Dylusions Christmas Card

Hello, everyone!

Branka here and today is my turn to bring you an Inspirational post.

I would like to show you how to create the Dyan Reaveley's style Christmas card from start to finish.

I used a 4x6 inches manila cardstock, three Dylusions ink sprays in Lemon Zest, Postbox Red and Bubblegum Pink and a spray bottle with water. I sprayed my cardstock with water and then start to spray with my inks creating puddles. Then I sprayed more water on top and let my inks to bleed. 

This is the result of my first layer.

For the second layer, I used my Dylusions mini snowflakes stencil  (Let it Snow) on top of my background and I sprayed it with water. I waited for about 10 seconds to blot it with my kitchen roll.

Since the Dylusions inks are reactive with water, I achieved some nice ghosting effect here.

For the third layer I decided to use my White linen Dylusions ink and my mini snowflakes stencils. 

This is my finished background.

I used one of the border stamps from the Dylusions Around the border set and stamped it several times onto my white cardstock using my Black Archival ink. 

I used my Dylusions paints (in the same colors as my inks I used on the background) and  I also used some of my Amsterdam Specialties acrylic paints (fluo paints) to color my stamped images. I like to use my fingers to apply the paint but you can use a brush if you want.

This is the result of my coloring.

I wanted to add some border on the edges of my card, so I used another border stamp from the same Dylusions stamp set.

I stamped the image only on two sides of my card using the black Archival ink.

I cut out my colored stamped images using my scissors and distressed the edges using the same black Archival ink. I also distressed the edges of my card. Then I started to build my Christmas tree. I wanted to achieve some dimension so I used my double sided foam tape to glued down the images.

To create a star on top of my tree, I used my Dylusions stencils Starry Night to trace the star using my Fude ball pen in black.

I used my Distress Stickles in gold onto my star.

For the Christmas gifts, I used my Tim Holtz mini blue print stamp and colored it with my Dylusions inks and a brush.

I added some white highlights onto my border using my Sharpie white poster pen.

Thdn, I stamped the word JOY using the Dylusions Dy's Alphabet stamp and my black Archival ink.

I outlined the stamped letters with my white pens.

I wanted to create some more dimension so I added the Glossy accents on top of my stamped letters.

This is the finished card.

I decided to use my black cardstock for the card base but you can use any color you want.

You may wonder where is the photo of my finished card. Well, I left my finished card on my working table waiting for some sunny day to take a photo. I have a cat. She liked my card a lot. I guess you know the rest of my 'Oops story'...

If you have a cat/cats, please keep in mind that they love the Dylusions :)

I hope I have inspired you to create your mixed media piece and to join in our 'Christmas Wishes' challenge here at Stamps and Stencils!

Hugs! Branka xx