The Heart of Christmas - Week 25

Hi there

Welcome to week 25 of Christmas inspiration from the Art with Heart Stampin' Up! team. We are on the home stretch with just 2 more weeks to go.  This week I have used the lovely 'Musical Season' stamp set for the first time.  

 

I have used a panel of wood grain paper from the Wood Textures stack for the background and stamped the drummer boy image in Early Espresso ink. I gave that a blast with the heat gun before embossing the greeting from 'Snowflake Sentiments' at the top. I had in mind to emboss it in gold, but it looked a bit lost on the wood grain. As I had used a stamp positioner, I inked again over the top in Versamark and Real Red ink and heated it again. The result is a crackle kind of effect where some of the gold is showing through under the red, so there is a bit of sparkle too. Not what I had expected, but I think it works better with the wood grain.

I added a band of red at the base and a strip of Gold Glimmer for  sparkle before adhering to a mat of Garden Green. Greenery that was die cut with the Christmas Staircase Thinlits (courtesy of a lovely stamping friend) forms the base for the Gold Foil french horn that has been popped up. A bow in the Gold Natural trim and some gold stars finishes it off. The finished art panel was popped up onto a Real Red card base.

For the inside, the writing panel sits on a Garden Green mat and I have stamped the border image at the bottom in Real Red and the branch in the top corner, which was coloured with markers.  

 

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Project Details
Stamps	Musical Season, Snowflake Sentiments
Card stock & Papers	Real Red, Garden Green, Whisper White, Wood Textures DSP
Ink	Versamark, Early Espresso, Real Red
Accessories	Gold 1/4" Natural Trim, Metallic Enamel Shapes
Tools	Christmas Staircase Thinlits, Musical Instruments Framelits, Big Shot, Gold EP, Heat gun, Dimensionals, Glue Dots

If you would like to see more Christmas inspiration, hop over to Claire's blog to see who else is participating this week

Thanks for visiting today!

Comments

[Caroline]

This is a beautiful card Judy. Your styling is always gorgeous.

[Tina Gillespie]

Oh my! I think this is the best card I have seen using this set! I love it so much!

[Sharon Davern]

I love this card Judy it is gorgeous just love how you have the little drummer boy in the background. Love it!

[monika o'neill]

Such a beautiful card Judy, love all the elements you have used xx

[Kate Morgan]

Just stunning Judy, I love all the layers!

[Catherine Proctor]

Another classic and simply beautiful card Judy.

[Rachel]

Love the effect the Wood Textures DSP gives to this card Judy