It’s Wednesday, and this week, I made a Christmas card using Wreath - TDG012 by High Hopes Rubber Stamps for the main image and Merry Christmas - FDG008 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps) for the sentiment. We love to decorate our home with Christmas wreaths outside and on our door! Do you decorate with Christmas wreaths too?
To make my card this week, I began with a card base of Hammermill - Premium Colour 100 lb. cardstock, cut and scored to be 5" x 5". I die cut Recollections - Burgundy to be the same size as the base and adhered it to the card using double-sided tape. DCWV - Holiday Cheer was cut to the size of 4.75" x 4.75" and a Sharpie - Medium Point Gold Water based paint was used to go around all of the edges. This was adhered to the base background using liquid glue. I die cut Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card with my Cuttlebug and Crafting Desert Diva's - Stitched in Circle Dies. With my MISTI and Memento - Tuxedo Black ink, I stamped the image onto the die cut and the sentiment onto Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card cardstock. I coloured the image in with Copic markers and coloured in some of the berries with a Pental Sunburst Metalic Med Gel Pen - Gold. A Gelly Roll Sakura #5 Pen was used to add the little white dots on all of the red berries. Once the image was coloured in, I used the Sharpie - Medium Point Gold Water based paint to go around the scalloped part of the circle. I cut around the sentiment to the size of 1.25 x 2-1/8" and then used a corner punch. Once again, I went around the edges with a Sharpie - Medium Point Gold Water based paint pen. I adhered the the finished image and sentiment to the base card using U-Line double-sided tape. Lastly, I applied Nuvo Crystal Drops - Autumn Red to complete the card.
Card Recipe:
Stamp: Wreath - TDG012 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)
Sentiment: Merry Christmas - FDG008 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)
Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black
Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, Hammermill - Premium Colour 100 lb., DCWV - Holiday Cheer (6" x 6"), Recollections - Burgundy
Die Cut: Crafting Desert Diva's - Stitched in Circle Dies (Retired)
Nuvo Crystal Drops: Autumn Red
Tools: MISTI - Most Incredible Stamping Tool, U-Line double-sided tape, Gelly Roll Sakura #5 Pen, Sharpie - Medium Point Gold Water based paint
Image coloured with Copic Markers:
Wreath: G99, G21, YG67, YG17, R39, R27, R22, E27, E25, E23, G99, Pental Sunburst Metalic Med Gel Pen - Gold, Gelly Roll Sakura #5 Pen
Background: BG000, BG0000, Sharpie - Medium Point Gold Water based paint
Hope you like it and have a fantastic week!
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