Season's Greetings

Hello!

I have one last holiday card to share with you today. I loved the mental break I got making this card, as the watercoloring process was very calming.

I began by stamping, and white heat embossing, the beautiful Christmas Poinsettia Star Stamp (this large Poinsettia image is one of my all-time favorite Christmas stamps), onto watercolor paper.

On my glass worksurface, I pressed the Festive Berries Distress Oxide Ink pad down to transfer some ink. Then I used a watercolor brush (I love this fun "mermaid" set - it just makes me happy to use. There is also a "unicorn" style - if you prefer the pink.), to brush water over each petal I was working on. I, then, would pick up some color, and concentrate it in the center of the flower, using a second brush dipped in water to blend the color out, until the tips of the petals were nearly white. I repeated this process to finish out each petal. Finally, I added a little Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide Ink to my work surface, and used that in the center of the flower.

Once the panel had FULLY dried, I marked the edges of the paper where I needed them trimmed off at. Then, I used the edge of a ruler to hold the paper in place, and I tore off the excess paper. Because of the thickness of the watercolor paper, this gave it a pretty deckled edge.

The sentiment came from the Fancy Christmas Sentiments set. I stamped the sentiment onto vellum, and gold heat embossed it. Then I die cut it using the coordinating dies. I adhered that to the card front, and added a few of the lighter gems from the Sands of Time Gem Mix.

I adhered the card front to a kraft card base, using foam tape.

I love the way this card turned out. It's just as pretty as I pictured it. Thanks for stopping by - and have a very Happy Holidays!