Christmas Joy!

It’s Wednesday, and this week I'm sharing a Christmas card featuring Christmas Joy Snowy - S228 from (High Hopes Rubber Stamps). I love snowmen, winter and Christmas! Growing up in a northern community, we had a lot of snow. It was always so much fun and seeing the snow fall on Christmas day was always wonderful. Where we live now, we don't get as much and it's always disappointing when we don't see snow on the ground for Christmas. It's ok for the other days, but Christmas is extra special. Hopefully, Christmas Joy Snowy will bring some snow for us this year on our special day. LOL!

To create the card this week, I first used my Cuttlebug and Creative Expressions by Sue Wilson - Festive Collection Peeking Snowflake to create a die cut out of Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card paper. I stamped the image and then coloured it in with Copic Markers. Once it was all coloured in, I added added some snowflakes to the sky using Gelly Roll Sakura #10 Pen. Clear - Wink of Stella was applied to all of the leaves. Stickles - Diamond was added to create the ground snow effect and I sprinkled some Martha Stewart Crafts - Crystal Fine Glitter on top of the Stickles while it was still wet. The coloured image was set aside to let it dry.

I die cut the larger oval using the same dies out of Crafts - Thick Glitter Craft Paper. I love this paper, but in order to prevent the glitter from getting everywhere, I first sprayed it with some hairspray.

The card was now ready to assemble. I used Recollections - Winter 4.25" x 5.5" card for my base. The large oval was adhered directly onto the base using 2-sided tape. The main image was added using 3M VHB - 2 sided tape and some snowflake embellishments were added to complete the card.

Card Recipe:

Stamp: Christmas Joy Snowy - S228 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)

Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black

Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, Crafts - Thick Glitter Craft Paper 02-302270, Recollections - Winter 4.25" x 5.5 (Assorted Box of Cards)

Die Cut: Creative Expressions by Sue Wilson - Festive Collection Peeking Snowflake

Stickles: Diamond

Tools and Miscellaneous: MISTI - Most Incredible Stamping Tool, Marvy Uchida - Embossing Heat Tool, Cuttlebug, Clear - Wink of Stella, 3M VHB - 2 sided tape

Image coloured with Copic Markers:

Snowman: B60, B0, B00, R22, R20, Colorless Blender

Jacket and Hat: B39, B32, B28, B24, B23, B21

Buttons: E15, YR24, Y35, Y08

Mitts and Scarf: BG57, BG53, BG49, BG13, BG11, BG10

Holly and Leaves: G99, YG67, YG17, YG01, G21, R39, R37, Gelly Roll Sakura #5 Pen

Nose: E08, YR18, YR16, YR12

Background: B60, B04, B02, B00, B000, BV20, Stickles - Diamond, Gelly Roll Sakura #10 Pen, Martha Stewart Crafts - Crystal Fine Glitter

Hope you like it and have a fantastic week!

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