Holiday Wishes

This is my post on the Sparkle N Sprinkle blog today.

To see how it was made, please take a peek there!

Hi, Diane with you today using another beautiful stamp set

from the July release 'Winter Greeting Bird and Wreath'.

I stamped the wreath image with Versamark

then embossed with Irish Spring embossing powder.

This EP powder has glitter in it, so it gave the wreath lot of sparkle.

The holly leaves were colored in with copics.

The birds were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink,

colored with copics, 

and Copper Penny glitter was added to their wing tips and tail feathers.

The sentiment was embossed with Black Detail embossing powder.

I fussy cut all the pieces out, 

then added Nuvo Crystal Dots Autumn Red to the berries on the wreath.

I set these all aside to dry.

The technique for the background of my card is

embossing on an already embossed card stock.

For this you will need Versamark and a Brayer.

I choose TH Alterations poinsettia embossing folder,

ran my card stock through my machine,

use the Anti Static bag to go over your card stock

(don't miss this step, it is very important)

loaded the brayer with Versamark, then with a 'light' pressure

ran it over the folder both diagonally and vertically.

This insures you pretty much get most of it covered.

You don't want to have a heavy hand or you will get embossing powder

where you don't want it.

I used Apple Red embossing powder.

I adhered my finished embossed background to a white card stock base,

then added my fussy cut stamped pieces and a bow to finish!

Thank you for visiting with me today!

Entering the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday .... ATG

Sparkles Christmas Challenge .... Festive Sentiment

The 12 Months of Christmas .... Tradional Christmas Colors