Hello and welcome to Christmas in July! There's nothing like thinking about cooler weather and getting a head start on holiday cards than in the middle of the hottest part of the summer -- right?!! :D Plus, a SALE doesn't hurt, either -- Just click the banner above to shop the Christmas category! The Ellen Hutson team has a little blog hop going on today for you, to help get you in the holiday cardmaking spirit! We hope you'll join us -- You can find a list of all those participating today over in the CLASSroom. Here's my project, in a chilly shade of blue!
When last year's Essentials by Ellen Holiday 2016 stamp and die release came out, I never got the opportunity to use the beautiful dove from Julie's Bird Shapes die set, so I was elated to get to use it now! Isn't it gorgeous?!
More inspiration for #WorldWatercolorMonth -- I created a quick background using my Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors: #57 Turquoise Green (very watered down). After washing the background with the lighter Turquoise Green wash, I splattered it with a darker/less watered down Turquoise Green and a mixture of both Bluish Gold and Antique Gold, both of which come in the 36-color set. The watercolor background was die cut with the large stitched panel from MFT's Blueprints 15 die set, then mounted onto a Curious Gold Metallic card base.
Next, I die cut the large dove from Essentials by Ellen Bird Shapes from watercolor paper, dipped the edges in Versamark (using a Versamark Pen for the tighter-to-reach areas between the wings) and gold heat embossed it. The gold really makes the white of the dove pop against the background -- I love the final look! The "olive branch" the dove is carrying is from Brandi Kincaid's Homespun Holiday stamp and coordinating Homespun Holiday die sets. I gold heat embossed it onto watercolor paper, then watercolored it with the darker #57 Turquoise Green watercolor.
The beautiful sentiment from Julie Ebersole's Season To Sparkle stamp set was also gold heat embossed -- there's nothing like little touches of metallic shimmer to really say "holidays"! The Peace word from Julie's Holiday Words die set was cut from watercolor paper and watercolored with the Bluish Gold and Antique Gold watercolors. The Peace word, dove, and branch were all popped up on X-Press It Foam Mounting Tape, to add interesting dimension.
Easy-peasy ... done! Are you in the holiday spirit now?! :D Please be sure to visit the CLASSroom, to find a list of the other designers also participating in today's hop. Happy weekend!
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Super pretty!
Posted by: ~amy~ | July 23, 2017 at 08:22 AM