Tropical Christmas

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps is having a Christmas in July Sale through July 26th. I decide to create two tropical Christmas cards to celebrate it. 

Both my cards were created the same way, just using different colors for the flowers and throwing in a pineapple to mix it up a bit(scroll down for second card and supply list.)

I wanted the background to have a beach vibe to it. I masked off part of my Bristol Smooth paper with post it notes and blended with Antique Linen. I wanted this section to have a little more texture to it. So, I utilized one of the backgrounds in the brand new Texture Tiles 6 and added it to this section with the same ink for a subtle tone on tone look. Then, I flipped the post it notes to cover the brown and ink blended the the top with Aqua Sky then I die cut the panel.

I gold heat embossed the flowers and pineapple on Bristol Smooth paper. I colored them with various waterbrush pens and fussy cut out. Next, I blended Sprout ink onto Bristol Smooth and stamped the small bough multiple times in different directions with Parsley ink to create the base for my images.

I decided on placement of my images so I could determine where the sentiment should go and embossed in gold. I assemble the card as seen using foam tape to pop up the images and added a couple of small gold pearls.

Supplies:

From Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps:

    -Christmas Pine

    -Summer Vibes

    -Texture Tiles 6 

-Ink

    -VersaMark

    -Aqua Sky, Parsley, Sprout(Concord & 9th)

    -Antique Linen(distress ink)

-Arteza Real Brush Pens

  -Olive Green, Green Tea, Bumblebee Yellow, Sunset Yellow, Cadmium Orange

 -Altenew Watercolor Brush Markers

    -Purple Wine, Lagoon, Sunkist

-Other 

    -Strathmore Bristol Smooth & Kraft cardstock   

    -A2 Stitched Rectangle STAX Set 2 Dienamics

    -Brutus Monroe Gilded Embossing Powder

    -Foam Tape

    -gold metallic pearls(Pinkfresh Stuios

    -Bearly Art precision craft glue

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