Happy Saturday!
Today is Day 3 of my 2025 Christmas card creations. Last Saturday I had a card that used the In Love Arts Joy Nativity die and todays card uses it too. The multilayered stenciled springs of holly background is what I'm going to talk about today. This stencil set was a Spellbinders Stencil of the Month "Sprigs and Bow" in July 2024.
Spellbinders usually makes their monthly subscription items available to everyone after a few months. This set, unfortunately was on clearance in June when I bought it, so it isn't available anymore. It came with 5 layering stencils and 1 mask for the bow. I used the 3 stencils to create the sprigs and holly for this card.
I started with a 4.25 x 5.5" white cardstock panel. The 1st stencil makes the lighter green leaves, the ink I used was PTI Prairie Grass. The 2nd stencil adds the stems, I used a darker green, PTI Ripe Avocado. The 3rd stencil adds the holly berries, I used PTI Pure Poppy. The ink was applied with a large blending brush. I only used 2 blending brushes, one for the greens and another for the red ink.
The base cardstock is PTI Ripe Avocado. I cut the stenciled panel down to 4" wide and adhered it to the base card on the right side. I added the Joy Nativity panel just like last weeks card, with pop dots. Then added a few red gems to finish the card.
Thanks for stopping by...
Tomorrow, I show a card made with the springs and bow.
Blessings,
Deb