I really had fun making my card for the One Layer Christmas Card Challenge using Penny Black stamps & the Mojo Monday sketch. The card is made from watercolor paper since I began with the smooching technique. Distress Inks festive berries & worn lipstick were patted onto the packaging from my Fiskars stamp press & spritzed with water. Then I pressed the card front into the mixture until I was happy with the look. I added some gold splatters & then stamped the poinsettia background in festive berries & overstamped in Delicata Golden Glitz. A Spellbinder circle was used to cut out the corner & then I partially embossed the card front with a Cuttlebug swirls folder & inked the edges. The raised areas were lightly sponged with festive berries. The sentiment was heat embossed & Golden Glitz was sponged with the die in place. Finished off with the little stickers for some bling which is flat for mailing--yah! My watercolor background lets me enter the PPP Watercolor Blog Hop & hopefully my flat bling & gold shimmery ink work for Merry Monday. Very hot here for the first week of June--better go water my potted plants. Hope you're enjoying the weekend.
Absolutely stunning!! This is exceptional Greta, I LOVE IT!!!
ReplyDeletevery pretty!
ReplyDeleteHello Greta,
ReplyDeleteMy favourite colour is passionate Red, so this little beauty appeals to me very much; a beautiful Christmas card.
Smiles:)
Sue
What a clever twist on a one layer card! Looks lovely, Jo x
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card Greta, love the punched out corner. Thanks for sharing at Merry Monday and OLCCC.
ReplyDeleteReally cool card, Greta! Love how you interpreted the sketch. Great design! Thanks for playing along with us over at OLCCC!
ReplyDeleteawesome Greta. The smooched background looks amazing. Love all the looks of texture with your inking and stamping.
ReplyDeleteFabulous!! Love how the pattern peeks through that beautiful wash!
ReplyDeleteThat's a great combination of colors and I love how it came out. The touch of gold always make it look so beautiful.
ReplyDeletestunning and elegant card, greta!!
ReplyDeleteThe smooched bg looks amazing with the splattered gold, Greta! Beautifully done!
ReplyDeleteFabulous technique, and love the sketch you used. Unique and perfect.
ReplyDeleteThis is an AMAZING one layer card, Greta! I love the layers of stamping on the front and the way you've cut out the bottom and the design from the inside showing through! Thanks for sharing this with us at Merry Monday!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful one layer card Greta, Thank you for joining us for Merry Monday.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous background, Greta...so pretty! And, love the peaceful sentiment for your stunning Christmas card!
ReplyDeleteWonderful background, very pretty
ReplyDeleteYour card turned out very pretty with lots of depth and dimension for a single layer card. Love it! Thanks for sharing your card AND the techniques used. Very informative.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card Greta! Love all the red tones you achieved and the circle in the corner for the sentiment is a super clever touch. i love everything about your card. TFS
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely card!
ReplyDeleteLOVE the watercolour effect - such an elegant card!!!! Thanks so much for playing along with us at Merry Monday.
ReplyDeleteDeanne :)
Beautiful Christmas card ♥
ReplyDeleteVery pretty gold on red, love the background you made, too! Thanks for joining us this week at Merry Monday!
ReplyDeleteThis is ONE LAYER and simply STUNNING!! Love EVERYTHING about this amazing card - you have created a stunner here!!! Fun and just so lovely!!! I would like to invite you to come to my blog where I am hosting a giveaway!! daisiesgirl.com
ReplyDeleteAMAZING card my Friend!!
ReplyDeleteI love it!
Thank you~
This is just gorgeous! Love that stunning background you created. Thanks for joining in the fun over at Mojo Monday!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely stunning design! The colors, the background...WOW! Love this! So happy you could join us at the OLCCC with this beauty!
ReplyDeleteLove this and the unusual layout, too!
ReplyDeleteWow, this is absolutely stunning! Love the layout and your background is just fab!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card! Everything about it is simply stunning. I didn't even notice it was one-layer. You prove that one layer doesn't have to be dull!
ReplyDeleteThe tone on tone BG looks beautiful! what a lovely Christmas card :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a cool one layer design and the stamping is so elegant! This is outstanding Greta!
ReplyDeleteLove how rich and layered the poinsettia panel is! Wonderful card!
ReplyDeleteGreta, what a fabulous take on all the challenges.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card!
Stunning card Greta...just love your amazing design and those colors are fabulous. Just so beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThis is absolutely stunning and I think I'll steal your idea for this! :) Very pretty and great job with stamps and inks! Thanks for joining us at OLCC!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely GORGEOUS card, Greta! You did an amazing job with this technique and I love how you placed the sentiment!
ReplyDeleteGASP...You've officially rendered me speechless with this beautiful card! I still struggle with water-colour backgrounds, so seeing yours here - with the lovely images stamped over top - has me in jaw-dropped awe. Love this!
ReplyDeleteHugs~c