Beautiful Amaryllis with 3D Embossing Folder Holiday Card

Hello, and happy December!  Today I'm sharing my card featuring Honey Bee Stamps gorgeous Holiday Blooms stamp set and coordinating dies! 

First I stamped the Holiday Blooms images with Copic safe black ink onto 80# Neenah.  I used these Copic markers to do my simple coloring:  B63, R29, R27, R35, Y13, C3, C2, C1, C00, green in flowers: YG13, YG11, G20; leaves: G07, YG17, YG25, YG23.

I have a little tip for the blending of the red colors of the pot.  I use B63 along the edges first.  Then go over that layer with my darkest red marker, R29.  Then I finish up, darker to lighter shades, with R27 and R35.  Using a B marker under the red is an easy way to add a deeper shadow without having to choose one of the super dark red Copic colors.

Next I cut the images out with the coordinating Holiday Blooms dies and added foam dots to the back.

For the background layers, first I found some pretty red cardstock from my stash and cut it to 4-¼" x 5-½".  Then I used ink blending brushes to add Aged Mahogany Distress Ink around the edges.  Then I used a lighter red ink from my stash to add more shading.  I finished up by adding just a bit of Black Soot Distress Ink just around the edges to deepen the shading even more!

Next I embossed the panel with the Kaleidoscope 3D embossing folder.  This is such a beautiful embossing folder!  Then I added white splatters with diluted white paint.  When the splatters were dry, I adhered it to an A2 card base.  

The sentiment is one of several included in the Holiday Blooms stamp set.  After I stamped it with black ink, I cut it out with the coordinating die.

I hope you've enjoyed my card making for today and have been inspired as well.  Thanks so much for stopping by!

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