Sparkly Balls and Boughs!

Hi everyone! I have a beautiful and soft Christmas card for the blog today! This one features the non-traditional color of blue against a backdrop of leafy boughs and sparkly snow! I am entering this card into the #4 Winter Challenge at WherecreativitymeetsC9.com

I laid down a watercolor background of soft blue and topped it with some stenciled and glittered snow drops. I've used this technique quite a bit recently but it's just so pretty. Once that was dry, I cut boughs from Concord & 9th's 'O Christmas Tree' die set along with some sparkly snowflakes and layered them over the background. I added in a row of shiny blue Christmas balls and also tucked in some bright, tiny stars.

You can see more of the blue in the ornaments in this picture- they are very striking in person! The sentiment was stamped in bright blue and then embossed in shiny clear powder. I tied it onto the background with shiny silver thread and added a few more stars for accent!

Thanks for checking out my blog! Bee Happy!!

Supplies Used:
DCWV 6x6 Foiled card stock
The Paper Studio glitter and shiny card stock
DMC silver thread

Wendy Vecchi Embossing Paste WHITE Ranger WATERCOLOR PAPER Paper Basics - Stamper's Select White Cardstock (40 Sheets Prima Marketing Watercolor Confections: The Classics Concord and 9th - Christmas - Dies - Take A Bough Papertrey Ink - Boutique Borders: Mother Die Concord and 9th - Clear Acrylic Stamps - O Christmas Tree PACIFIC POINT CLASSIC STAMPIN' PAD Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD Watermark VM-001 American Crafts Zing! CLEAR Embossing Powder Shakers Sprinkles Sequin Mix Post and Parcel Stencils Prisma Glitter

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