Hello there crafty friend!
Crystal here from Tawny Owl Paperie with a new challenge for December over in the Unity Show & Tell group… it’s All About Backgrounds this month!! I’m also sharing inspiration for Day 1 of the 2022 Advent Calendar!! I just love Unity’s Advent Calendar! It gets more amazing each year.
Holly Days Card
The sweet and delicate ornament stamp is the first Advent Calendar stamp. I colored it very simply with just a few Copic Markers: C00, C2, R14 and G24. And then I die cut it with the smallest circle die from the Scallops & Circles {nesting dies}. Next I mat it with a red circle die cut from the next largest circle die from the set.
This month’s challenge is all about the backgrounds though! I started this background with an ink smooshed card front that I had actually made last week during the video for my Mixed Media Background card. Ink smooshed with Twisted Citron and Evergreen Bough Distress Oxide inks. I stamped the beautiful Holly Days Background with Mowed Lawn and Pine Needles Distress Oxide inks.
What makes this background even more fun is the texture. After I stamped it with the Holly Days Background stamp I placed it in a woodgrain embossing folder and ran it through my Big Shot. I then lightly rubbed the Mowed Lawn oxide ink over the embossed background. It gives the background a bit of dimension. I think you can see some of the texture in this photo. I finished off the card with a few white rhinestones and a sweet sentiment from the Christmas Wishin’ stamps.
The Video
You can check out my video revealing the Advent Calendar Day 1 stamp and my process in making this card here… Advent Calendar Day 1 | December Challenge | All About Backgrounds | Unity Stamp Co.
I am so excited about this month’s challenge! To play along just make a fun background using inks, stamps, paints, embossing folders… really the list could go on and on. I can’t wait to see what you create! Be sure to share your cards in the Unity Show & Tell group and also add them to the November challenge album in the group to be entered for a prize!! See you back here next Thursday for more inspiration for the All About Backgrounds challenge!
Inky Hugs,
Crystal
