It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

I have Christmas cards everywhere at the moment and
it's a good feeling too ... less stress come November.

I measured the stamp and cut some 3" x 4 1/4" panels to stamp them on.

I aligned the stamp with a panel in my MISTI and started stamping.

I stamped the panel with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink (Copic friendly) and zapped it with my heat gun to make sure it was completely dry.  Then came the Copic marker colouring to give the ornaments a pop of colour and dimension.  I finished them off with a luscious coating of sparkle with a Wink Of Stella clear glitter brush.

I matted the image panel with black cardstock,

giving it a 1/2" border using my Perfect Layers Ruler.

I die cut the dimensional bow (Winnie & Walter) in white cardstock and shaded with yellow (Y-YR) Copic markers to match the ornaments, adding Wink Of Stella sparkle to them too.  I die cut bundles of pine broughs (Cottage Cutz) in black cardstock, then layered them all together with the image panel on the card base.  I popped the bow in place with a foam dot.

Here are a couple of close-up pics to show the sparkle,

detail and dimension of the image and embellishments.

Lucky last came some little bells.  I threaded each one with metallic black thread, knotted them together then secured them around the bow, moving some of the pine needles to have them dangle neatly.  These "true" bells make a delicate tinkle as they move too.

   

*** INGREDIENTS ***

Stampendous - Pine Ornaments Cling Rubber Stamp
X-Press It - A5 Blending Card
MISTI
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
heat tool
Copic markers - Y000-00-11-15 + YR23-24-27
Wink Of Stella Clear Glitter Brush
American Crafts - textured cardstock - black
American Crafts - textured cardstock - white
Perfect Layers Ruler - 1/2" border to the image panel
Sizzix Big Shot
Kaisercraft Release Paper
Winnie & Walter - bow - Take A Bow Cutaways
Cottage Cutz - dies - Spruce Stems
Helmar 450 Quick Dry Liquid Adhesive - to adhere layers
Helmar Acid Free Professional Glue - to adhere bow elements together
Tombow Mono Multi Adhesive - to adhere the pine broughs
foam squares - to adhere the bow
Arbee - True Bells - 10mm
black thread - to secure the bells

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Don't forget to hop on over to my The Stencil Specialist Blog Hop post for your chance to win the awesome prize pack - good luck!

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I am going to enter my card in the following challenges (alphabetical order):

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Fabrika Fantasy - Challenge #11 - Christmas In July

Freshly Made Sketches - FMS297

I have rotated the sketch 180 degrees

Happy Little Stampers - HLS Christmas Challenge - A/Goes optional twist Die Cuts
Happy Little Stampers - HLS July Anything Goes with Dies Challenge

   

Love To Scrap Challenge Blog - LTSCB #99 - Anything Goes

Making Memories Crafting Challenge Blog - Challenge #7 

Anything Goes / Anything But Square

Pile It On - Challenge #132 - Primary Colors and/or Something Beginning With "S"
my card is filled with GOLDEN YELLOW, SPARKLE and SHINE

QKR Stampede - Challenge #253 - Up, Up and Away or Anything Goes

Sasayaki Glitter Challenge Blog - July Challenge - Your Favourite Colour Combo
Bold black & white with a pop of colour is one of my favourite combos,
today it is black and white and golden yellow
Scrapbook Stamp Society Challenge Blog - Challenge #121 - Anything Goes
with option Monochrome
SheepSki Designs - Challenge #4 - Square Cards

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog - Simon Says: We're Seeing Stars

There are stars on the ornaments and background

Star Stampz - Christmas In July Challenge
Tuesday Throwdown - TT352 - Tic Tac Toe
my line is Christmas - Sparkle - Bells

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