July Rudolph Days

Hi everyone.  I'm playing along with Rudolph Days run by the lovely Maureeen (Scrappimo!).  The challenge runs every month from the 25th to end of month and it's always Anything Goes Christmas.  It's great to make Christmas cards throughout the year.  :)

The card above is several techniques and has an artsy look.

I started by stenciling with Brushos, following the technique in my video.  This time I changed it up slightly by quickly sprinkling a little bit of kosher salt over my piece before I removed the stencil.  And I didn't blot with paper towel, so the colours dried very vibrant.  I let it air dry so that the salt could do it's thing. :)  It absorbs some of the pigment and creates these little bursts of colour.  It's very subtle on the card above, but if you look closely you can see the design left by the salt in the blue ink.

Here's a close-up.

To finish the card, I took a silver metallic pen doodled around the outline of the image.  Then I heat embossed a sentiment in silver to match.

I hope you'll come join the fun at Rudolph Days!

Stamps:  Christmas Sampler (Paper Smooches)
Paper:  White card base (Neenah); Watercolour paper panel (Arches 140 lb. cold press)
Ink:  Brushos:  Turquoise, Purple, Ultra Marine; Versamark
Accessories & Tools:  Snowflake stencil (Simon Says Stamp), water mister, kosher salt, silver metallic pen, silver embossing powder (Ranger), heat tool

Challenges:
Rudolph Days - July