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Lilac Dreams

Lilac Dreams

Brenda Harvey shows us how to produce a truly festive set of modern cards

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Stamps: pear tree, large (CI268); three kings, village silhouette, stars (CI270); door (CI249); trees (CI167)
Card: plain, white, purple, jade green; mirror card; scrap, lime green
Embossing powder, clear, gold
Ink-pad, pigment, black
Heat gun
Ribbon, narrow, satin, jade, lime
Pens: turquoise, purple, Marvy Markers; Emboss Dual
Pencil, brown
Adhesives: foam pads, 3-D; glue
Punch, heart-shaped, small
Scissors, deckle-edged

Send Christmas greetings to family and friends featuring these lovely stamped images. We have chosen a stunning combination of purple and jade green, printing the main images in black and heat-embossing with clear powder for a crisp, clean feel.

Opening Doors

1. Prepare white card, 21cm square, and fold in half lengthways. Layer a smaller piece of purple on top. Stamp door image onto white card and heat-emboss with clear powder. Cut it completely out, then trim along the top, bottom and middle lines of the door. Carefully score the sides, so it will open outwards.

2. Ink up one of the tree stamps with a turquoise Marvy Marker pen and print onto white card, 7cm square. Stamp a star onto white and heat emboss with gold powder. Cut it out and attach at the top of the tree with a tiny foam pad.

3. Cut an aperture, 6cm x 8.5cm, from gold mirror card, 8cm x 10.5cm. Layer the tree, doors and frame together with 3-D foam pads and position in place. Use a home computer to print the phrase 'Merry Christmas' repeatedly onto white paper in jade green. Tear the edges and glue onto a strip of gold mirror card, 2.5cm wide.

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Top Tips

Use an Emboss Dual Pen if you want to colour in any shapes on a stamped image; it will act like pigment ink, allowing you to add embossing powder and heat to melt