Christmas cards do not need to be complicated. Simple quick stamping and heat embossing can add that next quality to your Christmas cards in minutes. Add intensity with emboss resist and you’ve stepped up your card to the next level. Here I’ve used on a simple stamp set from Hero Arts, taking the Holiday Borders and Icons stamps and repeatedly stamping it to get your own fun background. So let’s get started!
PRODUCED AS PART OF MY DESIGN-TEAM WORK FOR BUMBLEBERRY PAPERCRAFTS - SEE END OF POST FOR MORE DETAILS
*** Affiliate links used at no extra cost to you ***
Start by adhering the four small picture stamps from the Holiday Borders and Icons stamp set onto an acrylic block in one long line. Prep some Cranberry Hero Hues cardstock with anti-static powder and repeatedly stamp the icons in embossing ink, moving the acrylic block for variation as you move up the card.
Next, cover the inked background with WOW! gold rich pale embossing powder and heat set. Using a blending brush, ink blend Aged Mahogany Distress Oxide to the edges of the card, softly blending slightly in towards the middle. Repeat this by adding Black Soot Distress Oxide to the edge to add more intensity.
Trim the back down, to add a 1/8 inch border around the edge foam mount onto a card base made out of Cranberry Hero Hues cardstock. Heat emboss a sentiment in gold embossing powder onto a white card from the Holiday Borders and Icons stamp set. Trim the sentiments down and add them to the front of the card.
Lastly, to finish the card off, embellish the card with Ivory Opal Gems to mimic falling snow.
Supplies
add intensity with emboss resist
Affiliate links used at no extra cost to you at these shops: Altenew (ALT), Scrapbook.com (SB), Hero Arts (HA), SpellBinders (SP), My Favourite Things (MFT), Tonic Studios (TS UK/US), Crafty Meraki (CM), Concord & 9th (C9) WOW! UK/US (WOW UK/US), Scrapbookpal.com (SBP), and Craft Stash UK/US (CS UK/US).
All other shops are not affiliated links: Bumbleberry Papercrafts (BP)
**For 10% off at the WOW! Embossing Powder shop, use the code WOWDTVB **
**For 10% off at the Crafty Meraki shop, use the code VERITYBIDDLECOM**
 Holiday Borders and Icons – Hero Arts Shop at: HA | SB | BP |  Black Soot Distress Oxide – Ranger Ink Shop at: SB | CS (UK) | BP |  Aged Mahogany Distress Oxide – Ranger Ink Shop at: RI | SB | CS (UK) | CS (US) | BP | SBP |
 WOW! Clear ultra slow drying embossing ink pad Shop at: CPD | CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) |  Metallic Gold Rich Pale – WOW! Embossing Powder Shop at: CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) |  Ivory Opal Gems – Crafty Meraki Shop at: CM |
 Cranberry Hero Hues Cardstock – Hero Arts Shop at: HA | SB | BP |  Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80lb Cardstock Shop at: BP |  Original MISTI 2.0 – My Sweet Petunia Shop at: ALT | CPD | SB | SP | BP |
 Mini Stencil Mat – Waffle Flower Shop at: SB | WOW (UK) | SBP |  Precision Glue XL – Hero Arts Shop at: SB | HA | BP |  Scrapbook Adhesives 3D foam squares 1/4″ white Shop at: CPD | SB | BP |
 Large Blending Brushes 4 pack – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | BP |  WOW! Dual Speed Heat Gun (UK version) Shop at: CS (UK) | WOW (UK) | WOW! Dual Speed Heat Gun (US version) Shop at: CPD | WOW (US) |
 Crafter’s Essential Bone Folder – Altenew Shop at: ALT | SB | BP |  Tim Holtz 8.5 Inches Comfort Trimmer – Tonic Studios Shop at: SB | CS (UK) | CS (US) |  Trim and Score Board – We R Memory Keepers Shop at: SB | CS (UK) | CS (US) |
 Creative Detailer – Couture Creations Shop at: CPD | SB | BP |
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This post was produced as part of my design team work for Bumbleberry Papercrafts have not been paid to make this post, but I am given supplies from Bumbleberry Papercrafts to use. However, I create projects with creative control and produce projects I am proud of and with products that I love. The information provided is based on my own personal experience – I am not an expert.
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