Not sure my shades of pink & green are close enough to count, but I'm entering the challenge at Dynamic Duos. I love this color combo, but not sure I've ever used it on a Christmas card. I made the background panel by covering watercolor paper with Gesso before blending 2 green & 2 pink Gelatos. The Penny Black holly from christmas wishes, 30-196, is black embossed & I added Stickles & some pink dot stickers. The sentiment (isn't that font gorgeous?!) is from Penny Black's yuletide greetings, 30-192.
I'm so glad I finally realized you can dry emboss over a sentiment without hurting it.
Although this is a very non-traditional look, I actually like it for a change. What do you think? Since I made the background using a scrap of watercolor paper, I'm also entering the challenges at Pixies Snippets Playground & SSS Wednesday. Edited to add: Also entering Penny Black Saturday Challenge.
Edited to Add: Also entering Paper Crafts December Gallery Challenge.
Timely challenge at Impression Obsession as we have a Winter Wonderland at the moment. We
only got about 3 inches of snow but the temps have been in the single digits and teens so nothing has melted. It's beautiful, especially at night with Christmas lights on the houses in our neighborhood. Put me in the mood for my challenge card which is made with Impression Obsession stamps Crochet Snowflake 2, E13064 and Merry, Bright & Cozy, D8307. Can't tell from the picture, but the snowflakes are embossed with a sparkly powder. Nice & flat, so perfect for mailing. Thanks so much for taking time to stop by.
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Fun to try something new, so decided to make a card inspired by Danielle's video for PTI MIM. I followed her format & used papers from MME which worked for a whimsical design. I embossed an image from PTI Peaceful Poinsettia in white on my MFT vellum tag. PTI Snowflake Flurries dies & stamps were used for the circles & sentiment. My element peaking out from behind the tag was made with berries from Peaceful Poinsettia. I added a double twine bow to the side & a red Rain Dot. Cheerful & fairly flat, so this one is going in the mail.
Since I used scraps except for the card itself, I'm also entering Pixies Snippets Playground. Glad you took time to come by. I'd love to hear your comments.
If you've just come from Barb Murphy's blog you're on track for the DeNami Blog Hop & full of ideas from that talented gal! I have quite a few DeNami Christmas stamps as they were one of the companies carried by my LSS when I began stamping nearly 15 years ago & I fell in love with them. However, I didn't use any of those stamps today as I had the idea in my head of making a Christmas card using the DeNami Flower Box Window.
I filled the flower box with red felt MFT roses & made the swag with the DeNami Small Pine Sprig, using first & second generation stamping. The dry embossed card front is sprayed with Glimmer Mist & I used a Sakura Clear Star pen on the pine branches.
The close up shows my "Razzle Dazzle"--hope you like it. Enough from me as next up is the super talented DT member, Lisa P! All the hop details & full line-up can be found on the DeNami Blog. Thank you so much for stopping by--always makes my day to read your comments. I'll catch up with all of you when I get home from work. 6 degrees right now--coldest I can ever remember!
I have more Christmas cards to make, but took a break to make my ODBD Shining The Light challenge entry using dry & wet embossing. Love the Tim Holtz evergreen trees folder & it looks great used on this pretty green shimmer paper. Isn't it the perfect background for the wonderful Robert Frost quote? The stamp set is Quote Collection 1 by ODBD. I used an old Satin Bronze embossing powder I haven't used in ages.
You may have heard about the wintery weather in much of the United States. We woke up to snow Friday morning--the light, powdery kind. We don't even get snow every winter & when we do it's usually dense & wet, so this is very unusual. 3-4 inches is nothing to many of you, but around here it's a big deal. Here's a picture I snapped at a golf course 1/2 mile from our house. Hope you're warm & enjoying the weekend. Thanks for your visit.
Edited to Add: Also entering CAS-ual Fridays challenge. I wasn't sure this would qualify as CAS, but doesn't hurt to enter--thanks for the suggestion, Carol.
I was inspired by Darnell's cards using wide printed ribbon such as HERE & HERE. Finally yesterday I actually hunted down my bag of similar ribbons I bought over 10 years ago. I did use them on cards at the time, but none since then. I need some flat cards to mail overseas & wanted to enter the current challenges at Flourishes, Freshly Made Sketches, Pixie's Crafty Workshop & Curtain Call. This is one of my favorite Flourishes stamps & I colored it with 2 shades of green & red Distress Markers, added Stickles, gold dot stickers & a row of hand stitching. Thank you, Darnell, for giving me the inspiration I needed & thanks to all of you for your continued encouragement I so appreciate!
My new flannel sheets & kitchen towels are shades of blue & gray. They inspired my card for the Dynamic Duos and ODBD challenges. My stamps are by ODBD: Vintage Border Background & Little Things. A friend is facing surgery & I thought this might make her smile. My inks are Memento Teal Zeal and Brilliance Starlite Black. Love the softness vellum gives to a mat. Have quite a stash of paper flowers & decided I better start using them, especially since this bottle included these blue ones that are a great match.
Thanks so much for stopping by.
