Hi friends! For today’s holiday series installment, I will be creating a lovely holiday card that includes some water coloring, diecutting, and stamping and would be a great card for mass producing. This project can also be found on my YouTube channel so you can see the step-by-step construction process at https://www.youtube.com/@VeehattInspired .
The supplies used were:
Paul Rubens Hot Press Watercolor Paper
Masha’s Watercolor Paint “Dark Planet” (Etsy)
Silver Black Velvet ¾” Oval Watercolor Brush
Spellbinders “Festive Ornaments” Die Set
Gold and Silver Mirror Cardstock (small scraps will be sufficient)
Honey Bee Stamps “Lovely Layers: Party Frames” Die Set
Hero Arts “Nested Circle Infinity Dies”
Altenew Citrine Glitter Cardstock
Sizzix / Tim Holtz “Festive Gatherings” Die Set
Spellbinders “Fern” Cardstock
Spellbinders “Fog” Cardstock
Copic Marker – E27 (Milk Chocolate)
Spellbinders “Scored and Pierced Rectangles” Dies
Pinkfresh Studios “Day and Night” Gem Embellishments
Picket Fence Studios “Swanky Christmas Sentiments” Stamp Set
VersaFine Clair “Nocturne” Pigment Ink Pad
DMC Diamant Gold Cord/Thread
Scrapbook.com 1” 1mm Foam Adhesive Roll
Misti Original Stamp Positioning Tool
Anna Griffin Empress Die Cutting Machine
To get started, I taped a piece of Paul Rubens hot press watercolor paper to a hard board using blue masking tape. I used a Silver Black Velvet ¾” oval watercolor brush and applied clean water liberally across the watercolor paper. I added a few drops of water to a pan of Masha’s Watercolors “Dark Planet” granulating watercolor paint and used a smaller watercolor brush to add the paint to my watercolor palette. I used the ¾” oval brush to absorb some of the watercolor paint and began using a left-to-right method to the brush to apply the paint to the wet watercolor paper. I used my heat tool to mostly dry the panel, then repeated the process to add another layer of the Dark Planet paint. You could set this aside to dry, but I chose to use the heat tool to dry the panel again (since I’m inpatient!).
Once the watercolor panel was dry, I used the eighth smallest circle die from the Hero Arts “Nested Circle Infinity Dies” die set and diecut a circle from the watercolored panel. This will be the base of my Christmas ornament. I also used the two ornament topper dies from Spellbinders’ “Festive Ornaments” die set and cut one from gold mirror cardstock and one from silver mirror cardstock. I glued the two topper pieces together and then glued them to the top of the watercolored ornament die cut.
For decorating the ornament, I used the Honey Bee Stamps “Lovely Layers: Party Frames” die set and die cut the star from Altenew Citrine glitter cardstock and glued the star to the center of my ornament die cut. To add a touch of bling, I glued eleven clear gems from Pinkfresh Studios’ “Day and Night” gemstones to the outer ring of the ornament.
For the fir branches, I used the Sizzix/Tim Holtz “Festive Gatherings” die set and die cut the fir branch twice from Spellbinders “Fern” cardstock. I colored the actual branch (wood) piece of this die with my Copic E27 (Milk Chocolate) alcohol marker. I adhered the branch die cut to the fir die cut using liquid adhesive.
I created the card front panel using the largest die from Spellbinders’ “Scored and Pierce Rectangles” die set and die cut it from Spellbinders “Fog” cardstock. I placed the Fog panel into my Misti stamp positioning tool and stamped the “joyeux noel” sentiment from Picket Fence Studios’ “Swanky Christmas Sentiments” onto the lower center of the card front using VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink. I adhered the Fog cardstock panel to a white, A2, side folding card base using Scrapbook.com’s 1mm foam adhesive roll strips.
After positioning the fir branches and ornament in the locations I chose for the layout, I used a piece of Glad Press ‘n Seal to pick up the arrangement and began applying glue to the back sides of the fir branches. Once the glue was applied, I turned over the Press ‘n Seal and hovered it above my card front until I reached the proper placement and glued the fir branches to the card front and trimmed off any that extended beyond the card base.
I placed pieces of 1mm foam adhesive to the back of the ornament, ran a small piece of gold cord from the ornament hanger to the fir branches and then removed the release paper from the foam adhesive to adhere the ornament in the center of the card. I tacked the free ends of the gold cording to the branches using glue and held it in place with a pair of reverse tweezers until dry. Lastly, I tied a bow out of the same gold cord and glued it onto the top of the ornament hanger (holding it in place with reverse tweezers until dry). Finished!
I hope you enjoyed the card and found inspiration for some of your own holiday projects! Until next time… happy making!
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