A Merry Sketch

I've had this idea in my head all week for the challenge 

at Merry Monday and yesterday when I saw Sketch Saturday had 

a sketch that matched it perfectly I knew I had to find the time

to make my card. I got up early today and went straight to 

my craft room as there's only a few hours left on the

Merry Monday challenge.

If you look close at the background I used the woodgrain

embossing folder and then added embossing paste using the 

Falling Snow stencil from Simon Says Stamps. I LOVE that stencil!!

I wanted to keep this card mostly white with a little color but

use texture to add detail. I love using burlap at Christmas in

my decorations so I thought it would be perfect for adding

some more texture to the card. 

The bird actually stamps in the other direction so I used a 

technique called mirror stamping (I think) to reverse the image.

I stamped the bird onto the back of a solid, plain stamp and then

used that stamp to stamp on the paper. I hope that makes sense.

Give it a try, it's an easy technique to do.

supplies:

all from Stampin' Up! unless noted

card stock: whisper white, early espresso

stamp sets: Forever Young, White Christmas, Christmas Carols (CAS_ual Fridays)

ink: early espresso, cherry cobbler

big shot: woodgrain EF

Falling Snow stencil (Simon Says Stamps)

embossing paste (Dreamweaver)

burlap ribbon

Happy Stampin'

and thanks so much for visiting!