Welcome to the December 2019 Joyful Stars Blog Hop! If you came here from the talented Nancy's blog, you've come to the right place!This month I've made two contrasting Christmas cards - one whimsical and one traditional. When I send Christmas cards I usually have a style in mind for the recipients and one size usually doesn't fit all. 😉 So I like to have a choice of two cards and make them in bulk. Recently CTMH created two stamp sets that were right up my alley in philosophy. Although these two special stamp sets are no longer available, I still wanted to share some ideas for those of you who may have one or both of these sets, or are just looking for ideas.
This first card is my whimsical card using the Whimsical Holiday stamp set and was so much fun to make. I just loved the cute Santa face and knew it was the first stamp in the set that I was going to make use of. I also kept with traditional red and green colors but grounded the main image in black to make it pop. Here is the recipe for this card:
- CC101911 Whimsical Holiday stamp set (retired special)
- CC9191 A Dash of Joy stamp set
- Z4189 Intense Black ink
- Z8000 Black Pigment ink
- Z2088 Clear Super Fine Embossing Powder
- Z2497 Dark Red TriBlend Marker
- Z2496 Pale Pink TriBlend Marker
- Z2486 Dull Green TriBlend Marker
- Z2476 Fair Skin TriBlend Marker
- Z2474 Ice Grey TriBlend Marker
- X7250B Holly Jolly Paper Packet
- X6031 Green Apple Cardstock
- X6047 Black Cardstock
- 1385 White Daisy Cardstock
- Z4259 Thin Cuts—Stitched Square Frames
- Z3293 Clear Shimmer Brush
- Z3024 White Shimmer Trim (retired)
- Z3314 Black & White Dots
- X254 White Cards & Envelopes Value Pack
The second card took a little more time as my traditional card. I've been playing with various watercolor mediums (Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers and Strathmore Bristol Smooth cardstock), so wanted to watercolor the poinsettia stamp in the Traditional Holiday stamp set. I also used the masking technique to get overlapping poinsettias on the card. Here is the recipe for the additional CTMH materials:
- CC101912 Traditional Holiday stamp set (retired special)
- C1804 Merry Christmas Tree stamp set
- Z4189 Intense Black ink
- Z891 VersaMark ink
- Z2066 Princess Gold Embossing Powder
- X6047 Black Cardstock
- Z3365 Gold Foil Paper
- Z4235 Gold Loose Sequins
- Z3560 Golden Rod Stickles™ Glitter Gel
- X254 White Cards & Envelopes Value Pack
