Simon Says - Christmas

 Hi Everyone...welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. Thank you for joining us for last week's challenge and we hope you can join us this week too because

and the theme for this week is...

CHRISTMAS

I created Wintry Night Sky Christmas cards with a neutral palette using Tim Holtz /Stampers Anonymous Moon Mask Stencils, Bottlebrush Trees and Holiday Sketchbook stamps and added a pop of red with the sentiment and Tim Holtz/Sizzix Swirling Stars Thinlits.

I used Sizzix Sticky Grid to hold the largest Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Moon Mask Stencil in place on an A2 panel of Distress Watercolor card and created backgrounds using Black Soot Distress Spray Stain and Hickory Smoke Distress Spray Stain and Distress Oxide Spray. I removed the mask and spritzed the edges of the moon with water, allowing the ink to wick and flow into the moon. I dried the panels and applied Hickory Smoke Distress Oxide ink through the matching detail stencil using a mini round blending tool.

I stamped the images from Bottlebrush Trees and Holiday Sketchbook, inked with Black Soot Distress Archival.

I inked the sentiments from Holiday Sketchbook with Versamark ink, stamped on to strips of red cardstock, sprinkled with Simon Says White Detail Embossing Powder, heat set, trimmed and fixed to the panels with Distress Collage Medium.

I sprinkled Stampendous Frantage Aged Black Embossing Enamel which is a mix of black and gold chunky embossing powder, on the panels and heat set from underneath.

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I added white accents to the snow on the panel on the left and dots to the trees on the panel on the right using a Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen.

I die-cut stars from red and Gold Metallic KraftStock using Tim Holtz/Sizzix Swirling Stars Thinlits and fixed to the panels with Distress Collage Medium.

I trimmed the panels to 4" x 5.1/4", matted on to A2 panels of Idea-ology Black Kraftstock and fixed to 3" x 6.1/4" white card blanks.

You can find all the products I used over at Simon Says Stamp, just click on the links below

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I look forward to seeing what you create this week...

Have Fun and Happy Crafting

Hugs Kath xxx