Christmas Card

 

I'm so excited to be guest designer on The Flower Challenge. Thanks so much for asking me, Viv. The theme is add embellishments and what better time than Christmas is there for adding embellishments.

The stamp set I've used is Holiday Bouquet by Avery Elle. The main image was stamped in momento tuxedo black and coloured with copic markers.

Flowers are R24, R37 and R89. Flower centres are Y17.

Berries are R37 and R89.

Leaves are G09 and G28.

The image was cut with the co ordinating die. On a piece of cardstock smaller than my card base, I determined where the flowers would go and then added in greenery behind. 

The pine needles are stamped using LDRS creative four leaf hybrid ink doing first, second and third generation stamping. 

Before adhering the flowers on foam tape, I stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set.

I added the panel to a green mat ( made by inking the edges with the same green ink) and adhered this to my card base.

Now for the fun part. Adding embellishments!

Nuvo shimmer pen on the flowers. ( difficult to see in photos)

Nuvo gold glitter drops for the flower centres. I start with 3 or 4 drops with enough  space between so they remain distinct drops. Once they're dry, I put more drops in the gaps. This gives dimension rather than one big blob.

Glossy accents on the berries.

And finished with some iridescent clear sequins.

Thanks for stopping by,

Helen xo