I'm on the Design Team for the Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge. I made this card for the September challenge: "Holly".
My good friend, Loll Thompson, of Stamping with Loll, taught me her "faux mother-of-pearl" technique. I used it for the background of this card. But it's really hard to photograph! In real life, there is lovely pearlescent shimmer where you see splotchy sections on the background in the photo!
The style of the holly stamp and the font of the sentiment gave me the slight vintage feel I wanted to go with the faded background colours, and I added a bit of text for good measure.
After dabbing on the pearly paint, I sponged first with Bundled Sage and then with Shabby Shutters. I stamped the text in Frayed Burlap with some of the ink dabbed off the stamp before stamping, then stamped the sentiment and image in Versafine Olympia Green, and watercoloured the holly with Mowed Lawn and Fired Brick. I then went around the edges with Frayed Burlap. The panel is popped up with foam tape and a bow added for embellishment.
The Happy Little Stampers challenge runs throughout September: