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Christmas Card Challenges #34: Anything Goes

26 Jul

Good afternoon!  I’m back with another Anything Goes Challenge at Christmas Card Challenges!  Here’s my card:

www.allthesparkle.com Newton's Nook Holiday Mischief Memory Box Lightbulbs

I’ve been wanting to use this cute stamp set from Newton’s Nook for awhile and I’m glad I had the time to do some coloring today for this card!  I started off by die-cutting a stitched rectangle for the kitty and my sentiment.  I stamped the cat in Versafine and heat-embossed it in clear embossing powder.  Then I stamped the sentiment from Papertrey Ink with versamark and heat-embossed it with gold tinsel embossing powder.  I LOVE this embossing powder (many thanks to Effie for the recommendation!)!

Next I colored the cat with copic markers.  I stuck with cool greys for the cat and a rainbow palette to create my christmas lights.  I used two markers to shade each light and then used the lightest color I had in each palette (R000, G00, etc.) to create a halo around each lightbulb so that they would look like they were glowing. Then I went over the lightbulb with my clear wink of stella glitter brush for a little sparkle and finally finished off each bulb with a bit of glossy accents!

Originally I was going to just mount the white panel to a red card base but it just didn’t seem finished.  I loved the idea of the strands of Christmas lights and realized that one of my Lil’ Inker coverplates would be perfect with my card.  So I die-cut my red panel with the coverplate and then decided to go a little further! 😉  I die cut the Memory Box lightbulbs with silver and rainbow cardstock.  To assemble the card I adhered foam mounting tape to the white panel.  Then I turned it over and looped silver twine around using the foam mounting tape to hold it in place.  I adhered the white panel to the red panel and then attached the lightbulb bases to the silver twine.  Next I inlaid the colored cardstocks into the lightbulbs, went over them with the wink of stella clear glitter brush, and then finished the bulbs with a coat of glossy accents!

I hope you’ll link up a card this week…it’s anything goes so as long as it’s a holiday card, you’re good to go!!  For even more inspiration, don’t forget to visit the rest of the design team!

  • Carol
  • Donna
  • Gail
  • Heather
  • JoAnn
  • Margo
  • Marsha
  • Monica
  • Shirley Anne

Thanks so much for visiting and have a fabulous week!

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Categories:
card-making, challenge, christmas card challenges, crafting, design team
Tags:
copic markers, memory box, newton's nook, papertrey ink

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  1. Michael Bakeler says

    July 26, 2015 at 5:54 pm

    I love this card Jess. It is purrfect for the holidays! 🙂

    Reply
  2. Carol S says

    July 27, 2015 at 2:34 pm

    Lovely card Jess and I really like how you placed the kitty panel to the side – makes such a pleasing design.

    Reply

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