Peaceful Night Card

I should call it Peaceful night #1, because I am sure I will try this design again but a little different. The tweaking helped a little but now I think I might need to add more shimmer to the background snowflakes. The cuttlebug tag is quite small so I printed the letters myself. I might make a new tag using my computer to print it and then cut it out with the Cuttlebug.

The Home image is a Cuttlebug "Winter" Jelly 2" Embossing folder and the "Snowflakes" A2 embossing folder was used for the black background. I brayered white craft ink on the black background. After it was dry I used my teardrop Moonlight White to brayer it because it was too opaque. I smudged it a bit on the second Brayering, I guess I tempted fate trying to do it more than once. Using a Brayer worked really well. my problem is I have only have a two " wide brayer and I need to invest in larger one. After cutting a small round tag with my Cuttlebug die my initial thought was to print "Silent Night" on the tag. I decided "Peaceful Night" might be more appropriate, but I settled on "Happy Holidays" becasue I knew I could print it to fit. I used a SU Real Red marker to print the sentiment. I used Whisper White cardstock and a Black from a Michaels package. The red is from a textured cardstock I picked up ages ago. The ribbon is Offray from Wal-mart, I love Red & white gingham on Christmas cards. I used my Cricut to cut the red circle, with my Mini Monograms cartridge, to mat the main image. I used a white gel pen to add fauw stitching. I know this still is not my best work but I can tell you the creative juices are starting to flow and I am looking forward to making more cards. I am also starting to get things caught up so I can have more time to play with my stuff.

Until later ... Happy Stamping!