Glimmering Pines

Hi crafters! Today I have a card to share with a glimmering forest created with an embossing folder, ink, glitter glue, pens and gems.

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I just love any embossing folder with trees, and perhaps particularly pine trees. Here I aimed for a light and glittery look, a snowy forest during day time. You can get a totally different look if you use darker inks. I used Simon Says Stamp Feathery Pines for the card.

Start by applying Distress Ink directly to the Feathery Pines embossing folder. Mist the paper with water and emboss. You get a lovely random effect with this technique and you could stop here if you want to.

I smeared Distress Ink on a non-stick craft sheet and dry brushed the trees using a paint brush. Dabb off some of the ink you you get too much on the brush. This way, you will mainly get ink on the embossed parts.

Splatter with two shades of Distress Ink, using a paint brush and adding some water to the ink on the craft sheet. 

Stamp the sentiment on the background with Simon Says Stamp Poinsettia Swag. Add white dots and lines with a gel pen. I added white to the branches of the pine trees with the white pen too.

Apply a little Moon Dust Stickles Glitter Gel to the branches. 

The embossing folder techniques gives a great mottled effect to the ink, which forms a nice backdrop to the forest and all the splattering.

I added Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Dazzling Clear Gems to the trees.

The label was stamped with Tropic Pawsitively Saturated ink using Simon Says Stamp Mixed Labels and die cut with the coordinating die. It was adhered with foam tape.

Thank you for visiting!

Happy Christmas crafting!

Anna-Karin

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