Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Thanksgiving and Christmas

I was intrigued by Brenda's recent card using a real leaf as a "stamp."  Plenty of leaves laying on the ground, so I picked up a few and gave it a try.  My first attempt went in the trash--used way too much water.  I tried again with a smaller leaf and Distress Oxides spiced marmalade and crackling campfire on a cream panel.  
The very old PTI trees were stamped in Versafine Clair Pinecone--a very dark brown.  Added some small splatters and used gold metallic cardstock for the mat.  The sentiment is from SSS Full of Thanks.  I covered the card front with slightly lighter brown textured cardstock.  I'm entering Color Hues and WAW.
I love layering stencils and really had fun using the Miss Ink cups set.  Decided to make a red, teal and silver Christmas card.  
The inks are CN9 Poppy, Oceanside and Delicata Silvery Shimmer.  The little snowflakes and berries are Uniko.  The Precious Remembrance Shop sentiment was embossed with Sparkle powder and I added Stickles to the snowflake centers.  I'll put a Christmas sentiment on the inside.  I'm entering Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.
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2 comments:

  1. Gorgeous cards Greta. That idea of using a leaf is awesome. And how cute is your Christmas card. Love the teal and red together

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  2. That worked really well as the backdrop to your Trees making a lovely Autumnal (Fall) card. I went collecting again yesterday, saw these tiny little Sycamore leaves i a supermarket car park, they worked nicely on the Gelli Plate. In hindsight anyone watching me probably thought I had totally lost the plot (could be right!).

    B x

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