A snowy Christmas by Astrid

Hello lovely visitors, thanks for dropping in!
It being less than a month until Christmas now (eek) I thought I would share another Christmas card idea with you....

I love making my own Christmas cards and am always on the look out for quick and easy card designs that are easy to send in the mail. Shimmerz products offer the perfect solution.
I used 4 different sprays for this card:
Spritz Rocka Fella Blue
Vibez Princes
Vibez Before Dawn
Coloringz Heidi Ho Blue

I'm sorry that I have no process photos to share, but living in Scotland, it gets dark well before I get back from work, and as I made this in the evening I could only take photos at the weekend.
Here's at least a quick step by step...

I started with a piece of 7.5 by 7.5" neutral toned scrapbook paper. Added texture with a Tim Holtz stencil and Ranger embossing paste (I find this particular paste holds colour better than any others I have tried).

Next I used my sprays, starting with Heidi Ho Blue, followed by Princess, RockaFella Blue and a bit of Before Dawn. When dry I added a die cut (the Tim Holtz leaf) and a little Dusty Attic ribbon slider, which I had coated with gesso. Then I spritzed again, with Rocka Fella Blue. I dried the sprays with my heat gun and then dry brushed with gesso to bring out the raised bits. I love the snowy effect this gives over those blues....

A bit of background stamping, using Watering can Archival ink

A die cut sentiment

And finally some metal corner pieces. These were bright silver to start with. I coated them with gesso, spritzt them with the Rocka Fella and then again carefully dry brushed with gesso.

A vintage Santa image (from a Maja Design collection) framed with some Stampendous EP in aged silver finished it all off.

This card was great fun to do, I hope you like it....

I also hope you are having fun with your holiday projects, and thanks for visiting here like always. But before you leave, don't forget, you can order Shimmerz products directly from the Shimmerz Paints Store. If you do,  mention my name (Astrid Maclean) in the «Instruction to Merchant/seller» part of your order form (just below your name and address). After clicking «add», you'll get a FREE product in the color of your choice. And for people from outside the US, Shimmerz do a really good deal on postage!

Thanks for visiting today and have fun making your own Christmas projects! Shimmerz beautiful shimmering paints and sprays are just perfect for Christmas!