Joy

My Favorite Things' Camp Create goes on! The craft activity for Day 4 is "Monochromatic Magic." I used MFT's "Sophisticated Snowflake" (apparently discontinued) & "Joyous Christmas Sentiments" (also apparently discontinued) for my simple, monochromatic holiday card.

I cut a piece of 140 lb. watercolor paper to 4.5x6". I wanted it a little larger than an A2 card size, so I could mask off the edges. I masked off 1/4" on each side with painter's tape, and stamped the snowflakes with Versamark ink. After I stamped each snowflake, I sprinkled on Ranger Silver Pearl embossing powder, so I could see where I had stamped. Finally, when I had finished stamping, I melted the powder with my heat gun, and removed the powder-coated pieces of tape.

I then taped my panel to a wooden cutting board with yellow Frog tape, both to mask the edges again and so it would stay flat. Then I blended Abandoned Coral, Candied Apple, Festive Berries, & Fired Brick Distress inks to create an ombre look on my panel. After I had the inks down, I spritzed the paper generously with my homemade Perfect Pearls mist, and tilted the board around to get the color to move somewhat. I dried it with my heat gun, and buffed off the extra ink from the embossed snowflakes. Then I added flicks of gold (which I used as a neutral) with Champagne Gold & Yellow Gold Gansai Tambi Starry Colors watercolors over my panel.

When I went to trim down my panel, I realized that my measurements had been slightly off when I cut and masked it. So, I decided instead of leaving the masked white border, I'd just die cut the piece down with a Lawn Fawn "Small Stitched Rectangle" die.

I cut am A2 size mat from pearlized cardstock by The Paper Studio. I die cut an oval from that panel with a "Large Stitched Oval" die from Lawn Fawn. I stamped my greeting on that with Versamark, and heat embossed with Ranger Super Fine Detail Gold embossing powder. I attached that to my inked panel with a bit of foam tape in the middle of the oval, and brads at the ends. Finally, I adhered my focal panel to the mat, covering up the oval hole, and mounted my card front to a white A2 card base.

I'm also entering this card in the following challenges:

Christmas Card Throwdown: "Embossed Impressions"
Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday Challenge: "Add a Sentiment"