06 August 2018

Black & White Christmas - die cutting, embossing


The simple elegance of black and white makes a very distinctive Christmas Card. My card features dies and stamps by Impression Obsession.


Putting It Together 

I often to combine challenges sometimes to give myself an additional challenge. Black and white with no other colour and Christmas were the challenges I wanted to combine, very non-traditional colour scheme. The end results, though, is very elegant.


I die cut two of the sleigh and reindeer from heavy black cardstock.


After gluing and stacking the sleigh die cut, I went over it with Wink of Stella for a subtle glittery look.


I cut a panel of embossed cardstock from Stampin' up and dry fit the sleigh with the sentiment.


I embossed the sentiment to stand up better to the embossed background.


Inside, I  stamped the sentiment and embellishments with black on a white pearl panel. When using a dark card base, I always add a white or light coloured pane.



Supplies


Challenges

Impression Obsession: Christmas in July
Dies R Us: Black and White
Fab 'n' Funky: Christmas in July
Addicted to Stamps and More: Holiday
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas: Embossing

3 comments:

  1. Your card is perfectly CAS and darling! So glad you linked up to the DRU "Black & White" challenge. Best of luck to you!

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  2. What a simply fabulous idea for a holiday card! Thanks so much for playing in our ‘Black & White’ challenge at Dies R Us. Good Luck and please come back again soon!

    Darlene (DRU Blog Leader)
    DIES R US CHALLENGE BLOG
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  3. Great contrast with the embossing and the silhouette image. Thank you for joining in the Anything Christmas Challenge with an optional theme of Wet or Dry Embossing at CHNC

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