I first trimmed down a piece of white cardstock to leave a bit of a white border and then starting with the lightest red I began to ink blend from the center out. I just kept using darker shades of red distress ink as I radiated out and then ultimately I used black distress ink for the corners.I then used some water and white craft paint to splatter the ink blended background. I die cut a few snowflakes from white cardstock and glued them to the background trimming off the excess. I then adhered the Merry and Bright words on the cardbase which is now affixt to an A2 size card base made from white cardstock. I stamped the word "and" using white pigment ink and heat set it with white embossing powder on a strip of black cardstock and added in between the Merry and the Bright.