Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Christmas, with video

 I am happy to be back as a December guestdesigner for Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenges.
This week we're all about Christmas and showcasing Creative Expressions.
As always you could win a $50 giftcard to the wonderful Simon Says Stamp shop.

I've used a cling stamp and a sentiment die and have linked everything down below.

For my card I wanted to use Talens Ecoline, but after coloring the two bells, my battery died, so whilst that was charging I went to the SSS webshop to link everything and found they no longer carry them, so I switched to Distress Spray Stains and they work the same.

I stamped the festive bells onto cold pressed watercolor paper with Versamark ink and heat embossed  with the Wow black twinkle powder. Not so much to contain the coloring, but to tie in the design and as it's Christmas a bit of glitter never goes wasted.
To make my own glitter paper, I covered a piece of card with Versamark ink and sprinkled on the powder, then heat set it.

For added shimmer , I've used gold Shimmer Spritz to all my colors, this will change the drying quality of the inks, so be careful. I like how the foliage and the blue mixed a little, it gives a softer effect of more greenery in the background, but it's personal.

I cut the circle out with a die, and I happened to have one that exactly fitted around the outer edge, I could feel it popping into place. Where needed I've  touched up the sides. Mounted the  panel with foamtape.

In my video last week I've shown you this blue panel as well, I sprinkled it with silver and white Acrylic paints, and as I had two, I've used the second one as my backdrop.
Wrapped around a silver ribbon and attached it to the cardbase.

For the sentiment , I added some double sided adhesive on the back of the card, making it easier to put it on the cardbase. I didn't plan on using th eblue blackdrop, so it might have been a bit too dark, this black twinkle, but I  highlighted the words with a white Sharpie.

Creative expressions stamp festive bells: https://www.simonsaysstamp.com/product/Creative-Expressions-CAROLS-FESTIVE-BELLS-Sue-Wilson-Cling-Stamp-ums848-ums848ce?currency=USD

Die Jingle bells https://www.simonsaysstamp.com/product/Creative-Expressions-JINGLE-BELLS-Sue-Wilson-Festive-Mini-Expressions-Die-cedme021-cedme021?currency=USD

Wow embossing powder: black  twinkle https://www.simonsaysstamp.com/product?id=128416&currency=USD

Ecoline: no longer available at SSS, but Distress spray stains will work almost the same

https://www.simonsaysstamp.com/search?currency=USD&q=Distress+Spray+Stains

https://www.simonsaysstamp.com/product/Cosmic-Shimmer-BLACK-MIRAGE-Brilliant-Sparkle-Embossing-Powder-2193-2193ce?currency=USD

Cold pressed watercolor paper: https://www.simonsaysstamp.com/product/Canson-XL-WATERCOLOR-PAPER-9x12-Pad-726259-726259C?currency=USD

Shimme rSPritz gold: https://www.simonsaysstamp.com/product/Tsukineko-GOLD-Sheer-Shimmer-Spritz-Large-2oz-IALAR001-IALAR001T?currency=USD

Foam tape: https://www.simonsaysstamp.com/product/Simon-Says-Stamp-BIG-MOMMA-FOAM-TAPE-ROLL-Foam72-Foam72?currency=USD

Versamark ink: https://www.simonsaysstamp.com/product/Versamark-WATERMARK-Rubber-Stamp-Emboss-Chalk-Resist-INK-PAD-VM-001-10213?currency=USD