Heather... from Scratch: Sparkley Christmas ATC Tutorial

Today I am sharing the ATC cards I made for the November Swap at Your Paper Pantry, Enjoy!

Step 1) I cut my patterned paper down to size (3.5"x2.5") This is from a DCVW stack from 2 xmases ago.

Step 2) I inked over the whole paper piece with Festive Berries Distress Ink from the Winter 2011 Limited Release. The polka dots on this paper have a glitter coating that worked as a great resist.

Step 3) I misted the whole piece with Pearl Glimmer Mist.

Step 4) I inked some small pieces of white card stock with Forest Moss Distress Ink. I did this before cutting my shape b.c of how delicate the die cut is.

Step 5) Here you can see the die cut. I used Sizzix sizzlets Christmas Tree #5. After they were cut, I misted them with Evergreen Chalkboard Glimmer Mist.

Step 6) I covered the little star on top with Silver Stickles.

Step 7) I adhered my paper to light weight chipboard bases for stability. Then I used my 1/4" corner chomper on all four corners.

Step 8) Seems I missed taking a few photos, oops! I cut white card stock using Spellbinders Labels 18. Then I used a Silver Ranger Dabber to paint the whole shape with two coats.
Step 9) I used Staz-On in Jet Black to stamp a sentiment from Inkadinkado's Warm Holiday Wishes.

Step 10) Here are all the pieces so far adhered together.

Step 11) The corner needed a little something, so I stamped these holly leaves on white card stock in Memento Tuxedo Black. The stamp is from a $ bin set at Michaels. I colored the leaves with Copic BG78 and the berries with R27.

Step 12) I stamped Perfect Medium all over the entire piece of paper and dusted on Perfect Pearls in Pearl. Don't forget to set them with water like I almost did :)

Step 13) I cut out each little leaf set and adhered it with dimensional adhesives to the corner. Tip: I like to run the marker I used around the shape after cutting out to sharpen the edges.