Distress, Mask, and Resist Tutorials + FREE template

Hi everyone,

Are you all making Christmas cards yet? I started in July and will keep going all the way to the end of November. For the card I'm posting today I used dry embossing, masking, distressing, and resist techniques. Here it is.

SUPPLIES NEEDED

1. A 5.5"x 8.5" (card base), and a 4.25"x 5.5" (card front) pieces of white cardstock

2. Darice® 4.25 x 5.75 Embossing Folder: Side Design, Snowflakes and Scroll

3. Old-Fashioned Christmas Clear Stamp Set by Sweet N Sassy stamps

4. A 2" and a 1/3"circle punches or dies

5. O Holy Night Clear Stamp Set by Sweet N Sassy stamps

6. Distress Resist Spray

7.  Jewels Adhesive Rhinestones

8. Ranger Ink - Distress Ink Pad - dark blue

9. Silver cord

10. Silver cardstock for "ornament top" (Template below)

11. Sticky Thumb - Hot Glue Gun

12. Nuvo - Pure Sheen Glitter - Let it Snow 
13. Piece of acetate or transparency
14. Cutting/embossing machine
15. Double sided adhesive 4"x 5.25" piece of craft foam about 1/8in thick
16. Double side adhesive sheets
17. Xyron Creative Lite

STEPS TUTORIAL (pictures below)

1. Emboss and punch card front 

2. Stamp sentiment 

3. Using card front as a template and a pencil, draw a circle on card base where the "ornament" will be 

4. Cut a piece of cardstock to use as a template for snow banks. Sponge distress ink. Click here for video

5. Turn template around and sponge distress ink again. Click here for video

6. Secure 1st template in place, and  1/3" punched circle where the "moon" will be. Stamp first tree.

7. Lightely spray resist ink once where the sky will be

8. Secure template back in place (position in step #5) and sponge distress ink making sure the color is light close around the moon and darker away from it. Remove moon template and stamp second tree.

9. Adhere acetate (or transparency) in the back of whole on card front

10. Using double sided adhesive sheets, pass your craft foam through a Xyron Lite to make the foam sticky on both sides (or use glue on the one side the adhesive foam is not sticky). Punch a @"circle on it at the same spot where whole is on card front.

11. See picture below

12. Pour about 1tsp of glitter on the image on card base. 

13. Peel adhesive from craft foam and adhere it to the back of card front. Then peel the other side of adhesive and adhere card front on card base. 

14. Use template provided to draw top of "ornament" on silver cardstock. Cut the top, and glue it to the top of "ornament". Then, using hot glue, adhere a piece of silver cord between embossed swirl and "ornament." Make a little bow out of silver cord, and glue it to top of "ornament" at the end of piece of silver cord.
15. Embellish with rhinestones

The video shows these techniques (except for the resist) used on another card (picture below), but the techniques are exactly the same as the ones used for the card on post opening. 

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