Merry & Bright

Hi crafty friends!

Thanks of stopping by today. The festive season is creeping up fast so, I was in the mood to design a Merry & Bright Christmas card to give you some festive inspiration. 

I am a bit of a traditional gal when it comes to festive cards. There's something about greens and reds that just makes me all warm and fuzzy inside.

Before ink bleeding, I cut some masking tape to the shape of a snow bank which I then placed at the bottom part of an A2 panel.

Pinkfresh Studio have such a fantastic buffet of greens and I used four of them to create this bold background. Sage, Eucalyptus, Spruce Tips and Lush Forest.

I cut the panel with the versatile Blanket Stitched Rectangles Die and repeated this for an extra piece of white cardstock that, I had also cut in the shape of a second snow bank. 

On the Pinkfresh Studio design team we have the talented Isha Gupta. Isha designed this beautiful stamp set called Festive Foliage Tree. The image is so elegant and I adore the fonted sentiments!

With the Festive Foliage Tree comes coordinating stencils, press plate and dies-everything you need for whatever technique. I chose to lightly stamp the tree in Misty Coast and then use the coordinating stencils to ink blend-Fresh Pear, Olive, Citron, Spanish Moss, Passion Fruit and Candy Apple. 

Then, I placed the ink blended tree back into my MISTI and re-stamped in Detailed Black Ink. With the same black ink to stamp two sentiments. Both of which are in the same stamp set.

I layered up the snow banks and added the die cut tree between them then, I added some white splatter for snow and some Metallic Gold Pearls on the tree.

You could actually do a variety of coloured backgrounds to mass produce this design, so why not give it a go yourself? 

As my usual, keep and eye out for my reel over on Instagram @pinkfreshstudio or @cherylespiecreates as it really helps show this card come together. 

Happy crafting friends!