Christmas Card Challenge: Day Twenty

I really pulled out the stops when creating today’s card for Day Twenty of Martin Stone’s 30 Day Christmas Card Making Challenge. He’s challenged us to create a card that sparkles and shines. I knew I’d use gold embossing and I tried an interesting technique to make the card sparkle and shine.

I started by stamping images from the “Christmas Season” stamp set in Soft Sea Foam and Soft Suede (stamped-off-once) Inks onto a 4″ by 5-1/4″ Basic White Panel. I adhered this to a 4-1/8″ by 5-3/8″ Soft Suede Card Stock mat. Then I went a little bit wild.

I used a Stampin’ Spritzer to spray water–yep, plain water–onto the card. I sprinkled Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder all over and then flicked the back to remove the excess powder onto a scrap piece of paper so I could put it back into the jar. Then I used my Heat Tool to emboss the gold spattering. How cool is that?! I adhered this to a Soft Sea Foam Card Stock card base.

I masked one of the “Framed & Festive” sentiments and inked just the “peace & joy” portion with Versamark Ink and stamped it onto Basic White. I also inked the “from all of us” sentiment in Versamark and stamped it right below the first line. I sprinkled on more Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder and set it with the Heat Tool. Then I used one of the Seasonal Labels Dies to cut it out. I adhered it to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I love the Soft Sea Foam Seam Binding Ribbon–it has just the right amount of shimmer and shine. I tied a double bow and adhered it to the card with a Mini Glue Dot. I finished the card with three shiny gold Festive Pearls. I really love how this card turned out!!

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Product List

Christmas Season Photopolymer Stamp Set [156293] $22.00	Framed & Festive Cling Stamp Set (English) [160888] $23.00	Soft Sea Foam Classic Stampin’ Pad [147102] $8.00	Soft Suede Classic Stampin’ Pad [147115] $8.00
Versamark Pad [102283] $9.50	Soft Sea Foam 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [146988] $9.25	Soft Suede 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [115318] $9.25	Basic White 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [159276] $10.25
Seasonal Labels Dies [156299] $38.00	Soft Sea Foam 3/8″ (1 Cm) Seam Binding Ribbon [159680] $8.00	Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder [109129] $6.00	Stampin’ Spritzer [126185] $3.25
Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430] $4.25	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $5.25	Festive Pearls [159963] $7.00