Sparkling Holiday Messages

I’m bringing a little sparkling Mojo Monday into your life today!  Here’s a little word play with a cluster of all the holiday greetings I could get my hands on today.

This card came pretty easily into my mind, then the execution took a bit longer than I thought!  Ever had that happen to you?  Ironically I struggled with the final sentiment.  I did it three different ways, and then changed the banners too…lol!  They were originally in white stamped with Real Red and Pear Pizzazz.  But that was lost on the background, so a final remedy of color it was.  I hope you enjoy this card, it’s really growing on me, and is quite sparkly!  This would be actually an easy one to mass produce and it’s quite fun, I have to admit!  Here’s the original sketch and my interpretation.

Creative Tips on Word Clusters –

• Create your word cluster onto the largest acrylic block you have.  If you are a wood stamper, then you’ll have to stamp it out and use a Stamp-a-Majig to figure out the placement.  Once you have your stamps arranged on your block, ink up in Versamark, stamp onto a scratch piece first, then ink up again and stamp onto your background.  Mine is 3.5 x 4.25”.
• I added Heat and Stick Powder so that the Dazzling Diamonds would really stay put.  You can just emboss with straight glitter, but for me, I like to keep my glitter exactly where it belongs, so I use Heat and Stick Powder.  It’s an extra step, but the recipient appreciates the glitter on the card and not everywhere else!
• Stamp your banners onto a 5/8” wide strip of Real Red and Pear Pizzazz and cut the ends using your Hexagon Punch.
• Attach your Whisper White background onto a piece of Real Red – 3 5/8 x 4 3/8” for a 1/16” border.  Next, adhere that to a piece of Pear Pizzazz that measures 4 1/16 x 5 5/16”.
• Adhere a 5/8” strip of Read Red onto your Whisper White somewhere in the lower third of your project.  Trim the edges to match the width of the Pear Pizzazz.
• Stamp a Christmas Greeting onto a piece of Pear Pizzazz card stock and emboss with Silver Powder.  Make a banner with your Hexagon or Square Punch.  Pop up with Stamping Dimensionals and attach to your card.  Add a few Rhinestone Basic Jewels for a little interest.
• Run a little bit of Snail onto the top of each flag and create a banner with a piece of Linen Thread.  Drape across the top of your card and attach to the back of your Pear Pizzazz.  Pop your Pear Pizzazz panel up on Stamping Dimensionals onto your Whisper White card base of 4.25 x 5.5”.

It’s a fun little card, right?  The greeting background came out better than I expected and really looks great with the subtle glitter.  Enjoy making yours!

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