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I wanted to make a couple of quick and easy Christmas cards using the STAMPtember Avery Elle Merry Wreath set:
I pulled out my Distress Archival inks for this, along with some of the coordinating colors in the regular Distress Ink. The neat think about Distress Archival inks is that it's the Archival formula (so they're waterproof, fade resistant, archival and permanent on many surfaces) but in Distress colors. Right now there's only the 3 sets available (so 12 colors) and they're in the Archival mini size (which I personally love - more colors and less storage space). I'm hoping they release them in all the Distress colors as I'd like to have them - I love using them for stamping sentiments etc as they're MEANT for stamping whereas the Distress Inks (and the Oxides) are more meant to direct to paper techniques etc.
OK any who - I stamped the wreath and leaves and berries with the Distress Archival inks (Vintage Photo, Barn Door, Fossilized Amber and Peeled Paint) and then stamped the leaves and berries over them with regular Distress ink. Since I'd stamped everything onto Distress watercolor paper, I sprayed the paper with water and all the images I'd stamped with the Distress ink started to move while the stamping done with the Archival inks stayed put.
I used Wendy Vecchi's Carnation Red embossing powder for the bow, and Simon's Gold embossing powder for the sentiment. I also added Nuvo Crystal Drops in Red Berry to the wreath, and some Studio Katia Golden Crystals to finish it off.
On the insides of the cards I heat embossed the sentiment from the Merry Wreath set with the same Carnation Red embossing powder and stamped the berries and leaves with the Archival inks and that was it!
To see how these cards came together check out my video below:
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