Hello and welcome my friends,
My name is Vicki Boucher and I'm from Melbourne, Australia. Today, I'll be sharing with you my first Christmas card for the year with the team from Art With Heart in Australia and we are now onto week 4.
The Heart of Christmas blog hop will be on Monday at 8pm each week until November 25th. I'm so excited to see everyone's beautiful creations, so make sure you hop around. The link for the next person will be at the end of my blog.
Here's my card for tonight's hop, I've used the new Painted Trees 3D Embossing Folder (164026) which is located on page 25 of the Stampin' Up! Mini Catalogue, I've combined it with the new Peaceful Season Bundle (164021) and Gold Textured Adhesive Backed Dots (164027). All of these Stampin' Up! products are part of the Season of Elegance Suite Collection and will be available early September 2024.
I created a fun technique that I discovered from Maheswari Rajaguru on the Stampin' Up! Facebook page last week I just had to try it out and it's called Double Embossing Technique.
Start with a panel of Basic White Cardstock and emboss it with the Snowflake Sky 3D Embossing Folder (162026). A great tip when embossing is to have the Stampin' Up! logo facing up to you when you emboss.
Next, use the Painted Trees 3D Embossing Folder to emboss the same piece of cardstock, giving you a clear raised image. This will give you the base for the wintery Christmas scene with lots of texture.
To create an ombre effect start with Boho Blue ink applied with the Blending Brush to the snowflake sky, next I added Misty Moonlight to the trees and followed by Night of Navy to finish off the ombre effect.
The sentiment is from Peaceful Season stamp set, heat embossed using Gold Embossing Powder and die-cut out using the Peaceful Season label die. The word Christmas is die-cut out using Gold Foil (I'm so glad it came back!) and layered over Basic White Cardstock.
I really like blue and gold together, so I had to use the Night of Navy Glittered Ribbon and place it under the word Christmas. I added a few of the Gold Textured Adhesive Backed Dots to finish off the card.
Thank you for visiting my blog today, I would so love to hear your thoughts on my project by leaving a comment below.
Now it's time to visit Andrea Sargent's blog, I can't wait to see her beautiful Christmas project.
If the link is broken Sharon is our host for the Heart of Christmas blog hop with all of the list of the participants, click on Sharon Davern's name to see the list.
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Happy Stamping
Vicki Boucher
Gorgeous. I loved the embossing technique that Maheswari shared too! I really love your ombre trees too - they look amazing like that! Definitely will be casing this technique. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteVicki, this double embossing technique works so well with these two embossing folders! I love the colours you've chosen for your ombre effect and the very regal colour combination of gold and blue. Gorgeous card!
ReplyDeleteOh, be still, my beating heart! The depth of colour that the Night of Navy adds to the ombre is just gorgeous, Vicki. I love how you've tied gold in to the design - so beautiful.
ReplyDeleteOh Vicki this double embossing effect looks fabulous and the depth of all of your blues is just beautiful. I have to say I do love blue and gold together as an alternative for Christmas.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous, Vicki, love that rich ombre effect, especially the depth of colour towards the trees. Blue and gold together is a beautiful combination, especially with your snowy scene.
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh! This is amazing Vicki!
ReplyDeleteOh My this is fantastic Vicki, thank you for sharing the technique that is amazing and then to do the blues and to have the gorgeous depth of colour, so beautiful! I love the addition of the ribbon and the gold, simply perfect!
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