I seem to be in a very heavy Christmas mood these days and it soooo not me. Weird! This card is one that I had done for my Christmas Cards Class but had put it aside because I wasn't happy with it. It's been sitting on my desk for 3 weeks now and I kept looking at it, undecided as to whether I should just throw it away -- I know... gasp!
Tonight, I had an "ah-ha" moment and grabbed my Soft Suede Stampin' Write Marker to make a faux-stitching line all around (thanks Kristina Werner for the inspiration). I think it works. Now the part that doesn't show much from the picture is that the white CS where the holly is stamped is actually a second piece of Whisper White adhered to the card base with Stampin' Dimensionals. But you can hardly tell from the picture. I wanted the white-on-white effect. The sparkle line at the bottom is made by putting down a length of Sticky Strip on the cardstock and sprinkling some Chunky White Glitter on it. Since I was going to overlay the sentiment over the main image, the flower was first stamped on a piece of scrap paper and then stamped on the main piece so as to create a lighter imprint. The middle is a half-back pearl from the Pretties Kit.
I hope that inspires you to start cranking up your Christmas cards!
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CeeCee
Supplies (all Stampin' Up!) -- stamp set: berry christmas; cardstock: whisper white, textured soft suede, christmas cocoa specialty DSP; inks: real red, soft suede; other: soft suede stampin' write marker, 3/16" corner rounder punch, pretties kit for the pearl, white chunky glitter, sticky strip, snail adhesive, mini glue dot, stampin' dimensionals.