To Friends Near and Far - Leaves of Holly - a catalogue case

 Sometimes by casing a card from the catalogue it gets your creative juices flowing. Not that I needed it - its just I am a bit overwhelmed getting ready for the Hand of Man craft show the end of the month. 

The card I cased is on Page 24 of the Holiday catalogue.

Here are a few techniques I used on this card:

1. To create the background of the Basic White art piece, a Holly leaf was die cut in Sahara Sand card stock and this was used as a stencil applying Sahara sand ink with a blender brush randomly over the surface. 

2. The Textural element was embossed with gold embossing powder.  The element was laid directly onto a Versa Mark ink pad, gold embossing powder applied and heat set.

3.  Ribbon  treatment: The edge of the 1/2" Natural Woven Ribbon was trimmed off causing the edges to fray.  The unfrayed edge was coloured with a dark Old Olive stampin' blend.

4.  The Holly leaves and the Holly berry consist of 2 layers - a lighter base and a darker one with more definitive features on top.

5.  The Iridescent foil snowflakes are a carry over from last year, and are applied using tombo glue and a sponge.

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Leaves of Holly, Christmas to Remember

Inks:  Sahara Sand, Versa Mark, Stampin' Blend (Old Olive Dark)

Papers: 

• Cherry Cobbler (card base) 4 1/4 by 5 1/2"
• Boughs of Holly DSP 4 1/4 by 5 1/2" - adhere to card front
• Basic White card stock  4 1/2 by 3" - art piece
• Sahara Sand - die cut one Holly Leaf
• Old Olive - die cut base of Holly leaf
• Mossy Meadow - die cut more detailed Holly leaf 
• Real Red - die cut berry
• Cherry Cobbler - die cut more detailed die
• Crumb Cake - scrap - to emboss sentiment

Accessories:

• Gold embossing powder
• 1/2" Natural Woven Ribbon
• Holly Berry dies
• Textural elements
• Wonderful Snowflakes
• Red Toile tidings glitter enamel dots (retired)