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Monday, 7 December 2015

Holiday Harmony

Meet today's card.

I am playing along with the challenge at Splitcoast this morning; Christmas Greens.
Can you smell the pine and cedar?

I began my card by cutting an oval using my Spellbinder die from scrap paper and used that to mask the center of my card.  Then, using my MISTI, I stamped around the mask using the cedar stamp from the Darkroom Door.  I love the detail that stamp gives.  I inked it using Peeled Paint and Mowed Lawn Distress inks, spraying with water in between stamping to help blend the colours.  I then sponged some blue ink over that and using the end of a paint brush, added the berries to the tree branches.
 I then removed the mask and stamped the sentiment.  It looked too stark for me like that, so I used the negative from the oval of the die-cut to mask the cedars and stamped the script from Penny Black and sponged with a bit of Grey ink. 
Lastly, I splattered the whole piece with white acrylic paint to resemble the look of snow.


Adding my card to these challenges:

Less is More- GREEN AND BLUE

Little Red Wagon- TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS COLOURS

Simon Says- LET IT SNOW

Crazy4 Challenges- O CHRISTMAS TREE

Sisters of Craft- ANYTHING GOES


Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps- Darkroom Door, Penny Black, Hero Arts/ Distress inks/ Memento inks/ MISTI/ paint brush/ sponge applicator/ acrylic paint/ oval die
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9 comments:

  1. Heather7 December 2015 at 08:05

    So pretty and yes, I can smell the cedar. Thanks for once again joining the challenge at Little Red Wagon this week.

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  2. Verna Angerhofer7 December 2015 at 15:55

    Beautiful, beautiful! I love it and it looks so real.

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  3. Faith A at Daffodil Cards8 December 2015 at 14:34

    I can smell the cedar from here, beautiful card.

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  4. Princess Judy Palmer10 December 2015 at 14:55

    Drop dead gorgeous! Such stunning. I can smell the evergreen from here AND I'm not allergic. That's a Christmas miracle!

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  5. Sazzle Dazzle11 December 2015 at 08:56

    So elegant Karen and delightful inking and stamping
    thanks so much for playing along this week!
    Sarah xx
    Less is More

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  6. Anne11 December 2015 at 14:55

    Karen what magnificent stamping and inking! Ideally we like a bit more white space for a LIM card, but this is just gorgeous
    Thank you for joining us.
    Anne
    "Less is More"

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  7. Chrissie11 December 2015 at 16:47

    I'm really tardy in visiting this week Karen.
    This is a fabulous creation... love the mix of blues and greens!
    Thanks so much
    Chrissie
    "Less is More"

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  8. Neets B12 December 2015 at 07:01

    Fantastic stamping, Karen. Really classy.
    Thanks for sharing with us.
    Anita x
    Less is More

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  9. Bobby12 December 2015 at 11:02

    I love this, Karen. It almost looks like the center oval could be an ornament hanging from the branches. Your inking is spectacular.

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