Seasons Greetings

Here's my 3rd card as the July Guest Designer over at the Christmas Card Challenges Blog. The challenge this week is to use the Emboss Resist Technique. I used the Hero Arts background stamp called Stunning Snowflakes. I embossed the background stamp in white and then mixed several colors of Tim Holtz Distress Stains to make the blue color. The snowmen stamps and sentiment are from a Paper Smooches set called Swanky Snowdudes. Why not try some emboss resist and get a head start on your Christmas cards. Thanks for stopping by!

Hero Arts Holiday Trees Card

Yay!! I finally had time to make a card. I have so many new Hero Arts Christmas stamps that I've been dying to use so tonight I used some of my new stamps for this card. I wanted to be more like my friend Barb and have an interesting embossed background so I used clear embossing powder on the background, then sponged over it with Iced Spruce and Broken China Distress Inks and sprayed it with Vanilla Smooch Spritz Spray. You can't really tell, but the background is very shiny from the Smooch Spritz. Then I stamped the trees in Iced Spruce and Broken China, cut them out, and adhered with foam tape. No challenges for this one - just fun for me. Thanks for taking a look!!

Materials
1. Card stock - Whisper White, Baha Breeze - Stampin' Up
2. Stamps - Christmas Reindeer, Holiday Background - Hero Arts
3. Distress Inks - Iced Spruce, Broken China - Tim Holtz
4. Embossing Powder - Crystal - Martha Stewart
5. Heat Tool - Heat It - Ranger