BELIEVE in the magic of Christmas with a country village in a starlight ombré background

First, to create the background, I blended the distress oxide ink onto the card, spritzed some water on the card, and then padded it dry with a paper tower to create a "water marks" effect.

For the sentiment, I stamped the "believe" using distress oxide ink in Wilted Violet and then went over the letters with the Versamark watermark ink, to make it sticky. After that, I heat embossed the text with clear embossing powder.

After I heat embossed the word " believe," I die cut it out, along with the house and wreath below.

I decided to add some more stars in the sky. Unfortunately, while I was gluing the wreath and the star, I noticed that the glue stained the background.

 Because of the staining issue, I changed the adhesive to Sticky peck instead of glue.

To make the house more interesting and more detailed, I added some pieces of die cut for some additional dimension.

This is the final look of the card. I really like how the color of the word "Believe" matches the background. As well as the look of the house with the star wreath.

Supplies:
Poppystamps County Houses craft die
Simon Says Stamp Believe clear stamp set
Simon Says Stamp Believe craft die
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