I ended up with 61 cards this year; they aren't hard to make, but time consuming, mostly because of the fuzzy cutting (holly leaves, stockings, and bird). The night sky was blended with blender brushes starting with gray on the bottom, cool caribbean in the middle, and topped with night of navy. The moon was lightly blended with "crushed curry" ink (any yellow will do). To make the moon mask, I punched out the circle from cardstock and made it sticky on the back by dabbing a few dots of Zig glue on it and letting it dry. This makes it sticky enough to keep it from shifting while blending the inks, but easy to pull off and keep reusing. For the snow, I cut 1/2" wide strips of shimmer white paper and then tore them in half lengthwise, so one side will be clean cut and one side will be random to look like snow (each strip will make snow for two cards). The cat was stamped on "river rock" Cs and touched up with colored pencils; the stockings were colored with markers. The word "MERRY" was stamped and then die cut to one side to allow room for the holly leaves, then matted with "soft suede" Cs. Small dab of red glittery Stickles was added to the center of the holly leaves. The bricks were embossed on light gray Cs and brayered with Gray Granite ink.
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Wed, Dec 08, 2021 @ 4:27 PM
I enjoyed reading all the steps you listed. You've put a lot of love into your cards!! Thank you for the reminder about the 2-way glue because I always forget about that option. Love your brick wall and the cat. The sky is so gorgeous!