For the Love of Aquas - Christmas Noel

Hello Everyone!

I'm back with the finished card from the Speed Craft Challenge #2 - Colour Theme.

TIME TO COMPLETE MY CARD - 7 hrs.
I had to let all the layers of glitter, snow and crackle accents dry before I could assemble the card. I think my colours are a little towards the blue side, but it's what I had for aquas and I think it worked OK.

I find Christmas cards to be the hardest to photograph. All the shimmers and glitters and metallics and shine...they do not not speak on camera the way they do in real life. I hope you can see all that glitters and shines on this card, just like a fresh snow under the twinkly lights.

 

- for the background, I applied some home-made texture paste through a Tim Holtz's Bubble stencil. While the paste was still wet, I covered it with white embossing powder and heat dried it. The embossing acts as a resist for the painting stage, so the raised areas stay white.

- I mixed up four different colours of diluted aqua paints and used a small sip straw to drip the paints down the page horizontally and vertically.

- the icicles are made from Snow Tex and covered with Rock Candy Distress Stickles - Dry Glitter. I love this stuff!!

- the flower is made using Spellbinders foliage die and coloured with Tim Holtz distress ink Peacock Feathers. I filled the inside of the flower with chunky crystal glitter...so shimmery!

- the frames are cut out using Spellbinders Grand Stately Circles. I lined them with vellum, covered them with clear chunky glitter, popped them up on foam dots and stuffed frilly silk mesh underneath.

- the snowflakes are from the Penny Black Snowflake Trio set.

- I cut the Noel from Tim Holtz Vintage Noel set and partially covered it with texture paste. I didn't want it to be completely flat, so that gave it some depth and texture. I painted it white, the used Peacock Feathers distress ink to highlight the raised area, giving it a marble appearance.

- I covered it with DecoArt Crackle Medium and then rubbed Peacock Feathers and Tumbled Glass into the cracks for a little extra texture. I added some Snow Tex and Rock Candy dry glitter to the tops of the letters.

I am entering my Aqua Noel Christmas card into the following wonderful challenges:

- C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - #276 - Christmas

- Dream Valley Challenges - #90 - No Stamps Allowed

- Southern Girls Challenge - We've Got The Winter Blues

- Completely Christmas - Challenge #28 - Anything Goes

- Through The Purple Haze - Challenge #58 - Clear and Bright
(For 'Clear' I have used vellum, clear glitters & glaze. For 'Bright' I have used beautiful bright aquas and white)

- Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge - Choose R, E or D
(R - Rock Candy Glitter...E - Embossing Powder...D - Die Cuts)

That's it for today. Thank you for stopping in and for all the amazing comments. I read and appreciate every single one! If you have any questions, please let me know.