Holiday and Beyond
From Kristina Werner’s Release
The October release from Kristina Werner includes more holiday products, as well as some products that I’m going to be using year-round.
Techniques:
This background was very simply stenciled using Midnight ink on Midnight cardstock for a background pattern.
I had some outlines of the new Poinsettia Inlay Dies left from another card, and though I could use them without the inlay for a modern poinsettia design. It is hard to see in the photo image, but I stacked die cuts in both Cranberry and Poppy, but offset them slightly so the darker (Cranberry) takes on an almost shadow role.
The “Christmas” is white heat embossed, and the “merry” is die cut and stacked a few times for a bold dimension.
Colors:
cardstock: Concord & 9th Cranberry, Poppy, Avocado, Midnight.
ink: Concord & 9th Midnight.
Techniques:
Just because these stencils are large doesn’t mean they need to fill the whole background. After stenciling, I trimmed it down to be a patterned band across this A2 card. I did measure before cutting to be sure that the larger gift would overlap the pattern, but the smaller gift would stay below. Sometimes the size that matters in a layout is not about the numbers on the measurement but about how the pieces work together.
I knew a black kitty would be tricky to make it a way that the face stamp could still show, so after stamping it in black, I embossed it with clear embossing power for a bit of shine. Then I used a mini foam blender to rub some white ink to the center of the kitty’s face. After adding what I wanted, I buffed it off with a cloth so it wasn’t covering the sweet little face details. (Protecting them with embossing powder also means that they can still stay black, even though I inked that area of the face.)
Do you have a small sentiment that you don’t have a die for? Kristina’s Just Talking dies are a fun way to give it a little style when you add it to a card.
Colors:
cardstock: Concord & 9th Pink Lemonade, Pimento, Sprout, Mushroom, Black.
ink: Concord & 9th Pink Lemonade, Pimento, Sprout, White.
Techniques:
coming soon
Colors:
inks: Concord & 9th
Thank you for visiting! I hope you get some time to create something soon.
Links are below if you’re interested in any of the products I used.
(Listed by company, with links to Concord & 9th and Simon Says Stamp. *Affiliate links.)
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