2020 Christmas Countdown | Day 50 (Joy)

Good morning!

Today’s card is inspired by the December card challenge prompt but with a twist.

I wanted to feature some houses but this time pare things right back to create a super flat card for posting.

Well, masking paper to the rescue!

Card | Handmade by Natty | Simon Says Stamp Village Dies

Stamps: Lil’ Inker Designs – All The Christmas You’ll Ever Need (r)
Dies: Hello Bluebird – Glacier Peaks, PTI – Seeing Stars (r), Simon Says Stamp – Village
Other: Distress Inks

You can get a lot of depth and interest by using your dies to create a silhouette for masking and then go to town with some distress inks and white gouache paint to create your very own wintry night sky.

After leaving the background to dry, there’s nothing quite like peeling back the masking paper to reveal what’s underneath.

So satisfying!

I simply finished off this card by stamping a lovely large sentiment from Lil’ Inker Designs that would perfectly fill that white space.

Nothing else was needed so I left it at that.

Happy crafting, until next time!

Lil’ Inker Designs – All The Christmas You’ll Ever Need stamps (r) Shop at: MISC	Hello Bluebird – Glacier Peaks dies Shop at: MISC	PTI – Seeing Stars dies Shop at: MISC	Simon Says Stamp – Village dies Shop at: SSS
Distress ink pad – Black Soot Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC	Distress ink pad – Dusty Concord Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC	Distress ink pad – Picked Raspberry Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC	Versafine – Onyx Black ink pad Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC
Strathmore Bristol cardstock Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC	Simon Says Stamp – Masking Paper Shop at: SSS	Cosmetic blending brushes Shop at: AZ	Taylored Expressions – Blender Brushes Shop at: MISC
Tim Holtz – Stampers Anonymous Splat Box Shop at: AZ \| SBC \| SHC	Waffle Flower – Mini Media Mat Shop at: EH \| SBC \| SHC	Ranger – Artist brush set Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC	Sizzix – Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC
Sizzix – Sidekick machine Shop at: AZ \| SBC	Tim Holtz – Tonic guillotine trimmer (maxi) Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC	Tim Holtz – Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC

Recent comments

Thanks so much Kathy, this has definitely ended up as one of my default colour palettes – if in doubt,…

So pretty Nat. Love these colours

Oh thank you so much Teresa! I wish I had the creativity of all these wonderful product designers in our…

Beautiful, Natty! I love your Christmas Wishes card and the sentiment stamp you chose. Lesia Zgharda is a gifted designer,…

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Lil’ Inker Designs – All The Christmas You’ll Ever Need stamps (r) Shop at: MISC	Hello Bluebird – Glacier Peaks dies Shop at: MISC	PTI – Seeing Stars dies Shop at: MISC	Simon Says Stamp – Village dies Shop at: SSS
Distress ink pad – Black Soot Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC	Distress ink pad – Dusty Concord Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC	Distress ink pad – Picked Raspberry Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC	Versafine – Onyx Black ink pad Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC
Strathmore Bristol cardstock Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC	Simon Says Stamp – Masking Paper Shop at: SSS	Cosmetic blending brushes Shop at: AZ	Taylored Expressions – Blender Brushes Shop at: MISC
Tim Holtz – Stampers Anonymous Splat Box Shop at: AZ \| SBC \| SHC	Waffle Flower – Mini Media Mat Shop at: EH \| SBC \| SHC	Ranger – Artist brush set Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC	Sizzix – Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC
Sizzix – Sidekick machine Shop at: AZ \| SBC	Tim Holtz – Tonic guillotine trimmer (maxi) Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC	Tim Holtz – Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC

Handmade by Natty