Thursday, 2 May 2024

Holly Background

 Hi and welcome!  Today's sketch hostess over at Freshly Made Sketches is Kim Singdahlsen and she has given us some fun angles to play with.  I had just received a new hot foil cover plate with matching stencils so decided to put that to use for another Christmas card for my meagre stash.


After hot-foiling and stenciling, I then cut the panel at an angle and adhered it on top of a strip of gold sparkle cardstock.  I added thin slivers of the same sparkle cardstock to both stenciled pieces.


The sentiment was probably the hardest part because it took an age to find a sentiment die that fit proportionately in the space.  Finally, I decided on this MFT die and stacked it three high before adhering to the card.
Thanks so much for visiting.  The design team have some fabulous cards so I hope you'll check them out.

Products used:

Ink:  Evergreen, Moss, Hunter Green, Green Onyx, Crimson, Rhodolite (Altenew)
Cardstock:  White, black, Gold Sparkle (MFT)
Dies:  Glimmer Holly Background Hot Foil (Spellbinders), Merry Christmas (MFT)
Accessories:  Glimmer Holly Background stencils (Spellbinders), Driftwood Hot Foil

Cheers
Karren



9 comments:

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

So very pretty, love the gold strips too. x

kiwimeskreations said...

A wonderful card karren - love the touches of gold glitter card that echo the foiling
Blessings
Maxine

I Card Everyone said...

Such a wonderful idea to have the sentiment strip UNDER your pretty foiled paper, Karren!
=]

Dawn T said...

What a lovely Christmas card Karren. The gold glitter and foiling is so elegant looking

Linda Callahan said...

All the touches of gold are wonderful! Beautiful and elegant for the holidays!

Jen Brum said...

This is such a gorgeous card Karren! I love that hot foiled background. The stencilling is so pretty! Perfect for Christmas!

Kim S said...

I love the background you created! The golden edges with the splashes of Christmas color are lovely - and so perfect with the sentiment.

Vicky Hayes said...

The foiled background is absolutely stunning Karren and I love the way the sentiment fits in the glittery gap. Vicky x

Judy Rozema said...

OOH! What a cool foiled background! I love it all!