Christmas Joy

Hello!  Sharing a Christmas card I made this week for the

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps blog, using watercolours on watercolour

paper with a beautiful image from Christmas Light.

This set was designed by my talented friend, Dina Kowal.

I spritzed the image with paint by tapping the loaded

brush with my finger, using some post-it-notes

to loosely mask off most of the panel so that the

spritzing would be confined to right around the

candle area. Ranger Distress Antique Linen ink was sponged

around the edges of the panel. I then used some magic mesh  

along with a polka dot stencil with the same ink. 

Light of Christmas bg stamp was inked up  

with Ranger Distress Frayed Burlap ink, with part

of the ink wiped away so that it would stamp

a partial image for a faded effect.

The finishing touches are clear sequins and thin gold cord.

For some reason, one or two of the sequins look neon green in this

photo - something about the way the light falls, as all

of the sequins are exactly the same color!

I particularly love this sentiment from Christmas Light because it

emphasizes the whole message of Christmas -

Emmanuel or "God with us."

Thanks for stopping by today!