Morning. Try as I might, I could not get a decent photo of this card no matter what I did. So here it is. I was playing along with this challenge at Splitcoast and happy to be able to get another holiday card done. It is going to be here before we know it.
I am in love with this snowflake die from Lawn Fawn and can't seem to stop using it! I love vintage feeling holiday cards and this stencil feels vintage to me. I wanted to try and use some non-traditional colours, so went with beige tone Distress inks. I placed the stencil on my paper and rubbed Antique Linen Distress ink over it then shifted the stencil so slightly and added a darker tone of Distress ink using Brushed Corduroy. By using the 2 colours together it gave a nice warm tone to my background.
Next, I centred my snowflake die onto my card front and cut it out. I cut out 3 additional snowflakes in white and glued them one on top of each other so I would have a raised snowflake when I replaced it into the cut area on my card. I added the half pearl to the centre and stamped the sentiment.
Adding my card to these challenges:
Merry Monday- SNOWFLAKES, NEUTRAL COLOURS
Less is More- CHRISTMAS NON-TRADITIONAL COLOURS
Simon Says- ANYTHING GOES
Addicted to Stamps- CAS
Allsorts Challenge- MASCULINE
Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.
Supplies: stamp- Paper Smooches/ die- Lawn Fawn/ stencil-Gourmet/Distress inks/ Memento black
22 comments:
This is totally fabulous! Jo x
Fabulous idea and the colours look great and the added dimension really makes the snowflake take centre stage. Thanks for joining is at ATSM
Beautiful and stylish card.
Thank you for sharing at Allsorts Masculine Challenge;-))m
Love how you've raised the stencilled snowflake, such a clever idea. Karen x
So very classy, Karen! Love it from top to bottom!
Beautiful card Karen. Love the colours and how you have raised the snowflake. Thanks for popping by my blog and leaving such a lovely comment. It is much appreciated.
Mags
x
Wow Karen - love this card - so cool!
Thanks for joining in at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.
Hugs,
Caryn xxx
Just one word Karen...STUNNING,
Thanks so much
Chrissie
Less is More
Such an elegant Christmas card, I love your stitched snowflake.
Pauline
x
What a beautiful snowflake, Karen! And I LOVE that stencil and the 2 tone effect that you created! Thanks for sharing it with us at Merry Monday!
Wow! this is gorgeous Karen!! I love the way you've carried on the stamped pattern onto the raised snowflake… looks so cool !! :-)
Hope you've had a good weekend!
Big hugs
Sue B xx
Loving the effect you have achieved with this fab card !!
I always feel inspired to get my fingers full of ink after a visit to you blog!
You do beautiful work Karen!
Another gorgeous card, Karen! Thanks so much for playing along with us again at ATSM this week!
Gorgeous card! Love the background and the snowflake...Thanks for joining us at ATSM!
WOW! Karen this is a super fun and clever design.
Perfectly CAS and gorgeous
Thanks so much for sharing and taking part.
Sarah xx
Less is More
Lawn Fawn has such fun stitched dies, I can see why you can't get enough of this one. This is a fabulous card. I'm impressed with how it came out! Wowzah!
Oh, Karen, I love this die too, and what a great idea with the stencil! Really stunning card, my friend! Hugs!
A fabulous card. Great technique of stamping the background on the snowflake. Love the colour.
Gorgeous festive card Karen. Thank you for joining us at Allsorts this week x
Simply fabulous! I love the shaded background and the lovely die cut snowflake. Thanks so much for playing along with ASM this week!
Sorry to be so late commenting this week Karen, what a fab creation!
Thank you so much for joining us at Less is More
Anne
LIM Designer
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