I have been playing with Brushos, as this is the theme at Paper Artsy this fortnight, so this was my starting point for this non traditional Christmas card. I initially took inspiration from Helen Chilton's post but as my piece turned into a disaster I abandoned the idea and let the Brushos do their thing!
I stamped numbers (the 24 days leading to Christmas and the 25th) and embossed them in clear before applying the Brushos in Blue, Purple and a little black around the 25.
I stamped in black Versafine the baubles and Christmas trees from a magazine freebie set.
I also stamped the sentiment from the same set with glue and silver foiled it.
To decorate I added white and silver gel pen accents as well as snowflake die-cuts which I silver foiled. Another photo to show the shine:
Thanks for coming by,
Brushos are just so great to use aren't they. I like the idea of the advent numbers and love the stitching detail.
ReplyDeleteJulia
Fabulous creation. Isn't that the fun of crafting. You start off with an idea and then let it evolve naturally. Love the brusho background and as Julia has mentioned the advent numbers are such a great idea.
ReplyDeleteHave a lovely weekend.
Hugs Flo xx
This looks amazing, love the foiled images against that wonderful background!
ReplyDeleteAlison xx
Awesome start on your christmas cards, fab x
ReplyDeletelove the colosr, they are so different from the traditional ones
ReplyDeleteThis looks amazing! Thank you for yo7r surgical spirit idea!
ReplyDeleteLucy x
A great start to your Christmas card making. Love the background and the colours you chose, really sets off the foiled images.
ReplyDeleteGreat card for the countdown to Christmas! Thanks for playing along at Country View Challenges.
ReplyDeleteAlison x
Gorgeous and more Christine whoever gets this Christmas card is one very lucky person.
ReplyDeleteWarm crafty hugs from Shirl x x x
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