Merry Christmas

Hi there! It's time for an all new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! Whether it is homemade cards, gift tags, or gift wrap there is a lot of making and giving this time of year! This week's challenge is all about Holiday cards!

I was in the mood for creating a metallic shimmery textured Christmas card:

I'm all about texture and metallics this holiday season! Using Texture Paste along with a Layering stencil makes for a beautiful textured background. Randomly sprayed metallic Distress Spray Stains adds a beautiful shimmery appearance highlighting all the intricate stenciled detail.

I completed the card with a gold embossed Mini Holidays 4 image that really compliments the metallic background:

I was having so much fun that I created a second card featuring the Santa image from Mini Holidays 4:

To create the background, I added lots of texture using Texture Paste along with the Harlequin stencil. For color, I used a various Distress Stain Sprays listed below:

Thanks so much for visiting! I hope you enjoyed my cards today and I hope I have inspired you to give it a try and join along with the Simon Says Stamp Monday Stamp Challenge! Please be sure to visit theSimon Says Stamp Monday Stamp Challenge blog to see what the rest of the DT has created!

Products Used:

Ranger Texture Paste, Tim Holtz Layering stencil Gothic, Distress Spray Stains, Stampendous Gold Encrusted Jewel kit, Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamps Mini Holidays 4, Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink Pad, Simon Says Stamp Kraft Woodgrain Cardstock, Ranger Clear Emboss It Dabber, Tim Holtz Sizzix Die Mini Cabinet Card Movers and Shakers Alterations, Tim Holtz Idea-ology Gumdrops Ornamental Embellishment, Dina Wakley Ranger Gesso Medium, Tim Holtz Core'dinations Kraft Core Cardstock, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Weathered Wood Ranger, Tim Holtz Ideaology Crinkle Ribbon, Tim Holtz Idea-ology Paper String Solids, Tim Holtz Layering Stencil Harlequin, Tim Holtz Distress Stain Spray Ranger Pine Needles, Tim Holtz Distress Stain Spray Ranger Evergreen Bough, Tim Holtz Distress Stain Spray Ranger Stormy Sky, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Worn Lipstick, Tim Holtz Sizzix Holiday Words: Script Thinlits Dies, Tim Holtz Idea-olgy Paper Stash French Industrial