Bells for Merry Monday

It's Merry Monday time.

Linda (Lin's Craft Corner) is our hostess this week.

I pulled out my favorite bells from the retired Bell's and Boughs set 

and inked them up with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and stamped 

on a stitched rectangle and on a snippet of Vanilla.

I laid my favorite stencil over the image piece and sponged some 

Antique Linen Distress Ink over it.

After coloring both images with Copics and Blendabilities, 

I fussy cut one of the images out leaving off the bottom bell.  

I laid the partial cutout on the design with foam dots to add dimension.

Then I winked the bells to add some shine.

So I have Stamping, Coloring with Markers, Stenciling, Paper Tole,

Die Cutting, Embossing, and Sparkle.

This is a CAS Mix Up kind of card.

(Our first challenge goes live on March 1)

Here's a closeup so you can see the dimension of the bells.

I hope you'll make a Christmas card with Bells on it

and join us at

Merry Monday.

The rest of the Design Team have some wonderful inspiration for you.

Do check them out.

I used snippets for my stitched design piece and extra bells so I'm off to

Pixie's Snippet Playground

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Bells and Boughs (retired SU), Christmas Sentiments (Kaisercraft)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Chocolate Chip (SU), Antique Linen Distress

Paper:  Very Vanilla, Whisper White (SU)

Other:  Copic Markers, Blendabilities (retired SU), Texture Scraped Paint Stencil (MB), Wink of Stella