Watercolor Winter With Inked Impressions

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Inspired by Dawn Olchefske at DO Stamping & Sandi MacIver at Stamping With Sandi.

Today's two cool cards have so many pretty features! There's a lovely tinted texture background, colorful two-step stamping, and delightful details!

Let's start with the background—my favorite! I inked the inside of the Lacy Brocade Impressions Folder with Soft Suede ink before running the Crumb Cake card stock through the Big Shot for that beautiful texture.

It's essentially the same technique that I showed a few days ago—Texture Stamping—except I went one step further and texture embossed it. The above photo shows the results from inking the "logo" side, or de-bossed side, of the folder. You'll get a completely different look if you ink the opposite side of the folder before embossing. It reminds me of my Vintage Wallpaper Inked Impressions cards where I used the same technique with White Craft Ink.

I also love the layering on the stamped embellishment. I started with Early Espresso and Very Vanilla Window Frame Framelit die-cuts. I used the Festive Paper-Piercing pack to add piercing details on the Espresso layer. I stamped a More Merry Messages holiday phrase in Crumb Cake, stamped off once, as the first layer. Then, I stamped the holly line image in Soft Suede, and two-step bold stamped in Cherry Cobbler and Always Artichoke (added with markers).

The Ornament Keepsakes ornament is stamped in Always Artichoke and die-cut with the Holiday Ornament Framelits. The center is another ornament, stamped in Cherry Cobbler, then punched with the 3/4" Circle Punch. It's trimmed with a Linen Thread bow and hangs from the holly with a Silver Stampin' Dazzle Marker hand-drawn line.