I have been challenging myself recently to make Christmas cards with an alternative colour scheme to the traditional colours, but for this card, I couldn’t resist using the classic colours of red and gold! There is a reason that classic colour combinations work and we keep going back to them. The WOW! And Jillian Vance Design teams are hopping along today with lots of inspiration along the way, and of course, there are prizes along the hop too.
This card uses the Jingle All the Way stamp set from Jillian Vance designs, which has some great Christmas sentiments along with a couple of baubles and other festive decorations.
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PRODUCED AS PART OF MY DESIGN-TEAM WORK FOR WOW!EMBOSSING POWDER - SEE END OF POST FOR MORE DETAILS
Creating the bauble scene
To start off, trim a piece of red card stock down to A2 card size and use an acrylic block to stamp the bauble outline stamp in WOW! Clear ultra slow drying embossing ink. You’ll want to stamp this three times, offset to one side and positioning the baubles at different levels for interest so it is just a little more appealing on the eye.
After you’ve stamped the baubles, use the bow stamp from set to add a bow to the top of each bauble. Next, I’m cover the stamping in WOW! Metallic Gold Rich Pale embossing powder and heat set this with your dual-speed heat gun.
To get the look as though these baubles are hanging down on the card panel, taking an embossing ink pen along with a T-ruler and draw a straight line from the top down into each of the bows on the baubles. Again, cover this with the gold powder and heat set. Now it looks as though the baubles are hanging from the top of the card.
Adding some drama!
Next, create some masks by stamping the bauble three times onto Inakdinkadoo masking paper and fussy cut these out. Once you’ve positioned the masks over the baubles, use some blending brushes to apply ink to the edges and softening the colour out towards the middle. The first colour used is Catherine Pooler Peppermint Scrub which is a lovely dark red. After that, apply Catherine Pooler Royal Treatment to darken the edges. Although it is a purple and not a red, it really adds drama to the card as it gives a dark luxurious colour to the edge.
Before proceeding onto the next part, use the slow setting on your dual speed heat gun to dry ink on the panel. Next, using a small blending brush along with embossing ink gently apply the clear ink around the edges. Cover the edges with Midas Touch Embossing Glitter which has a mix of platinum powder and chunky silver glitter.
As you heat set this gives a very rustic look to the edge of the card which is perfect for winter. Repeat applying ink to the edges again, and this time add gold powder over the top to tie in with gold embossing on the panel.
Adding the Finishing touches
To add some more interest to the baubles to make them stand out from the background, use a white Gel pen to draw in some decoration onto the baubles. tthe white really pops against the red of the cardstock and makes the baubles stand out.
The card panel was added to a white card base and a sentiment from the stamp set was heat embossed in Opaque bright white embossing powder onto black card. For a little more interest with the sentiment, cut one end into a flag end using scissors.
Lastly to embellish the card, use a few of the Mermaid Bubbles from Jillian Vance designs along with some clear Nuvo drops around the baubles.
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Supplies
Affiliate links used at no extra cost to you at these shops: Altenew (ALT), Scrapbook.com (SB), Craft Stash UK/US (CS / CS US), Create & Craft (C&C), and Picket Fence Studios (PF).
All other shops are not affiliated links: Bumbleberry Papercrafts (BP), WOW! UK/US (WOW UK/US), Jillian Vance Designs (JV), and Catherine Pooler (CP).
 Jingle All The Way – Jillian Vance Design Shop at: JV |  Peppermint Scrub – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: SB | CP |  Peppermint Scrub Reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: SB | CP |
 Royal Treatment Ink Pad – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: SB | CP |  Royal Treatment Reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: SB | CP |  WOW! Clear ultra slow drying embossing pad Shop at: CS | WOW UK | WOW US |
 Opaque Bright White -WOW! Embossing Powder Shop at: CS | WOW UK | WOW US |  WOW! Metallic Gold Rich Pale Shop at: CS | WOW UK | WOW US |  Midas Touch Shop at: CS US | CS | WOW UK | WOW US |
 Mermaid Bubbles – Jillian Vance Designs Shop at: JV |  Morning Dew Nuvo Crystal Drops – Tonic Studios Shop at: SB | CS | CS US | C&C |  Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb Cardstock Shop at: BP | SB |
 Original MISTI – My Sweet Petunia Shop at: ALT | BP | SB |  Gina K Designs – Connect Glue Shop at: BP |  Scrapbook Adhesives 3D foam squares 1/4″ white Shop at: BP | SB |
 Inkadinkdoo Stamping Mask Paper Shop at: BP | SB |  “Life Changing” Blender Brushes 2 pack Shop at: BP | SB | PF |  “Life Changing” Blender Brushes 10 Pack Shop at: BP | SB | PF |
 WOW! Dual Speed Heat Gun (UK version) Shop at: CS | WOW UK | WOW! Dual Speed Heat Gun (US version) Shop at: WOW US |  Teflon Bone Folder – Lawn Fawn Shop at: BP |
 Tim Holtz 8.5 Inches Comfort Trimmer – Tonic Studios Shop at: SB | CS | CS US |  Trim and Score Board – We R Memory Keepers Shop at: SB | CS | CS US |  QuickStik – We R Memory Keepers Shop at: SB | CS | CS US |
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DISCLOSURE
This post was produced as part of my design team work for WOW! Embossing Powder have not been paid to make this post, but I am given supplies from WOW! Embossing Powder 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.
21 thoughts on “WOW! & Jillian Vance Design Blog Hop”
Beautiful card! Love it. Tyfs
Verity as always I absolutely love your creations. You hae such greate youtube vids and always throughly love watching them. Thanks for playing along the hop. Hugs Jo
Beautiful job creating with these great products! Wow embossing powder is the best. TFS
super card – love how you ‘frosted’ the edges – ‘def looks like a frosted window:)
I LOVE how you embossed the edges! That is soooo cool!
I love the jingle bells, and the touch of sparkle on the edges of the cards is so pretty1
awesome card
Gorgeous colors and use of glitter. So pretty
Beautiful baubles with the gold embossing.
Just gorgeous! I love the way you shaded and embossed the edges!
Love these pretty Jingle Bells! Beautiful colors and details on your lovely card! Love the gold edging on your card.
So totally Christmassy with all the red and gold. I love the white touches on the bells too.
Jane Willis
Beautiful card. Love the shading in the
background and the gold bordering.
thanks for sharing
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Beautiful card! Thanks for sharing your tips on adding the powder to the edges of the card. It’s a fabulous look.
This is so gorgeous!
This card is so cute! I love those gold edges and it is elegant and whimsical at the same time! Thank you for joining us!
Love how this card looks!
Gorgeous card, I love all the extra detail you added!
Gorgeous creation, I love the design, love the blending and added gold around the boarder!
The stamp set, the colors and the glitter all come together and make an stunning card. Thanks for sharing your video.