A very different Christmas card

 

Good Morning Ladies,  

Busy day today, monthly bladder clinic and GP consultation.                                                                What have you all got planned today? 

I saw a card very similar to this on Tim Holtz website and I loved it and wanted to have a go at revreating it, using products that I have in my stash.  The background was a piece of watercolour card with red stars stencilled on and then I added Black Soot Oxide ink very lightly.  Next is a piece of sparkly plaid card, next layer was a piece of card diecut with my SU Postage stamp die, I inked again with black soot and then used my Embossing ink dabber to ink around the edges of the postage stamp piece , white embossing powder was added and heat set. This layer really creates a divide between the top and bottom layers.   Now onto the top layer, again white white card, upon which I stamped the sentiment and added white embossing powder and heat set,  now on this layer I 'went to town' with the Black Soot Oxide Ink, created an almost blackboard type effect.  I used a stitched rectangle die to add detail and then went over the stitching with a white gel pen to give the effect of stitching (well kind of).   The final part was adding the foliage that I die cut from one of the backgrounds I made last week, I then created a multi layered bow out of red seam binding ribbon, I added a cluster of tiny bells to the centre to finish. Its really different,  but I really like it x

Now I had a dilemma while making this card, I really wanted to add an actual stitched border but I can't decide whether to use my sewing machine for stitching card or whether to buy a cheap machine purely for stitching card, what do you think my lovelies???

I hope that you all have a good day,

Love and hugs to all,

Sandra xxx