Christmas Wishes in Purple!

I have a holiday card to share!  It's never too early to start making Christmas cards!  I'm always happy to find some in my stash come December!

I created this card with stamps from Artistic Outpost's Frosty and Friends!  Love the retro images!!!

I challenged myself to work with purple on this card. Not one of my "go-to" colors! 

I started by stamping this cute little girl with Versafine Onyx Black ink.  I watercolored her using Distress Stains as my color palette.  I dabbed some stain on my craft sheet and picked up the color with a waterbrush.  I like the soft colors.
I cut her out and layered her onto a cream blossom cut with Spellbinders Blossom Tags and Accents and a picot edge circle cut with Spellbinders Picot Edge Circles #4.  I  used Distress Antique Linen Stain over the picot edge circle.  It also has snowflakes stamped on it and embossed with Winter White EP. 
On my card front is a mat cut with Spellbinders Labels Twenty-Three  (love this shape!) cut from Cosmo Cricket paper.  I added Eggplant Distress Stain over it. Then I stamped and heat embossed snowflakes with Winter White EP.  That's layered onto a purple mat and then onto a cream card front.
I added lace and seam binding across the bottom. The seam binding was colored with Eggplant Distress Stain.  I tied a bow with the ribbon and then added another bow above it.

"Christmas Wishes" is stamped with Ranger Eggplant ink and clear heat embossed.  I added some Distress Antique Linen ink over it.  I cut a narrow strip with notched ends.  It's fastened to the card with a pearl head stick pin.  I tucked in 3 little holly accents.  These were cut with Spellbinders Holly Accents.  I cut apart the border to use just the holly piece.  I water colored them using dye ink for color.  The berries are dots of Viva Red Paint Pen with Winter White EP over the top.  I actually sprinkled it on while the paint was still wet and heated it.  The paint held it's shape!  The berries look frosted!




Supplies:
Artistic Outpost Frosty & Friends, Sleigh Ride
Spellbinders S5-056 Holly Accents
                        S4-345 Picot Edge Circles
                        S5-072 Blossom Tags and Accents
                        LF-347 Grand Labels Twenty-Three
Ranger Distress Stains: Eggplant, Antique Linen, Peeled Paint,
                                           Wild Honey, Spun Sugar,
Ranger Eggplant ink
Cosmo Cricket Mitten Weather Flurries
Sparkle & Sprinkle Winter White EP
Viva Paint Pen - Red
Bazzill purple
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L - 3D Foam Squares
Seam binding
Lace
Pearl head pin