Holiday Greetings Stamp Set by Vicki Finger

Hello! Today I thought I would do something a bit different for you. I used the new Holiday Greenery Stamp Set from Memory box for my Watercolor Card. Isn't this swag just beautiful? I'd love to have something so fresh and Christmasy in my own home during the holidays.

This was really easy to create. I started by heat embossing the image onto a piece of Canson Bristol Smooth Cardstock using Versamark and Antique Gold Embossing Powder. I took a combination of May Green, Green, and Dark Green in my Zig Markers and just scribbled it into each of the leaves. Using a brush with very little water, I moved the color into the edges and let everything just kind of blend together how it wanted to. I used the Red Zig for the Berries. Next, using light blue, I went all around the swag, working the color outward with more water this time. Once I got in and around all the berries and greenery, I added more of the light blue and worked it outward, turning the paper rather than trying to turn my hand.

I set this aside to let it dry before continuing on to the next steps. While I was waiting, I chose the colors I wanted to use for all of the background layers. I chose Navy, Teal, and Satin Red, and die cut them with Rectangle Basics Dies.

I mounted those to a 4.25 x 5.5 Top Folding Navy Cardbase. Using my Copic White medium, I mixed a little bit on the top of an acrylic block and using a Princeton Neptune #1 Script Brush, I put white splatter over the entire panel to make it look like snowfall. Again, I set that aside to dry. I've found that the longer bristles and smaller sized brush give me the type of splatter I was looking for in this case.

Once that was completely dry, I added some Nuvo Drops in Ivory Seashell (white pearl) for the little berries and some White Blizzard for the highlight on the red berries. I let that dry overnight and then hit it with some shimmer mist on the following morning. Not too much as I didn't want the watercolor to run, but enough so that the recipient will notice when they receive the card. Then I attached that panel to the card base with all the layers that I had prepared. I also added a plain white panel on the interior for a note. A simple gold sentiment to match the gold embossing, "Peace" in Cheshire Script finishes this card off.

This is a little bit different of a style for me, so I hope you like it or that it inspires you to try something new to you. I'm not super comfortable with watercolor, but I keep practicing, which means I am improving. Thanks so very much for stopping by today.