Hey there friends! Today I'm creating a Christmas card that's fun and bright! I will be using Deck the Halls stamp and die set, Brave Bear Nibble die (previous release), Liquid Splatters in Yellow Sunshine, Holly Leaf Green, and Candy Cane Red. I will also be using a DecoGel pen in silver and Twinkle Lights paste!
The first step was to create a colorful wash for the background. I applied the Liquid Splatters onto my glass media matt, sprayed them with water and blended it out with a paint brush, and then swept a piece of watercolor cardstock over the ink. I did this with yellow, then green, and finally red. Once I was happy with the layout of color, I stamped all the sentiments from Deck the Halls over the color using Hybrid Black ink. I was not concerned with getting a crisp image, but I wanted to add interest to the background panel! I also added Liquid Splatters in Silver over the background to create "blobs" of color!
Once the background was finished, I used a rectangle nesting die to cut through the center of the panel. I also die cut a piece of black cardstock in a slightly larger size. I adhered the outer background panel onto a piece of 5.5x4.25 white card base, then adhered the center panel over the black panel and adhered that over the outer panel. I love the added interest that the black layer brings to the card!
For my sentiment, I stamped Holly Jolly & Deck the Halls from the stamp set and die cut using the coordinating dies. I love how the dies cut around the sentiment!
Next it was time to play with the adorable Brave Bear Nibbles die! This is a layered die set, so I die cut all the pieces onto a piece of white cardstock and then colored everything using my markers. Then I adhered the layers together, add Pearls to his eyes and silver DecoGel pen to his lapel. I also added a touch of Twinkle Lights paste to the ball of his hat! Finally, I adhered the Bear and the sentiments over the background panel!
I really enjoyed pulling this mixed media style card together with watercolors, stamps, pens, paste, and markers! You don't need much to create a beautiful mixed media piece! Thanks for stopping by today, to shop the items in this post, click on the description to be taken to the PFS shop! Or, click here to see the entire new release!