Vellum Joy

Hi bloggers!  This is my favourite Christmas card of the past shows (well maybe one of my favourites, LOL)  I just love the mixture of white and kraft and vellum and gold.  It's just so eclectic, right up my street.  It's not traditional really, but it gives me the sense of Christmas in a modern way.  I started by stamping the large sentiment with a clear perfect medium and embossing it in gold.  Next I embossed the coconut white card with the new Holiday Magic embossibility.  (Don't forget to do your stamping before you emboss)  This folder certainly gets my choice for favourite Christmas themed embossing folder though, just love those swirls!  I matted that piece on soft gold card.  I came across a small piece of patterned kraft card in my stash (I think it may have come from the Tim Holtz kraft pad, but I am not certain on this).  I cut it in the shape of a tag and punched a hole in the top for my ribbon.  I used the edge of my scissors to distress it then I inked it with walnut stain distress ink.  Distress inks stay wet for quite some time so I just poured some gold embossing powder over the edges.  I used my finger to take away the distinct line of the embossing powder.  I wanted a rather random soft gold edge to it.  Heat the powder until it melts and you will see the gold with the walnut stain showing through too.  I cut the reindeer from the Frosty Forms set in gold card.  Do not emboss it however.  Cut a second one in the same gold card and do not emboss it either.  Since you haven't embossed it, you can turn one of the reindeers over so they are facing each other and they both look fine that way.  I did add a very small red rhinestone to each of their noses, I couldn't resist this time! LOL  Glue them to your tag so they are facing each other but slightly offset.  Cut your poinsettias out of plain vellum.  I used a couple of each of the medium dies in the set to make each flower.  Dip the edges of the petals in your clear perfect medium to get them inky and sprinkle with gold embossing powder.  Use your finger to remove it slightly to remove some of the powder to give it a distressed look.  Assemble your flowers using Cosmic Shimmer dries clear glue and put a flat back pearl in the centre of each of them.  I had a piece of hessian that I unravelled to give me the jute string for the bow behind the flowers.  You can see the close ups below.

 I tied a few pieces of white American seam binding through the hole in the tag and spritzed it with water so I could scrunch it for a shabby chic look.  I pierced the edges to finish it off as I usually do.  What do you say, does this one get your vote for my (personal)Christmas card design for this year or do you like others better?  All for now, Sue x