Hello! It's Sara, from Much Love, Sara. Before I begin today's inspiration post, I'm super excited to announce the winner of our collaboration with My Favorite Things. Congratulations to Greta H!
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Wow—overload of inspiration here! I’m especially loving your stencils & need to add some to my wishlist!
Wow—overload of inspiration here! I’m especially loving your stencils & need to add some to my wishlist!
Greta, please email info@pfstamps.com with your contact information, so that we can get your gift card sent to you. Thanks to all who entered.
Have you started your Christmas cards yet? I somehow have managed to have mine ready to mail - which NEVER seems to happen this early! If you're still planning your cards out, Picket Fence has a bunch of great Christmas stamps and dies to choose from. Today I'm sharing a fun card I made using some of those Christmas items.
The Santa on today's card, comes from the Picket Fence Studios Believe in the Magic Stamp Set. I stamped the image onto white card stock, using a light colored ink for no-line coloring. Then, I colored in the image using colored pencils, and a white gel pen for highlights. Once the coloring was done, I fussy cut the image, and set it aside - far aside. I was not risking another craft fail with this year's coloring of Santa.
While I still had the Believe in the Magic Stamp Set out, I stamped the sentiment onto vellum, and heat embossed it in gold. The sentiment was also fussy cut.
On another piece of white card stock, I taped the circle from the 2-1/2" Blending Stencil. I then used my Life Changing Blender Brushes, to blend inks onto the panel. Once I had the blend how I wanted, I blended a lighter ink right around the edge of the circle, before pulling up the stencil, and blending the same ink into the masked off portion of card stock. I again covered the "moon" with the stencil, and sprinkled water droplets, and some watered down Sparkle Paper Glitz.
While that panel dried, I die cut the Slim Line Our Town Cover Plate die from black cardstock, and then cut a second strip of the house from gray cardstock. I added the die cuts on top of the ink blended panel, and trimmed the excess off. The panel was matted with black cardstock. I filled in the windows of the little houses to create the golden glow.
Before assembling the card, I dry embossed the front panel of the card base, with the Arctic Winter Stencil. This can be done on most machines, with the correct plate sandwich.
I hope you enjoyed today's card. Find more cards using products from the October Release over on my blog. Have a fantastic Tuesday!
Much Love,
Beautiful!
Congrats to Greta and GORGEOUS Santa card!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!