Happy New Year! I should be getting better ready for Leadership and making Sell-A-Bration samples but I wanted to share these holiday WOW cards I made last month.
The focal image is actually hot glue (see my tutorial here). While it is still warm you dust it with Pearl Ex powders… it’s too cool! Unlike real sealing wax it is fast, doesn’t require a heat source and it isn’t brittle. You can reheat it with a heat tool to “correct” the image also!
The backgrounds are done with the direct-to-paper technique (see my tutorial here). I touched up the finished card with some rhinestones (gotta have glitter) and any remaining moisture from the crafter’s inks with Hologram Highlights embossing powder.
The sets are Snowflakes, Alphabet Stew (“Merry & Bright”) and Many Merry Messages (“Seasons Greetings”) which is a new holiday greeting set this year. The Zig silver/gold painty pen touched up around the snowflakes (taking a photo on a slant catches more of the glitz!) and you can see the Hologram Highlights embossing powder.
OK..now I am officially in panic mode that I am partaking in your WOW swaps at Leadership. These are stunning! I am going to review the ATC’s I have started and rethink them …OMG..what have I gotten myself into ???? LOL
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You crack me up! I did do this type of card as a WOW card a few years ago, but not in this one this year. These were scans I have wanted to put up and tutorials I have wanted to put on my website for awhile.
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Thank you for sharing such great work. You are really an artist.
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Just stunning, thanks for sharing. Now another reason I need to invest in more craft pads!
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Well, that really is my evil master plan (heh, heh, heh…)
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