Quiet Christmas with Anja

Hi everyone, Anja here sharing one last Christmas card for this year. The Quiet Christmas stamp set is one of the first holiday sets that has been released. And I still love it so much!

I created a Clean & Simple card with it – this design works well for a last-minute card or even mass production. First, I created an A2 sized card base from white heavyweight cardstock.

For the background, I used the Distress Mica Stain Spray in the gorgeous color ‘Merry Mint’. It’s so easy to use and adds a subtle shimmer to your project. I added ink and white paint spatters with a brush. I cut out a snow hill with one of the Hill and Dale Dies and diluted the Mica Stain color with water and applied it to the die-cut. I let everything dry completely and adhered the hill to the bottom of the background.

Next, I stamped the images in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored them with Copics. I fussy cut them out with scissors but there are coordinating dies availabe.

The sentiment from the Merry Little Christmas set was stamped in VersaMark Ink onto a black cardstock strip and I heat embossed it with white embossing powder. I assembled the card by adhering the background and sentiment strip with liquid glue. For a bit of dimension, I popped up the images with thin foam squares. As a finishing touch, I added a narrow strip of black & white striped paper.