Happy Wednesday everyone, this is Nicky with you today and I have a postage style Christmas card to share with you. This card was created using the following Alex Syberia Designs products:-
Christmas Postage Stamps
Postage Stamps Cover Die
Postage Stamps Stencil
Pretty Bows Die Set
I die cut a white panel of cardstock using the Postage Stamps Cover Die. Over this I layered the Postage Stamps Stencil and using Speckled Egg and Festive Berries Distress Oxide Inks, I softly ink blended the colours to a fade in each of the four sections.
Next step was to use the Christmas Postage Stamps stamp set. I transferred the panel to my Misti and reapplied the Stencil and then I stamped all of the images using the same Distress Oxide Inks as before but with the addition of Iced Spruce which I used to stamp the fir trees. By using the Misti I was able to easily repeat stamp until I had lovely bold and crisp images.
I backed the finished panel with foam tape, applied it to an A2 white panel of cardstock and then this was glued to a slightly larger panel of shimmering green cardstock from their Mystic Garden Mix Cardstock Pack. This was then all glued to a prepared card base.
For the final steps, I repeatedly dipped a stylus into white acrylic paint and dotted in all of the white snow which is slightly dimensional and really adds a little winter magic. Last but not least I felt like it needed just a little something more and I opted to use the Pretty Bows Die Set to die cut twice from sturdy white cardstock (I glued these to together) and again in red cardstock and I adhered that one at a slight angle to the white and then the whole thing was added to the centre of the card.
Many thanks for stopping by the blog today, I hope you enjoyed my card and are inspired to make your own. I’ll be back next Wednesday with something new to share. Happy crafting!
Nicky
