Narly Jelly Christmas Card Fun!

Hello friends! It's Karla back today with two fun Christmas cards using some of the adorable new Lawn Fawn stamp sets, Snow Day Remix Paper Pad and some fabulous Distress Oxide Sprays that I absolutely love!! For these two cards I started out by colouring images from the Winter Narwhal mini stamp set, Ho-Ho-Holidays (presents/sack), Christmas Fishes (jellyfish) along with an older set Simply Celebrate Winter (ornaments and presents in row).

I sprayed some white cardstock with 3 colours from the Summer Distress Oxide Release - Salty Ocean, Blueprint Sketch and Seedless Preserves to coordinate with my coloured images. I love the process of creating these backgrounds - really no two will be the same! I usually mist my paper lightly with water first and then apply two colours, partially dry, spray a third colour on my craft mat, dip, dry, mist with water.... It's not really a science, but more of an experiment! I used a sentiment from the Winter Narwhal stamp set to emboss with Emerald Creek Glacier White Embossing Powder, one of my fav detail white powders!! and popped up some of the images with foam dots for dimension.

Inside, I stamped a sentiment and music notes from the Christmas Fishes stamp set using Tim Holtz Archival Mini Inks.

For the second card I cut another border from the Lawn Fawn Snow Day Remix paper pad using a stitched border die. I popped it up with foam tape around my misted background, which I had added stenciled bubbles to, using a Southern Ridge Trading Company Soda Fizz stencil and my new fav Tonic-Nuvo Moonstone Glitter Glimmer Paste. I love the shimmery, semi-translucent effect you get with this paste 💜 I added some gel pen details to the stamped images and included a word bubble from the older Say What Christmas Critters stamp set. 

I filled Santa's sleigh, from Ho-Ho-Holidays with presents from both that set and the Simply Celebrate Winter set. You can see how easily you can combine your Lawn Fawn stamp sets - they all work together so wonderfully!

I switched up the sentiments on this card, using the Winter Narwhal greeting inside.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to head over to the Scrap Shotz store to see what fun you can find in the shop!! I hope you have a fabulous week - whether you're starting your Christmas cards yet or not 😜🎄🎅

Product Reveal: Altenew Leaf Burst Stencil

Hello! So excited to share the Altenew Leaf Burst stencil with you. It can be used singly or rotated 45 or 90 degrees to create a layered look. Here is my card below:

With the distress oxide inks, I first created ombre leaves. As the distress oxide inks are partially pigmented inks, I zapped it with my heat gun to make sure the ink was dry before I layered the Nuvo Glimmer Paste.

I rotated my stencil 45 degress and applied Nuvo glimmer paste in white. Despite drying the oxide inks, the glimmer paste picked up a bit of color. I did not mind one bit as it added to the ombre effect. A close up is seen below.

Once the glimmer paste dried, I used the Honeybee Thanks die which I die cut from The Ton Stamps white glitter paper and pearlized vellum. Then for the extra glam factor, I added some Pretty Pink Posh gems. 

This card is so sparkly :-) It makes me happy!

Fabulous Find: Nuvo Glitter Paste & Tim Holtz Stencils

Hello!

Virginia has created some fabulous cards showcasing the Nuvo Glitter Paste. The paste applies smoothly and is so very sparkly. It looks equally fantastic on light and dark card stock as you can see below.

Virginia applied the paste though the Tim Holtz Floral layering stencil.  Click here to see all the Tim Holtz layering stencils offered in the store.

Using Nuvo Glitter Paste and stencils is a quick and easy technique to create a card that makes the recipient say ,"Wow!".