Make Art for Christmas

I have another Christmas Card to share today - using lots of Wendy Vecchi products.

Here are a few photos of how I made my background panel using a technique Wendy taught at a class I took with her about a year ago.  I put some drops of WV Archival Cornflower Blue and Tiger Lily reinkers along with a splash of Rubbing Alcohol onto my craft mat.  I swirled them together with a pallet knife.

Then I dragged the Ranger Specialty paper panel through the mix - letting it drip down the panel - adding more Rubbing Alcohol until I got the look I wanted.  I made all these pieces using my little puddle!

I stamped the frame from Holiday Art and the lace stamp from Beauty of Art onto the panel with WV Archival Watering Can Ink.  I stamped Ornate Dots Background in Tree Branch.  I used WV Black Embossing Paste with the Merry Christmas stencil from SASI For the Holidays.

I stamped the tree from Holiday Art in Fern Green and Script Background stamp in Watering Can onto a piece of Newsprint that I had adhered to a sheet of Clearly for Art Modeling Film.  I fussy cut the tree and hit it with my heat tool so it would bend a little (the Clearly for Art will soften when heated).  I made the stars by embossing a piece of white card stock with WV Tree Branch Embossing powder and cutting them with the star die from  Tim Holtz Thinlit Shape Strips.

I embossed the Mat Minis Flower Pot with WV Red Geranium embossing powder and adhered it and the tree to the panel with foam dots.

I'm linking my card to:

Wendy Vecchi's Make Art Challenge  -  New Product Inspiration from Wendy's blog - 

here is what inspired my card

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Festive Tree or greenery

Christmas Stampin' All Year Long - Anything Goes

Jingle Belles - Shopping our Jingly Stash

use at least one supply that is a year old

The re-inkers, Ornate Dots background and lace stamp I used on my background are more than a year old.

Shopping Our Stash

(same as Jingle Belles above!)

Stamps:  Holiday Art, Script Background, Ornate Dots Background, Stamp It Stencil It For the Holidays - Wendy Vecchi Stampers Anonymous.
Paper:  Ranger Specialty Paper, Newsprint Paper - Wendy Vecchi Stampers Anonymous, Art Parts Clearly for Art - Stampers Anonymous.
Ink:  Wendy Vecchi Archival Re-inkers Tiger Lily and Cornflower Blue, Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink Tree Branch, Fern Green, Watering Can, Archival Jet Black.
Accessories:  Wendy Vecchi Black Embossing Paste, Thinlit Shape Strips - Tim Holtz, foam dots, Rubbing Alcohol, Craft Mat, Heat Tool, Mat Minis Flower Pots.