Mixed Media Christmas

 

It's a colour challenge at the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown this week.

Rosie has chosen for us:

 

My card has been inspired by a 5 day art journal challenge I did recently with Marjie Kemper. This is a version of one of the pages she taught.

The base of the card was cut to size for a 6x6 card. I then die cut over the edge with snowflakes. Cutting part way was tricky - and I couldn't get my head around which way to put the plates! I got the first version wrong - and as you can see, partially cut into the wrong side of this one.

As I had to add a strip to cover this, I could have cut the snowflakes separately and stuck them on - ah well, I'll know for next time!

I then embossed the rest of the card with a script folder.

I painted the snowflakes with gold paint, and dry brushed over the embossing.

 

This is the strip I made to go alongside the snowflakes - I used a border stamp. It's wooden stamp, so lining it up took a few tries - I ended up making a guide out of lego!

The next step was my topper. I blended orange shades of distress ink - spiced marmalade, wild honey, ripe persimmon and tattered rose - over my card.

 It was very bright! I splattered it with water and lifted some of the colour.

 

I stamped my tree with black ink, then went over with versamark (using a stamp platform) and heat embossed in clear.

The top left corner I embossed with a tile pattern folder, then dry brushed with black soot distress ink. I over stamped randomly with the same ink and a brick pattern stamp. I also edged in black sharpie, then heat embossed in clear.

To mount on the card blank, I cut the front panel of the blank down to size.

I also painted the back of the snowflakes in gold, and added a black strip at the back to give a neat finish.

 

I like the texture and shape of this mixed media inspired card. I needed something a bit different to make use of the unusual colour combination, I think this works well.

 

 

 

 

 

To join in with the challenge, visit us at 52CCT. I hope my contribution and that of my talented DT colleagues will help inspire you to make a black, orange and gold Christmas Card.

This challenge runs until Friday 18th September.