Hi everyone. I hope you had a wonderful Holiday season and are starting off 2025 happy and healthy!!
Last year was a tough year for me. I had more medical issues to deal with and ended up having surgery near the end of July. It's taken most of the remainder of 2024 for me to recovery, but I am now feeling much better.
On a positive note ... we found our forever home and get the keys a few days ago! YAY! We sold in May last year and weren't able to find what we wanted so leased a rental house for a year. Thankfully, we now can take our time moving into our new house since we still have the rental house until the end of March. It all worked out in the end!! :)
On to today's card ...
I was inspired a three challenges to create this card using some new-to-me Christmas gifts. :)
I started by sponging the background of my card front panel with distress inks (Salvaged Patina, Wilted Violet), then ran it through my Gemini with the Comfy embossing folder (Penny Black). I used my white pigment ink pad to lightly tap over top of the embossing, which left white ink on the highlights of the texture. I tore two strips of white card stock to create the snow hills at the bottom and added a die-cut reindeer, (Antlers - Penny Black), cut twice and glued together to create a thick die-cut. The sentiment (Festive Snippets - Penny Black) is stamped at the bottom in more Salvaged Patina ink.
This card is made with all Penny Black products. :) Speaking of Penny Black, I have been a contributor for them since 2018, along with many other talented card makers. This year they have switched things up and are not using most of the past contributors. I'm a little sad that I won't be designing for them.
Close-up ...
Thanks for stopping by!
Stamps: Festive Snippets (Penny Black)
Paper: White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.)Ink: Distress Inks: Salvage Patina, Wilted Violet (Tim Holtz); Unicorn pigment ink (white) - Hero Arts
Accessories: Comfy embossing folder (Penny Black), Antlers die (Penny Black), sponges
