Christmas cards: Batch set

What:

So, I checked my stash of Christmas cards. And then I checked my Christmas card list. And then I had a little panic. And then I came up with a design that I could create multiple variations of.

How:

First I stamped a load of critters and snowmen and coloured them with Inktense pencils. I used my Brother ScanNCut to cut out the ones it could clearly recognise and fussy cut the rest (the ones with less-defined outlines).

I trimmed a bunch of panels from kraft cardstock, stamped the background snowflakes with Versamark on each, and heat embossed them with a variety of embossing powders. A little Distress ink was blended around the edges. These panels were mounted flat on the card bases.

I cut strips for the sentiment from red and ivory cardstock and used my MISTI to stamp them. The MISTI was so helpful, not just with stamping sixteen strips, but especially with stamping white ink on the textured red card, which needed three impressions to get a solid result. The strips were then mounted on the cards and the critters and snowmen were popped up using foam tape.

Finishing touches included judicious application of Wink of Stella on the critters and a couple of sequins on each card with a dot of stickles in the centre.

I could have made them a lot simpler, but I’m really pleased with how they turned out and how the batch creation process worked.

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Supplies:

• stamps:
  Hero Arts – tiny flakes
  Lawn Fawn – joy to the woods (sentiment)
  Create A Smile – cool buddies
  Create A Smile – snow dance kit
  Penny Black – jolly critters
  Lawn Fawn – winter bunny
  Lawn Fawn – winter penguin
• embossing powder:
  Wow! – super fine – bright white
  Wow! – super fine – clear gloss
  Wow! – regular – silver pearl
  Judikins – iridescent sparkle
  Ranger – liquid platinum
• inks:
  Ranger – pigment ink pad – glacier white
  Ranger – archival – jet black
  Distress ink pad – antique linen
  Versamark
• colour:
  Derwent – inktense pencils
• embellishments:
  Wink of Stella – clear
  Ranger – glossy accents
  Neat and Tangled – sequins – crystal clear
  Doodlebug – sequins – ladybug
  Ranger – ice stickles – silver ice
  Ranger – ice stickles – Christmas red
• paper and card:
  Papermill Direct – super smooth – white
  Neenah – desert storm
  Papermill Direct – luxury artist pad (watercolour)
  Bazzill Basics – ladybug trio
  Papermill Direct – linen – ivory
• miscellaneous:
  Brother ScanNCut
  MISTI