Hello friends! It’s been a blizzard of creating in my studio this weekend with fun splattered backgrounds, and stamps and dies from Scrappy Tails Crafts. Every year I start out with the intent to create Christmas cards each month, but by February, I have already dropped the ball. Does that ever happen to you? Well, my solution to catch up with my goal is to mass produce as many cards as possible and for me that means simple ink blended backgrounds and beautiful dies.
As I mentioned I used Distress Oxides because they are a dream to blend and happen to be my favorite medium for all of the backgrounds. Once I was happy with the blends I then splattered them with white acrylic paint and laid them aside to dry. I then got busy die cutting the Large Elegant Deer die which I cut from heavy cardstock so I wouldn’t feel the need to stack them to get a chipboard appearance. My next step was stamping the “Merry Christmas” sentiment from the Christmas Icons stamp set directly onto the card base. I did cheat a bit and used my acetate grid to line it up on my Misti before stamping all of them, which is nice because you only have to line up the sentiment one time. I then trimmed my backgrounds down to 3.5 x 4.75 inches before adhering them to the card base. My last steps were adding the Large Elegant Deer and a few gems to complete the card.
I hope that you have enjoyed these cards and will give them a try! For more inspiration please join us on the Scrappy Tails Crafts Facebook page! You will find stunning projects on the Scrappy Tails blog, Youtube, and on Instagram!
Just a small disclaimer! All items used in all of my projects are (or have been) purchased with my own funds, but this does not include design team items that I have received or otherwise stated.
Until next time… keep crafting!!!
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2 responses to “Quick and Fun Snowy Christmas Cards”
Great idea, love these!
Thank you! I couldn’t believe that something so easy turned out so fabulous. Thank you for stopping by and have a great week♥️
Hugs, Joy