Snowy Christmas Baubles
For this card I've stamped, heat embossed and letter pressed using pigment inks, silver, gold and sparkly embossing powder. The overall size of the card is 15cm square.
I started with a square of white stamping card for my topper, and stamping the baubles using Versamark (embossing) ink, and heat embossing using silver or gold embossing powder.
After heating the embossing powder, I've coloured the baubles using some ink from water based marker pens applied with a water brush - just scribble onto a glass mat or acrylic stamping block and then pick up the ink with the water brush. Start colouring at the edges and then as the ink in the water brush runs out the colour gets lighter and lighter. After the bauble has colour all over, you can add some colour directly from the pen in areas you want to be really dark. Having darker edges gives the baubles a 3D look.
I also added a little colour, using the water brush, under the baubles so they have something they are sitting on, and extended this so that the Christmas tree has something to sit on too.
On the blue and white card, for the snowflakes I stamped in some light blue ink and heat embossed using some sparkly embossing powder. On the red and gold version of the topper, I stamped the snowflakes with versamark and heat embossed with the sparkly embossing power - to get the sparkle without adding colour.
The Christmas tree is letter pressed using a the Curling Christmas Tree Cut, Foil and Emboss die. You just ink the surface of the die, transfer to your die cutting sandwich, with the card on top and run it through your die cutting machine. I've then added sparkly embossing powder.
For the blue card, I've added mats and layers using navy blue, white and silver card, and a die cut sentiment in silver.
For the red and gold card I've used a page from the Naughty Or Nice 6 1/2" x 6 1/2" paper pad and used gold card as a mat for the paper and the topper. For the sentiment I used the Noel Frame mini die set, cut in white card and coated with the sparkly embossing powder, with the "Noel" cut from the same gold card as my mats.
In my video I show you how to stamp, heat emboss and colour the baubles, stamp and heat emboss the snowflakes and how to letterpress and heat emboss the Christmas tree.
Couture Creations Products Used
CO726927 - Naughty Or Nice - Curling Christmas Tree Cut, Foil and Emboss Die
CO726912 - Naughty Or Nice - Christmas Baubles mini stamp
CO726915 - Naughty Or Nice - Snowflakes mini stamp
CO726906 - Naughty Or Nice - Noel Frame Set mini dies
CO726890 - Naughty Or Nice - 6 1/2" x 6 1/2" Paper Pad
