March Sketch Challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown

If you are looking for the Color My Heart Color Dare blog post please go here.

The Close To My Heart Artbooking cartridge has so many wonderful images to choose from that it made it really easy to make this card.

There is holographic paper (Colorbok) underneath the raised snowflake overlay (Artbooking page 76 overlay shift at 2.25" and trimmed to fit the space.  The greeting was silver embossed from the Holiday Wishes stamp set (retired CTMH).  The background paper is Close To My Heart Sky CS.  The stitching was done with a piercing tool, ruler and white gel pen.

This is the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown sketch that inspired me:

I'm also entering this card into the Merry Monday #98 challenge to use stitching and buttons (I'm taking artistic liberty to consider sequins as buttons--buttons were just not sparkly enough for my card!)

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful week filled with fun and creativity!

:) Marie

Glowing Lights Technique with Sparkle and Shine Papers

As I was catching up on my blog reading I found the Tis the Season Stamping Challenge blog which is offering a sketch this week and asks that we use "stars".  (If you look closely there are 4 stars on my tree.)   I tried out a new technique I found on Splitcoaststampers called "Glowing Lights" which is really easy to do.

Materials Used:

    Sparkle and Shine Washi Tape (vertical stripes)

    Sparkle and Shine paper

    Ruby CS

    Black Ink

    Tree Delights

    Juniper Alcohol Marker

    White Gel Pen

    Chalks

    Stardust Glitz Glitter Gel

Here is the sketch:

I'm also entering this card into 52 {Christmas}Card Throwdown--Previous Challenge--"Fairy Lights"

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful week filled with fun and creativity!  Please stop by tomorrow for a Heart 2 Heart Challenge post.

:) Marie