Merry Days – Hearts Come Home

Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#717) challenge.  This week, Stef has given us a great little sketch that can be dressed up or down.  I chose to go the #simplestamping route with a few easy techniques.

I created a Holiday card incorporating both the Inspire Create (#181) and Inkspirational (#329) theme challenges and did a Reverse Tear technique for the TGIF (#500) challenge.

Here is the result:

Steps:

• Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Basic Black cardstock.
• Background Panel: (5⅜” x 4⅛”) Basic Black cardstock.
• Diagonal Strip: (7”) Silver & White Sheer Ribbon.
• Focal Panel: (4½” x 3¼”) Basic White cardstock.
  • The Santa and Reindeer Sleigh, Houses and Tree images from the retired Hearts Come Home stamp set were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.
  • The Circle image from the retired Watercolor Shapes stamp set was stamped with 2^nd Generation (stamped-off once) Smoky Slate ink to create the Moon.
  • A hand-cut Circle was made using Paper Snips and a bit of Copy Paper and temporarily set in place as a Mask.
  • Hand-torn Copy Paper was used as a Mask for the Snow/Sky.  Using a Blending Brush and Pool Party ink, the Ground Snow was created.
  • Before the Sky color was added, the small Snowflake and Star images, also from the Hearts Come Home stamp set, were added with Versamark ink and heat-set with Clear Embossing Powder.
  • Using another Blending Brush, Misty Moonlight ink was added to the Sky.
  • The Moon Mask was removed, and the Snowflake and Star images were buffed with a soft tissue to bring up the white color.
  • The sentiment, May your days be merry, from the Decorative Trees stamp set was stamped with Versamark ink and heat set with Black Embossing Powder.
• The card was then assembled.

Just Stamps, Ink and Paper for a #simplestamping sweet little Holiday card.  Santa is on his way…

Thanks for spending some of your time with me today and I hope you will consider joining us for this week’s Paper Player’s challenge.  I would love to see what you create.  Please remember that to be considered for a win, you may only enter three other challenges with the same card.

Cheers,  Jolanda!

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