Joy of Noel Stamp

 I finally made my first Christmas card of the season!  And of course I had to watercolor it!  I used the Joy of Noel stamp set and made several versions in Real Red and Shaded Spruce.

I started by embossing the main image with gold embossing powder.  Then I messy painted the Shaded spruce over the image, avoiding the red berry areas. 

Once dry I went back in and re-painted the leaves and holly to darken just those areas. I then painted the red berries. 

I embossed the Joyous Sentiment with gold embossing powder as well. 

For this second version I embossed the image and sentiment in black embossing powder.  I colored the image the same way as the Shaded Spruce card. 

For this version I added some die cuts from the Joy Of Noel die set in gold foil and shaded spruce. 

On this version I repeatedly stamped one of the background images on a scrap of watercolor paper and then spritzed it with water to smudge it a bit.  

I have a full length video for these cards on my YouTube channel.

which color do you think looks best?

Product List

Joy Of Noel Bundle (English)

[161967]

$48.50

Joy Of Noel Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[161959]

$24.00

Joy Of Noel Dies

[161965]

$30.00

Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[102482]

$10.00

Shaded Spruce 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146981]

$10.00

Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad

[147084]

$9.00

Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad

[147088]

$9.00

Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper

[149612]

$9.00

Water Painters

[151298]

$13.00

Metallics Embossing Powders

[155555]

$18.00

Basics Embossing Powders

[155554]

$18.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$9.50

Heat Tool (Us And Canada)

[129053]

$31.00

Joy Of Christmas 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[161958]

$12.50

Joyous Noel 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

[147816]

$14.00