Happy Wednesday ......
Good morning it's Linda here. I hope you're having a good week.
I don't want to cause a panic or anything but ..... eight weeks today and it will be Christmas Day!!!!
Only EIGHT weeks ....... eeeek!!!!
Luckily my holidays are over, so I can finally start thinking about everything festive. All the cards and tags that need making, all the presents that need buying .......... and the food!!!! Is it too early to decorate the tree? Maybe just a little.
I have made a start on some cards though. The latest Uniko release is fabulously festive and perfect for the job.
The new
Winter Foliage stencil is a great design for making quick and easy cards, that look fabulous.
Here's three simple designs, all the same but each one a little different .......
The finished card size is a cute 5x5 inch square, and there's not much in the way of layers so they're great for posting too!
I cut three squares of white cardstock slightly smaller than the front of my cardblanks, and masked around the edges of each one using low tack stencil tape.
I then used Distress Oxide inks to add just a touch of colour to each of the backgrounds ......... Evergreen Bough
(love this colour) applied lightly with a brush
Weathered Wood ......
(another of my favourites).
This time I used a stencil brush to add the colour, applying the ink in one direction, leaving brush marks to give the look of woodgrain
and finally Peeled Paint, lightly brushed over the card .........
it does look more green in real life!
I then inked through the stencil onto each of the backgrounds.
Different colours on the Evergreen Bough .........
Gathered Twigs for the pine cones,
Festives Berries for the berries,
Forest Moss for the ivy leaves,
Mowed Lawn for the holly and finally
Evergreen Bough for the fir
I used just the one colour on the other two .......
Evergreen Bough on top of the Weathered Wood ....
and Gold metallic ink on the Peeled Paint ......
You can see I've added a little crystal glitter to the designs to give the cards some sparkle
and also a few dots of glitter glue here and there and some white enamel accents ....
The new
Festive Sentiments Outlined stamp set goes perfectly with the stencil and there's so many sentiments to choose from .......
Heat embossed and then coloured using glitter gel pens ......
Or, simply stamped in black ink and coloured .......
So many options, and so many colours to choose from ..... the choice is all yours.
Thanks for popping by ...... enjoy the rest of your day.
Cheerio until next time .....
