Wednesday, 5 November 2025

A bit of sparkle

 

Hi There! We have a new challenge over on the Bee Crafty Stamps Facebook group where the theme is Sparkle, so I thought I would share a single layer Christmas card with you today. Here is how I made it.

I began by heat embossing a Doodle Art Bauble onto an A6 white card blank using some silver sparkle embossing powder.
Next, I stamped the same bauble onto a post it note and cut it out to make a mask. 
Placing the mask over the embossed image I place a Dinkable on top and used masking tape to secure it to the card. I then blended Blueprint sketch and Peacock Feathers Distress ink through the dinkable. 
After removing the mask, dinkable and tape, I used some metallic watercolour paints to paint the Bauble. 
I used a silver pen to add strands of thread for the bauble to dangle from. 
Finally I added a sentiment from the mixed messages Christmas set. 
Here is the finished card once more....
And here is a close-up of the sparkle. 

I used:
Versamark Ink pad
Silver Sparkle embossing powder
Metallic watercolours
Distress inks - I used blueprint sketch and peacock feathers
Post it notes for masking
masking tape

Thanks for looking! 

1 comment:

Pat said...

I love the two blues you used for the ink blending with that pretty stencil Sally, and the bauble is so bright and beautiful using the metallic watercolours...a wonderful card! x