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Holiday Card Series DAY 6

October 23, 2014

Happy Thursday – Weekend is just around the corner! To cheer you up, I am back with another brand-new card for 2014 Holiday Card Series. We are on Day 6 today – half way to the series already – but I will be sharing more Christmas cards after the series ends so do not feel sad! Anyways, let’s dive into today’s video tutorial first and I will share more pics and short details below.


If you haven’t tried WOW Embossing Powder’s clear background stamp set, you need to make sure check out their collections and grab some of them. They are fun and they stamp really well. Here I used Blizzard stamp set for the card. I usually like to put my paper on top of the stamp to get the impression when I use background stamp sets – I found this is the best way to get a crisp, clear image. To go along with the image, I used Clear Gloss and Clear Sparkle Embossing Powders. Sparkle and shine is today’s theme.

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I love traditional holiday colors, but I am in LOVE with grey, blue, and mint shades for holiday cards. There is just something about them that makes me want to keep using these colors! Mama Elephant just released 16 brand-new pigment ink colors and they include some of my favorite shades. Pigment inks are perfect for blending and heat embossing – I grabbed few colors to do some heat embossing resist background for today’s card. Here I used Dark Storm, Smoke, Rainwater, and Stargaze. (Even their names are so cool) You can see how I created this look in the video above.

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Perfect sentiment for this card came from Mama Elephant’s Winter Wonderland. I simply stamped it with MFT’s Black Licorice Hybrid Ink Pad. I hope your holiday will sparkle and shine!

Mama Elephant Creative Color RAINWATER Ink Pad
Mama Elephant Creative Color SMOKE Ink Pad
Mama Elephant Creative Color DARK STORM Ink Pad
Mama Elephant Creative Color STARGAZER Ink Pad
Stampin Up! Marina Mist Cardstock
*WOW Embossing Powder CLEAR GLOSS Regular
Wow Embossing Powder WOW! Embossing Powder, 15ml, Clear Sparkle
*PRE-ORDER Ranger MINI ROUND INK BLENDING TOOLS IBT40965
*Tim Holtz DISTRESS WATERCOLOR CARDSTOCK Ranger Ink TDA39549
Blizzard Clear Stamp
Mama Elephant Clear Stamp WINTER WONDERLAND ME1311-049
*Versamark WATERMARK Rubber Stamp Emboss Chalk Resist INK PAD
My Favorite Things BLACK LICORICE Hybrid Ink Pad MFT
*Neenah Classic Crest 80 LB SUPER SMOOTH SOLAR WHITE Paper Pack 25 Sheets
*Scrapbook Adhesives E-Z RUNNER RED Permanent Tape
*Scrapbook Adhesives 126 3D WHITE FOAM SQUARES Adhesive
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Nicole
Cardmaker, stamper, watercolor enthusiast, and planner lover

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4 Comments


Carla Hundley
October 23, 2014 at 9:10 am
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Beautiful! Love all the
embossing and the
shimmer.
Carla from Utah



    Nicole
    October 24, 2014 at 12:34 pm
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    Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it 😀

Craftyfield
October 23, 2014 at 11:16 am
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Lovely design and colour choice. I enjoyed your video too, thanks for sharing!



    Nicole
    October 24, 2014 at 12:35 pm
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    Thanks for stopping by!

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