Festive House Christmas Card with Inked Background and Embossed Snow

A project from our live show FRIDAY LAUNCH - Join Toni for her latest products and demo's - Broadcast 23rd September 22 · 23/09/2022 · watch it from 6:30

A beautiful Christmas card featuring a festive house stamp with hand-painted watercolour background in purple and blue tones, layered with torn white card snow drifts, and embossed snowflake details. The card creates a moody, atmospheric winter scene with sparkly embossed accents.

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Step by step

1. Apply blue ink pad to white cardstock and add water with a brush to create a watercolour wash effect. ▶ watch 7:15
2. Add purple ink to another area of the cardstock and blend with water to create a two-tone background. ▶ watch 8:15
3. Use indigo ink pad sparingly and add water to create additional colour variation in the background. ▶ watch 8:45
4. Allow the inked background to dry completely. ▶ watch 9:30
5. Tear up pieces of white cardstock to create snow drift shapes of varying sizes. ▶ watch 11:45
6. Layer the torn white pieces onto the inked background, positioning them to create a snowy hillside effect. ▶ watch 12:00
7. Use an embossing pen to colour the torn edges of the snow drifts with clear embossing ink. ▶ watch 13:15
8. Alternatively, use an ink pad and brush to apply embossing ink to the torn snow edges if you don't have an embossing pen. ▶ watch 14:00
9. Sprinkle embossing powder (Litter Bug) onto the inked snow edges. ▶ watch 15:00
10. Heat set the embossing powder with a heat gun to create a sparkly snow effect. ▶ watch 16:00
11. Stamp the festive house image onto grey cardstock using black or grey ink, or paint grey cardstock with diluted grey ink if you don't have grey card. ▶ watch 19:15
12. Colour the house details (door, windows, roof) using pencils or oil pastels to add dimension. ▶ watch 24:00
13. Add shadows under the pillars and on the snow to create depth and make the image pop. ▶ watch 24:15
14. Cut away the pillars from the coloured house image if desired to simplify fussy cutting. ▶ watch 26:00
15. Glue torn white snow drift pieces to the left edge of the card, leaving the right edge to trim later. ▶ watch 26:15
16. Trim the excess snow drift pieces from the right edge of the card using scissors. ▶ watch 28:00

Tips from the show

• Experiment with different embossing powders on different coloured backgrounds as they look completely different depending on the base colour.
• If you don't have grey cardstock, you can paint your own by diluting grey ink with water on a glass mat and painting the cardstock.
• Stamping the house details onto the background before layering the cut-out house on top allows you to avoid fussy cutting around intricate details like lights.

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