Monday, May 16, 2022

Oh Nuts, with A Colorful Life Designs

Hi friends and yes, I make Christmas cards all year 'round, especially when I get an idea in my head and have to create it! Today's blog is part of my May 2022 Guest Designer series for A Colorful Life Designs, a small business in Dallas, Texas owned and operated by Mary Kay de la Fuente.
Today's stencil is called Rattan. Here is the image from Mary Kay's website:
To start I cut a piece of Hero Hues Premium Dove White 100 lb. Cardstock which I trimmed to 4" X 5 1/4" with Tim Holtz's Deckle Edge Trimmer
That leaves a nice little subtle edge around the card panel which I do enjoy seeing.

I applied some Brutus Monroe Glitter Glaze called Emerald through the Rattan Stencil with a palette knife and let it dry overnight. For interest, I didn't want the glaze to be solid but left it sketchy on the sides of the stencil design.
I have this Avery Elle stamp and die set called Nutcrackers which I thought would make a perfect image to go along with this stencil. I stamped, colored (with alcohol markers) and die cut all the images and choose the image with the red hat to contrast against the green background.
I thought the nuts from the stamp set were the perfect embellishment for this card. It's not exactly a Clean and Simple card, but this is my version of a CAS Christmas Card!
I kept with the "Nuts" theme for both the outside and inside sentiment. Added one more nut to the inside:
I love this card for the mixed media feel and the playful images. If you haven't had a chance, please click this link and visit A Colorful Life Designs shop. Let support women owned small business and also "Made in the USA"!
I will be submitting to the following challenges:

Colors: Red, Green & Brown




































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Hello, welcome to Stampin With Anita. I love crafting in all forms. It gives me great joy to create something special. I hope you enjoy your visit.

6 comments:

  1. Beautiful Christmas card, thanks for playing at 52CCT colour challenge

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  2. Superb card.
    Thanks for joining us at Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with Dies challenge blog.
    Happy crafting!
    Catherine x DT

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