Christmas Card with a Difference
Hello, Barry here & welcome to this months Casually Crafting Blog Hop and my take on Black, White with a Pop of colour Christmas Card with a difference.
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Black, White with a pop Christmas Card
When I’m asked to think of Christmas colours my mind automatically goes to the traditional Reds, Greens, Golds etc. So this months theme of Black, White with a pop of colour was interesting and definitely got me thinking. So I’ve created this Christmas Card with a Difference. What do you think?
To make this Christmas Card with a Difference, I’ve used the Poinsettia Petals Stamp Set and Poinsettia Dies as the main focus on the card with a strip of Real Red card stock running through the middle. The middle gap was created using the dies from the Freezin’ Fun Bundle and raised using Stampin Dimensionals.
I just love it when dies and stamps are interchangeable with other projects.
Below you’ll find few picture of my Christmas Card with a difference for you to use as inspiration or if you’re stuck for ideas copy if you wish.
I wanted to add black lines and didn’t have any designer series paper that was suitable. So out came the water painters, memento re inker and a painting I went.
Before creating the final piece I tried it using the Frost White Shimmer Paint direct into black card, as well as mixed with Memento re Inker. Obviously, Black & white mixed makes grey, but it was too gray for the project. So I washed the brush and just used memento neat.
Happy Accident
What I didn’t expect was that some of the shimmer from the paint was still within the bristles of the water painter and it transferred a tiny amount of shimmer to the black ink. I had to double check I hadn’t used shimmery White Card stock by mistake, as this was what it reminded me of. Happy accident indeed.
Christmas Card with a difference from Barry and Jay Soriano @mitosucrafts 
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Thanks for stopping by & until next time, BYEEEEE!
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3 Comments
Sara Sayers
What an elegant Christmas card. Love the balance of colour and those hand painted stripes are such a great idea. TFS
Gillian
LOVE this! Very eye catching!
Heather Thomas
What a creative way of using that die! Must try that myself. I love the pop of red showing through, and the black and white poinsettia is beautiful!