Peace on Earth

Sunday, August 7, 2011

Yes, I'm forcing myself to get back into Christmas card making.  Don't get me wrong.  I love creating Christmas cards.  It's just a little difficult to think about the holidays when the weather is so hot and humid.  Heat, humidity and bugs.

Ah well. I digress.
I saw a card on Pinterest last night, that used heat embossing followed by sponging.  It was a floral theme, but I thought it would work with snowflakes, just as well.  THIS is the card on Pinterest, that inspired my card.

My card:

I heat embossed the entire front of the card with white EP.  Then masked the area to be sponged.  I used 3 shades of blue, in different areas - varying the intensity of color.  Then I stamped my earth ornament and sentiment after removing the mask.  Since the surface was uneven, I filled in any "missing" areas with a black stampin' write marker.  I added a tiny ribbon bow at the top of the ornament.
This will be an easy card to mail, since the only embellishment is the bow.
Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:

card stock: stamper's select white (PTI)

stamps: peaceful season, serene snowflakes (SU)

ink: bashful blue, marina mist, pacific point (SU), onyx black (Versafine)

other: winter white EP (SU), black ribbon (Offray)