ATSM #452 - Christmas

It's Christmas time at the Addicted to Stamps & More Challenge this fortnight. Like I need a reason to make a holiday card but any nudging helps!

My card changed a LOT from how it started in my head.  I sponged the base with Distress Oxide Salvaged Patina and Mowed Lawn over a letterpressed snowflake design but it just didn't work for me so I added a layer of Tim Holtz Idea-ology Christmas Collage Paper on top, securing it only on the back for an additional translucent effect.  

Of course, I ripped it accidentally while sponging a little Distress Oxide Vintage Photo on it (the tissue was a little damp) so I tore a few extra spots to make it seem intentional.

The Honey Bee diecuts are sponged with Distress Oxides except for the greenery which I used DO spray to color up quickly.  Everything got a spattering of water and Copic Opaque White.

I added some WOW! White Puff Twinkle embossing powder as well as glitter pen on the roof, soffit and branch.  I cut the Avery Elle Happy Tags Joy out of Doodlebug Lily White glitter cardstock which I popped on top of the heart which I colored with Copics (BG11, BG34). So pretty!

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• Honey Bee Stamps Bird House A2 Card Base (SBC | HB | ACOT | SBP)
• Honey Bee Lovely Layers: Winter Birds (SBC | HB | SBP)
• Honey Bee Lovely Layers: Winter Greenery (SBC | HB | SBP)
• Avery Elle Happy Tags Holiday (SBC | SBP)
• Ranger Distress Oxide: Salvaged Patina, Rustic Wilderness, Vintage Photo, Lumberjack Plaid, Black Soot, Lost Shadow (SBC | ACOT | SBP | Ranger) 
• Ranger Mowed Lawn and Twisted Citron Distress Oxide Spray (SBC | ACOT | Ranger)
• Copic BG11, BG34 (ACOT | Blick | SBP)
• Lawn Fawn Glitter Pen
• Lawn Fawn Embossing Ink Pen (SBP)
• Copic Opaque White (ACOT | Blick)
• Wow! White Puff Twinkle Embossing Powder
• Doodlebug Design Lily White Sugar-Coated Cardstock (SBC)
• Sizzix Big Shot Machine (SBC | ACOT | Sizzix)
• Sizzix Big Shot Switch Plus Machine (SBC | ACOT)