Christmas in July (Gina K)

OK, so I got on the Christmas in July bandwagon this year, partly because I got this wonderful stamp set last year, but too late to use for Christmas cards.  Its from Gina K Designs and is called Sparkle and Shine.  

Here are three of the cards I made using it:

To make the cards I used:

• Versamark
• Gina K - Sparkle and Shine
• Stampendous - Detail Gold Embossing Power (Red and Green cards)
• Stampendous - Detail White Embossing Powder (Blue card)
• Gansai Tambi - #903 Yellow Gold (Red and Green cards)
• Gansai Tambi - #906 White Gold (Blue card)
• Gina K - Red Velvet, Edible Eggplant (Red Card), Grass Green, Christmas Pine (Green Card)
• Gina K - Master Layouts 1
• Gold and Silver metallic paper

To make the cards, I stamped the main image in Versamark, added embossing powder and heat set.  The sentiments were stamped in Versamark, embossing powder added and heat set. For the Red and Green cards, darker color was brushed around the image, and then an even darker color was added at the edges. Watercolor splatters were then added.  These panels, and associated mats were cut with Master Layouts 1 dies.  The panels were attached to the mats and then to the card base to complete the cards.