Merry Be Your Christmas

Hey Crafty Friends - 

I am still on a high after being apart of the Technique Junkies booth at the York, Pa stamp show last weekend! I can't say enough about how great Pat and the TJ products are! With that said let me show you how to make this card using the Merry Be Your Christmas and Zen Trees Background stamp sets. 

• I created a distress oxide background using 3 shades of green. 
• Next step I heat embossed the Zen Trees Background stamp using gold embossing powder. 
• I stamped the Merry Be Your Christmas stamp set using CTMH Topiary ink. I fussy cut around the sentiment and popped it up using 3D foam tape in the center of the card. 
• Add a few gold glitter gems and bitty sparkles to increase eye catching elements. 
• I cut out the distressed mat and black card stock using a deckled edge die. 

I love how the embellishments help with establishing an additional focus outside of the stamped sentiment. 

This second card was created by doing the following:

• I stamped the Zen Trees Background in black ink on white card stock. . 
• The Merry Be Your Christmas was stamped on white card stock using CTMH Topiary ink. I fit the sentiment mat within the background stamped mat. 
• I used 3D foam tape to add the sentiment to the Zen Tree Background mat. 
• To add flair I added gold metallic thread, red and green dots to the top of a few Christmas Trees. 
• I used a scalloped die to add a few layers.

I hope you are inspired. Leave some love and use my code TJ10Shalana at checkout for a little discount.  Thank you for stopping by and Happy Crafting!