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				<description><![CDATA[<p>Hello crafty friends, today wanna share another Christmas card with you at Joy Clair blog. I am using the one of the new release stamps, Merry Christmoose Clear Stamp. This stamp set is super adorable! I created the background with my Tombow Dual Brush pens. I scribbles the red, yellow and blue on a piece of [&#8230;]</p>
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					<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello crafty friends, today wanna share another Christmas card with you at <a href="http://joyclair.typepad.com"><strong>Joy Clair blog</strong></a>. I am using the one of the new release stamps, <a href="https://www.joyclair.com/collections/new-arrivals/products/merry-christmoose-clear-stamps"><strong>Merry Christmoose Clear Stamp</strong></a>. This stamp set is super adorable!</p>
<p><a class="asset-img-link" style="display: inline;" href="https://www.joyclair.com/collections/new-arrivals/products/merry-christmoose-clear-stamps"><img decoding="async" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a01bb085e6267970d01b8d230772a970c img-responsive" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="6a01bb085e6267970d01bb09427d0e970d-500wi" src="http://joyclair.typepad.com/.a/6a01bb085e6267970d01b8d230772a970c-500wi" alt="6a01bb085e6267970d01bb09427d0e970d-500wi" /></a></p>
<p>I created the background with my Tombow Dual Brush pens. I scribbles the red, yellow and blue on a piece of clear acetate and sprayed with some water. Then I dipped my watercolor paper in it. Gently I moved my fingers on it to make sure the surface of the card would be covered evenly with the colors.</p>
<p><a class="asset-img-link" style="display: inline;" href="http://helengullett.com/?p=10405"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a01bb085e6267970d01b8d2307500970c img-responsive aligncenter" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="30441972826_d7323799d6_z" src="http://joyclair.typepad.com/.a/6a01bb085e6267970d01b8d2307500970c-500wi" alt="Watercolored Happy Holiday with Joy Clair Stamps &amp; Tombow Dual Brush Pens" width="500" height="500" /></a></p>
<p>Then I lifted up from the plastic acetate, and I used paper towel to remove some of the colors on the edges. I dried it with my craft heater because I did not want to wait <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f600.png" alt="😀" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> But also drying with craft heater will make sure that my watercolored panel is dry well before stamping.</p>
<p>Next step is I stamped the tress on the panel, one is bit lower and other bit higher becuase I wanted to add some snowy hills on the card. I stamped the images with Versafine Ink Pad with MISTI couple times to give extra bold and dark for the silhouette effect. I stamped the sentiment also with the same ink and did it couple times. And then I heat set the stamped image again with my craft heater.</p>
<p>I added some snow on the trees with Uniball Signo White Gel Pen. Randomly I added some snow on the branches, imaging the snow will fall and sit on the branches. Then I decided to add some extra snow on the background with some white paint splatters using toothbrush and big round paint brush for bigger drops.</p>
<p><a class="asset-img-link" style="display: inline;" href="http://helengullett.com"><img decoding="async" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a01bb085e6267970d01b8d2307516970c img-responsive aligncenter" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="29846674763_279f20ce23_z" src="http://joyclair.typepad.com/.a/6a01bb085e6267970d01b8d2307516970c-500wi" alt="Watercolored Happy Holiday with Joy Clair Stamps &amp; Tombow Dual Brush Pens" width="500" height="500" /></a></p>
<p>For the snowy hills, I cut out white cardstock shape like small hills and then using a make up sponge, I added some Broken China Distress Ink on them. Lighter on the middle and darker on the edges. Then I added them on the card with 3d foam tape.</p>
<p>My card is done <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f642.png" alt="🙂" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> I hope this will inspire you to create more Holiday handmade cards to share the joy with your friends and family.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t forget you still have time to play along with <a href="http://joyclair.typepad.com/blog/2016/10/october-challenge.html"><strong>Joy Clair &#8211; October Challenge</strong></a> to win a $25 gift card to the store!</p>
<p>THANK YOU for visiting today and have a fabulous day!</p>
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