CHRISTMAS SCENE WITH PATTERN PAPERS | SIZZIX LIFESTYLE

I never made this type of card before and I must say I did experiment with colors and papers. Yep! I used only pattern papers to create the scene. I don't remember the name of those gorgeous pattern papers, they were in my box for almost five years now and finally I got them to use it. I somehow liked this card, not my usual style though, it's a bit grungy and vintagy. :) 

The card design was inspired by one of my previous Christmas cards made for Sizzix Lifestyle. You can WATCH THE VIDEO HERE.

Products from Sizzix Lifestyle

• Big Shot Express Machine
• Oh, Christmas Tree Bigz Die
• Treetops Glisten Thinlit Die
• Mixed Media #3 Thinlit Dies

I got the idea of adhering the Treetop Glisten die from Anna Drai, a fellow blogger for Sizzix Lifestyle. She is amazing and you must definitely go and check her blog and YouTube Channel.

Card Making Details

I started by running the pattern paper through the Big Shot Express machine along with one of the dies from Mixed Media #3. And adhered the green pattern paper behind the die-cut panel. I also die-cut the trees and distressed the edges with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

Next I adhered the Treetop Glisten thinlit die over the trees, die-cut out of gold glitter card stock. And I think this die brings the fullness to the Oh, Christmas tree bigz die. 

Next I applied the Texture Paste from Ranger as snow. I liked the result so much :) And adhered all the elements with Tacky Glue. Finally I added splashes of Picket Fence Distress Paint and embellished my card with sequins from Mudra.

And that is the card for today. Thank you so much for visiting and I hope you liked it! See you soon :)

Mixed Media Project | Graceful Angel | Sizzix Lifestyle

I love not only creating CAS cards but I also love making Mixed Media Projects. When I see the masterpieces created by Mixed Media Artists, my jaw automatically drops down and I feel that 'Man! I should make something like that!' After so many trials and errors (for years I can say) finally I realized that Mixed Media is nothing but adding/incorporating different or several or various elements to your projects in a creative way. Simple, right?

I started my project by ink smooshing the background of a heavy white white card stock in Vintage Photo and Frayed Burlap Distress inks.

I torn a piece of cardboard and applied the mixture of white glue + perfect pearls + glitter + white paint over it.

Next I die-cut Graceful Angel out of white card stock and colored the dress with Festive berries and wings with Black Soot distress ink.

I added some dimension to it's wings by adding foam tape

Then I die-cut Antique Doily out of gold glitter card stock. 

Before adhering all things together, I distressed the edges with a pair of scissors. 

Also torn the edges and curled it with my fingers. Then I added splatters of Picket Fence Distress Paint and I let the panel dry for sometime.

Once everything was dry, I adhered all the elements together along with a sentiment strip. That's it!! I love how this project turned out. Thank you so much for visiting, have fun :)

PROMOTION

Kindly visit this page to view the new Christmas Tim Holtz collection. :)

ETA 

I would like to enter this card to the following challenges. 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes, Creative Artiste Challenge 30 - "Anything Mixed Media Goes" and Mixed Media Monthly Challenge #40 - Vintage