Christmas Card - Stampin' Up! "Wishing You" on brayered background

Wishing You (WM131748 / CM131751) is a gorgeous simple stamp set by Stampin' Up! and I used this set in many applications.  Today I am showing you its effectiveness on a brayered background and the difference between a versamark stamped image and an embossed image...

Old Olive on Cherry Cobbler DSP...I stamped the image in versamark first then brayered over the stamping in Old Olive

The versamark resists the ink hence the duller/lighter colour of Old Olive.
SU DSP from the pack Season of Style 132340

Then I turned to Cherry Cobbler and again brayered over the versamarked image ...

SU DSP from the pack Season of Style 132340

Embossing gives a clean crisp finish and when white embossing powder is used, a white is accomplished...

I brayered on the same scratch paper I used when I brayered in Cherry Cobbler.   The brayer picked up the red and transferred this to my project and I really liked the look!  SU DSP from the pack Season of Style 132340

New scratch paper and brayered in Old Olive over White powder embossing...

Am loving Old Olive and Cherry Cobbler this Christmas - feels Australian in colour...
DSP is from the pack Season of Style Stack 132181

This is also Cherry Cobbler brayered over White powder embossing, but in this case, I did not polish off the ink from the images hence the bloodied images...

SU DSP from the pack Season of Style 132340

Again over white powder embossing, I sponged the background with Cherry Cobbler and then brayered over the top to even the sponging out - this gives the different intensities you can see on the background...


SU DSP from the pack Season of Style 132340

So I have again created some very easy to make cards using Gloss Paper (retired from SU), had some fun with versamark and powder embossing and practiced my brayering skills - which need a little more practice since the photos show up all the lines and inconsistencies - guess that is the beauty of Hand Made.

Enjoy celebrating New Year's Eve
x x x for those that are still up at midnight - I won't be :-) shut eye for me.
see you in 2014

Christmas Card - Stampin' Up! Card Kits 2013

Stampin' Up! have a range of ready made card kits to help you create beautiful cards for your loved ones over the Christmas Holiday period.  Merry Little Christmas Simply Created Card Kit (132158) coupled with Merry Little Christmas WM131826 / CM131829 or Wishing You (WM131748 / CM131751) ensures beautiful cards for Christmas...

Merry Little Christmas WM131826 / CM131829 

I added a scallop circle behind the button for that extra lift to the button, 

A close up of the button and twine...



Wishing You (WM131748 / CM131751) with Greetings of the Season (WM128030 / CM128033)

So if you want to make cards for those dear, these kits are a great easy way to achieve that.  The Merry Little Christmas Simply Created Card Kit (132158) contains 8 x costal cabana base cards, DSP strips, white accent, buttons, baker's twine, envelopes and liners.  

If you want to place an order at your leisure you can either e-mail, phone or SMS your order to me OR you can order online and have your order delivered to your door by clicking HERE.

Enjoy your festive season
Love