Christmas Elf Card for Catherine Pooler Designs

Hello friends! The Night Before Christmas collection is live now at Catherine Pooler Designs. I have a festive Christmas card to share, featuring one of Santa's elves and lots of products from CPD. I'm also using several techniques which include watercoloring, heat embossing and masking. Scroll down for details. You'll find my clickable supply list at the end of this post, as well.

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I absolutely love the plaid paper from the North Pole patterned paper pack. If there is ever a plaid design in a paper pack, you better believe I'm going to use it. Plaid and gingham are my most favorite papers to play with and the colors on this are so gorgeous and scream Christmas!

I featured the new Sugarplum ink with my last card, but am using a variety of other colors today, for a more traditional Christmas color feel. I'll have them linked in my supply list below.

For my wreath (Season's Peekings stamp/die set) and elf (Santa's Crew stamp/die set) stamped and die cut images, I opted to do some watercoloring, one of my favorite techniques. Simply press your ink onto a craft mat, spritz with water, then paint with a wet paint brush or water brush. Catherine Pooler inks are water based, so they work perfectly.

However, before painting my wreath, I heat embossed it with the new Catherine Pooler inspired embossing Glitter, "Sleigh", stamping the leafy wreath outline image with clear Versamark ink, sprinkling on the powder, tapping off the excess, then heat setting with a craft heat tool. It's absolutely stunning, as you can see in the photo below. 

After heat embossing, I went in and filled the gaps with my watercoloring, using primarily CPD ink in Mardi Gras and Samba. The ribbon bow is another image that I also stamped and heat embossed with the outline stamp, watercoloring it as well with the Samba ink.

My elf was watercolored with Pistachio, Do-Si-Do, Orange Twist, Amber (very diluted with water), Mardi Gras and Samba. 

I used a stamp positioner so I could do some masking for my sentiment. Masking involves placing tape over words to block them so you can stamp the intended words with a specific color of ink.

If you've never tried this, make sure once you've taped a word and inked another word, to remove the tape before stamping onto cardstock to avoid a mess from the inky tape. Repeat as desired. I also used Mardi Gras and Samba ink for my sentiment.

 

Lastly, I added clusters of sequins to my card from 3 different CPD sequin mixes, the red sequins from the Frankfurt mix, the light beige/yellowish sequins from the Kings Canyon mix, and the white and snowflake sequins from the new Lubek sequin mix. I love adding bits of sparkle and shine to my cards.

Click any of the highlighted text throughout this post, or tap on on my supply list links below for more product information or to shop. Thanks so much for shopping through my convenient affiliate links, which are provided at no additional cost to you. I hope you have a great day and find time to get crafty this week!

Terri

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Ranger Tim Holtz Detail NIB Water Brush Shop at: Scrapbookcom	CPD Do-Si-Do Date Night Ink Pad Shop at: Catherine Pooler	Refillable Permanent Adhesive Runner - 49 feet Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Neenah Solar White Cardstock 80 lb, 50 pk Shop at: Scrapbookcom
Mint Tape 1 inch roll Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Ranger Artist Brushes - 7 pc Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Exlusive Pink Misti Stamp Positioner Shop at: Scrapbookcom	CPD Ink Pad - Midnight Shop at: Catherine Pooler
Tonic Studios Tim Holtz Comfort Trimmer 8.5 Inch Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Tim Holtz Non-Stick Serrated Scissors - 7 inch Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Project Grip Mat Large - White - 24x18 inch Shop at: Scrapbookcom	3 mm Adhesive Strips - 160 strips Shop at: Scrapbookcom
Catherine Pooler Ink Pad - Orange Twist Shop at: Catherine Pooler	Exclusive Lilac Shimmer Platinum 6 Die Cut/Emboss Machine Shop at: Spellbinders	Pink Stamp Cleaning Shammy Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Sky Blue Stamp Cleaning Shammy Shop at: Scrapbookcom
Gina K Designs Score Board Shop at: Scrapbookcom	CPD North Pole Patterned Paper Pack Shop at: Catherine Pooler	CPD Lubek Sequin Mix Shop at: Catherine Pooler	CPD Season's Peekings Dies Shop at: Catherine Pooler
CPD Season's Peekings Bundle Shop at: Catherine Pooler	CPD Pistachio Ink Pad Shop at: Catherine Pooler	CPD Sugarplum Ink Pad Shop at: Catherine Pooler	CPD Santa's Crew Stamp Set Shop at: Catherine Pooler
Night Before Christmas "I Want It All" Bundle Shop at: Catherine Pooler	CPD Kings Canyon Sequin Mix Shop at: Catherine Pooler	CPD Frankfurt Sequin Mix Shop at: Catherine Pooler	Wow/CPD Sleigh Embossing Glitter Shop at: Catherine Pooler
CPD Season's Peekings Stamp Set Shop at: Catherine Pooler	Versamark Clear Ink Pad Shop at: Scrapbookcom	CPD Samba Ink Pad Shop at: Catherine Pooler	CPD Mardi Gras Ink Pad Shop at: Catherine Pooler
Sizzix Heat Tool Shop at: Scrapbookcom

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