A Little Bit Country Christmas

This is a beautiful card with many techniques.At Christmas time we often really want to do something special but our time is limited.The good news is this card can be done assembly  line fashion without compromising quality.Stamp  the farm scene in black memories on water colour card stock. Use pencil crayons ,gamasol,and a stump to apply colour.This is a very quick technique.Using a recipe of two parts water and one part perfect pearls mix and put into a mini spray bottle.Spray your farm scene and set aside to dry.Cut 12x12 browncard stock into 3 pieces of 4x12.Cut and layer red card stock 3x5 1/2.  Stamp snowflakes with white snow cap (pigment ink by Ranger). Punch  tiny white snow  flakes from shimmer card stock. It's important its shimmer card stock because we sprayed the farm scene to shimmer.Add Velvet punched holly for extra texture. stamp sentiment inside. All stamps by Under Construction

Shimmery Poinsettia

Choose two complimentary shimmer card stocks . Cut to size for layering leaving a  1/4 inch border. Emboss  this layer with holly embossing folder. Cut black card stock.Stamp Under Construction's solid poinsettia with  perfect medium. Dust on forever red ,gold, kiwi green,and green perfect pearls.  Use your pouncer brush to seal the medium. Mount this to   the left side of the card. Adhere two strips of peel offs to create  balance. Mount double sided tape onto card stock. Punch out three hollys. Remove backing and dip into glitter. Mount evenly on the peel offs.

Angels at Toonie Tues.

This photo shows two samples  of one of our most recent Toonie Tuesday cards. The background was stamped in antique linen and then distressed. The wreath was then stamped in memories art print brown. Various shades of browns and rusts were used to colour in  to provide a monochromatic colour scheme. Our littlest angel was stamped coloured and shadow cut out.The smallest poinsettia punch  was used for the final embellishment. All stamps are  designs of Under Construction