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Hello, friends! Welcome back for Day 2 of the Christmas Market showcase with The Greetery! Let’s start things off today, with the new Bitty Holiday Botanicals product suite!
Just like the Bitty Botanicals that were released earlier this year, this holiday version makes it so easy and fun to create festive holiday backgrounds OR little die cut florals. And even better, when you pair it with the Diamond Foliage die or stencil, you can add another layer of leafy detail for a classic, nostalgic background!
PRO TIP: After you stamp the stems with the Bitty Holiday Botanicals rubber stamp, you can then use the stencils to add colors to the berries or flowers. But you can increase the depth on your florals, by using some color pencils or markers, to add additional shading and detail to the centers of the flowers!
For the sentiment, I chose a stamp from the new Simple Holiday Sentiments set, and stamped it on a die cut from the new Shortbread Shapes: Rectangle Labels die set.
PRO TIP: You don’t need lots of different ink colors when you’re ink-blending! You can just use different amounts of pressure on your blending brush for lighter or darker shades of the same single ink color! That way, you ensure that all of the “reds” (for instance) on your card, color coordinate because they’re all the same color!
There’s a tiny die cut flower you can add to the centers of each leaf diamond, however I’m guessing you’ve probably got all sorts of fun little things in your stash that you could add, too! I used the little red berries from the previously released Mint & Berry Bits, but you could use sequins, gems, pearls, enamel dots, or whatever else you dream up!
{Merry Christmas Bitty Floral supplies — Click on thumbnails}
Next up is the Lovely Linographs: Nativity product suite! I feel like I barely scratched the surface of what all could be made with this set! The rubber stamp allows you to stamp the whole scene at once and then the stamp set has individual images that you can stamp and die cut to layer over the base image.
I used the previously released Cathedral die to cut out the arch, and then popped up the outer portion on foam adhesive, layering it on a piece of rose gold glitter card stock.
PRO TIP: If you cut the large image down by 1/4″ all the way around, but keep the glitter layer the full 4-1/2 x 5-1/4, you can scoot the manger portion of the arch down to the bottom edge of the card. This leaves a bit of a gap at the top of the arch, so that the rose gold frames the manger scene!
I die cut the additional images popping some up on foam adhesive and keeping some flat. I also die cut the star from the same glitter card stock and layered that behind the sentiment so it accents the sentiment a bit.
You can see above, what I meant about the positioning of the manger portion….lower on the card than the frame, so we see that rose gold peeking thru up top!
{O Come Let Us Adore Him supplies — click on thumbnails}
Last one for today, is the Rosemal Reflections product suite. I went for a monochromatic color palette and made a thinking of you card which works year round, but definitely has a bit more of a fall/winter feel thanks to the rich color palette.
PRO TIP: You could take the same monochromatic approach with any color family! Picture this in all purples, all reds/corals/berries, all blues, all pinks, maybe even one in shades of tan/brown for a really neutral option!
I used the Rosemal Reflections embossing folder on the card base — goodness, look at that rich texture! — and then used the Capsule Basics dies for that scalloped layer. I added some Rosemal stamped leaves in a couple spots, and then used die cuts from the Rosemal Reflections Jumbo die set to create the floral spray.
I topped it off with a sentiment banner from the same set, and then used the Rosemal Reflections Sentiments Stamp Set, to add the Thinking of You.
PRO TIP: Give your flowers a bit of additional shading with a blending brush and some ink. I focused the color at the base of the flowers, where they would naturally be a bit darker and in shadow.
{Thinking of You supplies — click on thumbnails}
That’s it for today, but I hope you’ve gotten some inspiration while you’re here! What’s topping your wish list at the moment? I’d love to hear! Leave me a comment and be entered to win one of the two $50 gift certificates from The Greetery, that are up for grabs today!
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