Jingle Bell

Here’s my card for this week’s TCP Tuesday color challenge. I love this color combination—aqua, ice blue, and lavender—for winter cards! I used one of the new releases, Jingle Bells, and Mercy’s Tuesday sketch challenge for this sweet card.

I colored the image with Copic markers using shades of lavender and blue for the clothes. The cuffs and bottom of her top (dress?) are fluffed up with a little white flock. I used the out of the box technique on the image panel, carefully cutting so her scarf extends beyond the edge of the white panel. I added a small gold bell brad in her hand as an accent and stamped the “jingle all the way” sentiment alongside the image.

I used a snowflake patterned paper from Echo Park to cover most of the cardfront. The smaller, lavender paper panel is from a Papertrey Ink paper collection. A strip of aqua ribbon runs across the card, but is mostly hidden by the image panel. I added a white strip cut with the new Icing die across the ribbon, but again, it’s mostly hidden. A layered button embellishment, tied up with some pretty lavender baker’s twine was the finishing touch.

Materials Used:
Jingle Bells stamp set, Icing die (The Cat’s Pajamas); white cardstock (Couture Cardstock); Tuxedo Black ink (Memento); markers (Copic); Aqua Mist cardstock, Pretty Pastels patterned paper, Aqua Mist grosgrain ribbon (Papertrey Ink); Lovely Lavender cardstock (Gina K Designs); white flock (Stampendous); bell brad (The Paper Source); buttons (Clear and Simple Stamps); baker’s twine (Timeless Twine)