My Christmas Besties Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! One last Christmas in July card before July is over! I am sharing my Slimline Interactive Christmas Besties Card as my Design Team Card for Conie Fong Art & Design. My card is using Christmas Besties digital stamp which comes with 3 stamps including Snowy the Penguin – Christmas Besties with tree, without tree and without background. I used Snowy the Penguin – Christmas Besties with tree for my card.

Details of My Card

For my card, I coloured Snowy Penguin and his sweet friend with my Copic markers. I knew that I wanted to create a slimline card with the aurora borealis filling the night sky above these cuties. One of these days, I hope to see the aurora borealis in person! It is on my Bucket List of things to do.

For my aurora borealis, I created a mask to go over my colouring using Tombow Liquid Glue. I printed out an extra image on copy paper. Once I fussy cut out the image including the star and the Christmas baubles, I applied Tombow to the back of them and let it dry.

How to Create the Sky

For my colours of the aurora borealis, I used my Blending Brushes and the Stampin’ Up! Inks of Bermuda Bay, Rich Razzleberry and Night of Navy with Crushed Curry for the glow of the star on their tree. While the mask was still in place, I splattered Frost White All-Purpose Ink with my Splatter Brush all over the panel.

Another reason why I went with a slimline card is that I wanted to make it interactive and add lights. The Ez-Lights from Pear Blossom Press come with 3 lights and the mechanism to make them work. I adhered with scotch tape one behind the star and the other two on either side of the sentiment. Then I used a ton of black dimensionals that were doubled high so that they cleared the mechanism.

To finish off my card, my sentiment was die cut from Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer paper along with the die cut star and punched stars. I used Glossy Accents on the Christmas Baubles and Star Dust Stickles on the star, pompoms, and snow.

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Copic Markers:

Snowy: C9/C7/C6/C5 and C3/C00/0/R20
Snowy’s Beak: Y35/Y38
Polar Bear: C3/C00/0/R20
Greens: G21/G94/G99
Reds: R32/R35/R37/R39
White on Quilt: C3/C00/0
Star: Y13/Y35/Y38
Tree Branches: E35/E33/E31
Snow/Pompoms: B0000/B000/Star Dust Stickles

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Card Recipe for My Christmas Besties Card:

Christmas Besties, Conie Fong Art & Design
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper, Stampin’ Up!
EZ-Light, Pear Blossom Press
Large Slimline with Sliders Dies, Lawn Fawn
Sue Wilson Festive Warmest Wishes Craft Die, Creative Expressions
Stitched Stars Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Confetti Stars Border Punch, Stampin’ Up!
Blending Brushes, Stampin’ Up!
Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin’ Pad, Stampin’ Up!
Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin’ Pad, Stampin’ Up!
Night of Navy Classic Stampin’ Pad, Stampin’ Up!
Crushed Curry Classic Stampin’ Pad, Stampin’ Up!
Tim Holtz Distress Splatter Brush, Ranger
Frost White All-Purpose Ink, Stampin’ Up!
White Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura
Black Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura
Star Dust Stickles, Ranger
Glossy Accents, Ranger
Scotch Tape
Copy Paper
Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin’ Up!
Night of Navy Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 3.5” x 8.5”

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Hope you like my Design Team Inspiration Card using
Christmas Besties for Conie Fong Art & Design!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie