Deck the halls

A second card for the February Christmas Kickstart challenge where we've been invited to a sing-a-long! I'm combining with Retro Rubber this time who are back after a break while they changed platform. Use stamps older than a year and you can play along, too!

This turned out a bit rustic, a bit vintage but quite festive, I think. Retro Rubber has a tic tac toe challenge at the moment — I chose the middle line of kraft, free choice (I went with fussy cutting), embossing. I think my song for Christmas Kickstart is reasonably obvious!

After fussy cutting the stamped holly, I decided the card needed something a bit extra. Although it's at a different scale I thought the die cut holly sprig worked OK and it had the advantage that the leaves were small enough I could overlap the sprig onto the sentiment panel without obscuring any of the pretty lettering. I hand drew the veins so it was closer to the style of the stamped holly.

I've given the lettering a tiny bit of sparkle by using a Spica glitter pen to trace over the edges of the stamping.

Distress ink in Antique Linen always goes well with kraft and it just softens the edges of the white sentiment panel a bit. 

Stamps:
Noel (Waltzingmouse Stamps, no longer with us —  I've had the set at least a decade)
Holly (magazine freebie stamp, I've had it at least five years)

Paper:
Kraft
Bristol board
Black

Ink:
Memento Luxe (Love Letter)
Tim Holtz Distress ink by Ranger (Antique Linen)
Brilliance by Tsukineko (Pearlescent Chocolate)

Other:
Moonlit berries embossing folder (Couture Creations)
Square Nestabilities by Spellbinder
Copic markers
Red Spica glitter pen
Christmas roses dies (Sue Wilson/Creative Expressions) 

 Thanks for Stopping by!