Stretching Your Stamps: "Christmas" Feathers & Florals

Our December 2016 Release was filled with some amazing and very versatile products. During Release Week, Kara and Yana shared some gorgeous projects featuring the Feathers & Florals stamp set. Kara shared a soft feminine pastel version, while Yana went a little more modern with a sherbet palette.

Today, I wanted to show you a very bold yet elegant Christmas version using the same set.

For this card, I used the two leaf branches and the spray of berries included in Feathers & Florals to stamp and white heat emboss a background onto watercolor card stock. I think inked the entire background using a Mini Blending Tool and Tim Holtz Distress Inks in Candied Apple and Aged Mahogany. Do create even more interest in the color, I added a little water, moved it around with my finger and then lifted the excess with a dry paper towel.

Another great set from the December 2016 Release is Bold Banner Greetings. I designed both of these sets in tandem, so the scale and style compliment each other perfectly. And the sentiments in this set cover a wide range of occasions.

Here, I heat embossed it in gold onto vellum card stock and then backed that with a white piece of card stock. I wanted a bright clean surface to separate the sentiment from the vibrant background.

To balance the right side, I stamped and heat embossed the same images used in the background onto white card stock. I used gold and silver glitter embossing powders to create a little sparkle. I love mixing metals and think it adds so much interest to the card.

I wrapped the vellum panel with a little gold DMC thread and mounted the entire panel onto a top folding A2 card base using foam tape.

I do really love how this one turned out. I also think that if you swapped out the red for a couple's wedding colors, it would make a gorgeous wedding card. What do you think?

Thanks for stopping in and I hope you are having a wonderful week so far!

Featured Supplies

For your convenience, here is a list of the supplies (or equivalents) used on today's project(s), along with links to purchase. Please note: this list does contain some affiliate links.

Feathers & Florals Feathers & Florals Die Bold Banner Greetings Wplus9 White Premium Cardstock Simon Says Stamp VELLUM SSSVEL12 STAMPtember Tim Holtz DISTRESS SPRAYER Ranger 4 Ounces TDA47414 Ranger MINI ROUND INK BLENDING TOOLS IBT40965 RESERVE Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad CANDIED APPLE Ranger TDP47391 Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad AGED MAHOGANY Ranger TDP39839 RESERVE MINI MISTI PRECISION STAMPER Stamping Tool Kit mistimini Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD Watermark VM-001 Inkadinkado EMBOSSING MAGIC Powder Bag 05847 Precision Heat Embossing Tool Gun Hero Arts PW200 Wagner WOW Embossing Glitter MIDAS TOUCH WS114R Simon Says Stamp EMBOSSING POWDER GOLD Ultrafine Fine Detail GoldEP4 WOW Embossing Glitter METALLIC SILVER SPARKLE REGULAR WS09R Plus VELLUM ADHESIVE Double Sided Glue Tape 38234 3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Permanent Ranger .5 Oz. MINI MULTI MEDIUM MATTE Glue Adhesive Paint INK41511

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