Silent, Soft and Slow

I didn't think I was going to make any Christmas cards yet, 

(although I do make them throughout the year so I'm ready when December rolls around!)

but I was inspired by some cards I've seen out there with the snowfall embossing 

(such as Christine's beautiful card here) 

and remembered I had this lovely embossing folder from Tim Holtz 

I cut a panel of watercolor paper slightly smaller than my white card base.  I embossed the snowfall on the panel.  I die cut the trees using Tim's Tree Line Thinlit dies out of a piece I had in my scraps box. 

 I made the panel using the Cling Wrap Technique - sprinkling Sleight Blue Infusions onto a piece of Bristol Smooth Surface paper, spritzing with water, then quickly laying a piece of cling wrap over the wet panel and squishing it up to create wrinkles in the cling wrap.  Then you let it dry and remove the cling - and you get lovely "marbleized" looking color.

The sentiment is one from Alison Bombers set EAB05 from PaperArtsy.  

 I stamped Merry Christmas on the inside of my card.

I'm linking my card to:

CAS Mix Up

You'll find links on the Cling Wrap Technique here too!

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Happy Little Stampers

Stamps:  Alison Bomber set EAB05 - PaperArtsy
Paper:  White - PTI, Canson Water Color Paper, Bristol Smooth Surface Paper
Ink:  Archival Jet Black
Accessories:  Cling Wrap from supermarket, water mister, Sleight Blue Infusions - PaperArtsy, foam tape, Snowfall Embossing Folder - Tim Holtz/Sizzix, Tree Line Thinlit die - Tim Holtz/Sizzix.