White Velvet Mistletoe Season

The gorgeous White Velvet Paper will be available only from 1 to 30 November!  Don't miss out!

My first though when I opened up my pack of White Velvet Paper was, perhaps oddly, "I wish I'd had this to use for carpet when I was making cards with interior Christmas scenes"!  Then I thought it would be great for snowy hills or cutting out snowflake decorations.  But I really wanted to put it through its paces and see what could be done with it.

Heat embossing on White Velvet Paper

So I tried heat embossing.  I wasn't really expecting it to work - I thought the embossing powder would get stuck all over the velvet finish.  However, the excess powder comes off quite nicely with a firm tap to the back of the paper!

I did find, though, that I had trouble getting a clean finish with the Mistletoe stamp - however gentle and careful I was with stamping, the velvet picked up Versamark from the spaces between the mistletoe sprigs.  So, I brushed it off with a small brush.  That process wasn't 100% successful but I wasn't unhappy with the resulting shadow effect.

Some colour was added to the White Velvet Paper with Stampin' Blends alcohol markers

I then decided to try colouring the velvet with Stampin' Blends Alcohol markers which worked brilliantly!

Using the Stamparatus, I was able to stamp the greeting in Real Red ink and then overstamp it with Versamark before clear heat embossing it.

I also did some 3-step stamping on the velvet with inks which came out really well and I'll share that card in the near future.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - All available for purchase in my online store

Timeless Tidings Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$35.00

Falling Flowers Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$35.00

Mistletoe Season Photopolymer Stamp Set

$30.00

White Velveteen Sheets

$8.75

Versamark Pad

$15.75

Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder

$8.75

Layering Ovals Framelits Dies

$58.00

Gray Granite A4 Cardstock

$14.75

Basic Gray A4 Card Stock

$14.75

Real Red A4 Card Stock

$14.75

Sprig Punch

$31.00

Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Stamparatus

$85.00

Christmas Card - Mistletoe Season on Macaron

I think this is one of my favourite Christmas Cards this year .... so far!  I like the simplicity and the pop of red that offsets the otherwise monochromatic colour scheme - and I really like the images in this Mistletoe Season stamp set.

Mistletoe Season Christmas Card

I first stamped the more solid of the misteltoe images with Mint Macaron ink onto Mint Macaron cardstock.  Then I stamped the other image with Call Me Clover ink and coloured in the berries with White Craft ink.

I stamped the bow with Poppy Parade ink and added a few little highlights with the white ink, since I had it there in front of me!

I stamped the greeting with Shaded Spruce ink and then (although it doesn't show in this photo) added some Wink of Stella shimmer to the bow and mistletoe.

I layered my Shaded Spruce base card with some Whisper White followed by the decorated piece and then added one of the Red Rhinestones.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - All supplies used are available in my online store

Mistletoe Season Photopolymer Stamp Set

$30.00

Shaded Spruce A4 Cardstock

$14.75

Mint Macaron A4 Cardstock

$14.75

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

$17.00

Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Call Me Clover Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Poppy Parade Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Whisper White Craft Stampin' Ink Refill

$8.00

Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels

$12.25