Christmas Messages with a sparkle!

I so nearly missed the Less is More challenge this week, and it's all about sparkle too! Not have sparkle at this time of year? That would be unthinkable! So here I am bringing up the rear (with a rather subtle shimmer but after all, less is more!)  Come and have a look:

How about this for a card for someone special?! It's made by sponging Blushing Bride ink into a mask cut out with Stampin' Up's large Heart punch then quickly, while the ink is still damp, stamping a flourish image over the sponging with versamark and heat embossing with silver embossing powder. When I removed the mask I had this pretty, sparkly heart with a filagree-style pattern. I used my stamp-a-majig to position the sentiments from Christmas Messages. Aren't these fabulous?!

Here's a close up of the heart to show you how shimmery it is. I added rhinestones and piercing to make the heart look like a hanging Christmas ornament.

Here's what you'll need to make this project

Stamps: Christmas Messages, Creative Elements

Ink: Blushing Bride, Cherry Cobbler

Card stock: Very Vanilla

Other: Large Heart punch, Basic rhinestones, silver embossing powder, versamark, heat tool, Essentials piercing template, mat and tool, stamp-a-majig

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These sentiments do amuse me but they are so true. All I want for Christmas really is my lovely family around me but, with our boiler making strange noises for the last few weeks and the engineers unable to identify why, I'm keeping my fingers crossed for hot water and heating too!

Have a great weekend and enjoy your preparations for Christmas.

Hugs,