Posted by Jessica Frost-Ballas
on October 09, 2019
Good morning! Jess here with a clean and simple holiday card in a non-traditional color palette! :)
I love the retro feel of this month's add-ons and decided to use a classic pink and aqua palette for my card. To start I inked the tree from Meowy Christmas using Taffy and Berry Smoothie Reactive inks. I kept the Taffy at the top of the tree and the Berry Smoothie at the bottom. One fun thing about the Reactive inks is that they dry a little slower than most inks so you can actually use them for heat embossing! So once I stamped the tree I quickly sprinkled it with Sparkle embossing powder and heated it for a sparkly pink finish! I also stamped my sentiment with Embossing and Watermark ink and heat embossed it with Black embossing powder.
Next I stamped the images from Meowy Christmas with Intens-ified Black ink and colored them with Copic markers before die-cutting them with the coordinating dies. I layered the presents and the cute kitty around my tree and adhered them with a mix of regular adhesive and foam mounting tape for a little dimension. Finally I added a little Copic coloring to the balls on the tree and topped them with a layer of Crystal Clear Lacquer for a little extra shine! And that's it! Simple, sparkly, and there's a cat...so it's perfect for me! ;)
Thanks so much for stopping by today and have a wonderful day!
12 comments
Fun card! Love the colors. Thank for the info on the reactive Inks!
Ooo, I didn’t know the reatives were good for embossing, I’ll have to try it on my next card. Thanks for another great tip!
LOVE this retro vibe!
Look the clean and simple card!
What a sweet card! Such a fun color combo. :) I love the sparkley tree and cute cat!