Simon Says Stamp | Christmas Joy

Did I mention I am in my Holiday mood already? For some reason (even though it is still very hot outside and the AC is always on) all I want to make these days are Christmas cards! Plus I am still actively playing with my Distress inks and using them as watercolors so I keep looking for new images to watercolor and maybe this is why I’ve started to reach for my holiday stamp, who knows.

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I wanted to use a Big Joy die cut and incorporate some negative die cutting into this card so I started by creating a background. I used antlers image from the Christmas Cats stamp set and heat embossed a fun pattern onto a sheet of watercolor cardstock. By the way, I have other cards on my blog using this really fun set (the cats in there are just adorable), click the thumbnail images below if you’d like to check them out:

To help me get these images evenly spaced I relied on grid lines of my clear block and cutting mat, I didn’t want to add any pencil lines as I knew I’d be doing heat embossing and I didn’t want to trap any pencil marks under embossing powder.

I used Distress Gathered Twigs ink and a detail water brush to watercolor the antlers and also Forest Moss and Peeled Paint and a medium water brush to watercolor the background. I also added a bit of shimmer using Distress Mica Spray (it doesn’t show up on these photos).

Once my background was colored and dry I die cut the Joy word right in the middle. I kept and inner part of the letter O and once I foam mounted the watercolor panel onto an A2 top folding card base made out of chocolate cardstock I also foam mounted that inner part.

I also heat embossed Christmas for the sentiment to read “Christmas Joy” in white embossing powder onto same chocolate cardstock, cut it out and foam mounted onto the card. Lastly, I adhered several rose gold sequins and clear droplets from Pretty Pink Posh.

 SUPPLIES

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Hero Arts White Embossing Powder PW110 Shop at: SSS	ScraPerfect Crafting Pouch Shop at: SSS	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad Peeled Paint Shop at: SSS	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad Forest Moss Shop at: SSS	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad Gathered Twigs Shop at: SSS	May Arts Natural Twine String Burlap Shop at: SSS
Zig Watercolor BrusH2O Detailer Shop at: SSS	Medium Water Brush Shop at: SSS	Scrapbook Adhesives Black Foam Tape Shop at: SSS	Sakura Quickie Glue Pen Shop at: SSS	3D Foam Squares – Black Mix Shop at: SSS	Pretty Pink Posh 4MM Clear Droplets (small) Shop at: SSS
Pretty Pink Posh 6MM Metallic Rose Gold Sequins Shop at: SSS	Pretty Pink Posh 4mm Metallic Rose Gold Sequins Shop at: SSS