Burst + Whisper White
Stampin' Up! Supplies
Stamps: Festive Phrases, Swirly Bird
Cardstock: Berry Burst, Basic Grey
Specialty Designer Series Paper: Merry Music
Ink: Berry Burst, Basic Grey, Tuxedo Black Memento, VersaMark
Accessories: Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder, Envelope Punch Board, Lots of Labels Framelits Dies,
Clear Faceted Gems, Silver Sequin Trim, Berry Burst Crinckled Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals, 2-1/2" Circle Punch
Just beautiful Cindy. Gotta love this dsp. Great combo. Thanks for joining us at the Paper Craft Crew. Carolyn xx
Posted by: Carolyn Lindenmayer | September 02, 2017 at 21:21