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Monday, 16 January 2017

Winter Wonders


Warm Comforts for Winter.
I think of cozy blankets, hot chocolate, a warm fireplace.

It's half way through January (already!) and time for another card for the
CAS WATERCOLOUR Challenge.



I just got the new snowflake set by Tim Holtz and wanted to play with it.  I love the distressed look of this beautiful snowflake.  I inked it up with Versamark ink and stamped it once onto my card front and then again on another piece of cardstock.  Next, I heat embossed both stamped imaged with clear powder.

For the snowflake on the main card front, I rubbed Cracked Pistachio and Broken China Distress inks over just the area where the snowflake appears.
For the panel, I sprinkled on Brushos just over my embossed image and sprayed with water.
I then cut down the panel to pop dot over my card front snowflake.
Lastly, I stamped the sentiment from Hero Arts with black Memento ink and added the clear gem.



Adding my card to these challenges:

Curtain Call- ICICLE

The Male Room- ANYTHING GOES

HLS Mixed Media- LAYERS

Kreativeinkauf Challenge- SNOWFLAKES


Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.


 Supplies:  stamps- Hero Arts, TH/ Brushos/ ink- Versamark, Memento/ clear eb powder/ clear gem/Mini Mister
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43 comments:

  1. Loll16 January 2017 at 13:13

    This is such a creative and unique design Karen!! LOVE the colours you've used ... and that is one gorgeous snowflake! xx

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  2. nancy littrell16 January 2017 at 14:07

    Wow...Love your stamped and heat eb snowflake on your card front and then stamped and heat eb again on your panel. Your emboss resist coloring with DI's on the card front and then again with Brushos on your panel were a stroke of Genius my friend. So effective and eye catching. TFS my friend. Hugs..

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  3. Susan16 January 2017 at 14:23

    Great job getting the brushos and the inks to coordinate colours so well! I love this - especially the way you split up the snowflake. And what a fabulous sentiment!

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  4. Dreja16 January 2017 at 14:38

    Super! Danke für deine Teilnahme bei der KE-C.
    LG Dreja

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  5. Teresa Godines #685716 January 2017 at 14:46

    Stunning card

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  6. blaze16 January 2017 at 15:22

    Unique treatment...at least I haven't seen it...It was so stunning, I had to study it a bit. BEAUTIFUL!

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  7. Barb16 January 2017 at 15:38

    This is beautiful Karen and what an interesting technique. I Love it! Barbxx

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  8. Mac Mable16 January 2017 at 15:40

    How creative to use distress inks on one and brusho's on the other. It works so beautifully on this stunning card x Love the stamp x

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  9. Msschuering16 January 2017 at 15:49

    So beautiful and unique. Love this.

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  10. LisaH16 January 2017 at 16:04

    This card is stunning Karen! I love your style!

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  11. Martina 16 January 2017 at 17:16

    It is very nice and interesting card!

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  12. Lin16 January 2017 at 17:33

    Beautifully done, as always, Karen - perfect winter card!

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  13. Lisa Lara16 January 2017 at 17:53

    CRAZY COOL Karen!

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  14. Pat16 January 2017 at 18:07

    This is beautiful Karen and I adore the colours you have used and the design with the panel making an extra partial layer works really well. x

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  15. Bonnie16 January 2017 at 19:34

    This is so amazing, Karen! I love the way your snowflake turned out and what a creative design!

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  16. Chris R.16 January 2017 at 22:28

    Absolutely beautiful!!

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  17. Gabi MeWi17 January 2017 at 03:20

    Adorable card.Elegant and beautiful.

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  18. Diane17 January 2017 at 10:39

    Absolutely beautiful watercolor design.

    Hugs diane

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  19. Verna Angerhofer17 January 2017 at 11:31

    I think of all your snowflake designs this is my favorite. I love the cool blue/greens with that big snowflake. So beautiful!

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  20. Pam17 January 2017 at 12:18

    This is beautiful. Love your design!

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  21. Diane Jaquay17 January 2017 at 12:46

    Beautiful colors and design, love the raised panel!

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  22. LaVon Hall17 January 2017 at 13:29

    You make it look so easy! Beautiful!

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  23. Sillyfilly17 January 2017 at 18:39

    Karen this is gorgeous!

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  24. Christine Alexander17 January 2017 at 21:18

    love the way you overlay one snowflake with the other and love the colours of the brushos

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  25. dnisme@blogspot.com18 January 2017 at 00:42

    This has got to be one of my favourites, Karen! I've been searching online to see the TH snowflake you used. Every flake is truly different! I gave up! Beautiful job from the colours to the design. So pretty!

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  26. Laurie Unger18 January 2017 at 10:25

    Beautiful color palette on this.

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  27. Faith A at Daffodil Cards18 January 2017 at 14:15

    Gorgeous
    Faith
    x

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  28. Bobby18 January 2017 at 15:09

    I love how the panel adds dimension and interest to your CAS card, Karen. I'm also glad to see there are distressed snowflakes. You'll understand when I post my card for this challenge.

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  29. Karren18 January 2017 at 18:43

    Wow, this is just amazing, Karen! You are the queen of ink!

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  30. Monika/Buzsy18 January 2017 at 21:09

    Amazing card Karen. Love the colors with the distress snowflake. Thank you for playing along with us at the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge.

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  31. nwilliams619 January 2017 at 06:13

    I loved this on SCS and love it still. I am really going to try this. Beautiful and very creative work, my friend! Hugz

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  32. ELFi19 January 2017 at 06:36

    Amazing, I love your stile! Thanks for playing at KE-C!
    ELFi

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  33. Michelle19 January 2017 at 07:36

    This is fantastic. I love how you made this and maybe I will try this also.
    Thanks for playing with us at HLS Mixed Media Challenge Good luck!! Michelle(DT)

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  34. Bastelkueken`s Kreative Welt aus Alsdorf 20 January 2017 at 03:24

    Your card is amazing and wonderful
    Thanks for joining us at Kreativeinkauf
    Hugs Anja

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  35. Leigh Penner21 January 2017 at 10:29

    Gorgeous!

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  36. Vicki23 January 2017 at 08:29

    This is gorgeous, Karen! Wow, I wish I could do CAS like you. Thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving me some love. I am now a follower of your gorgeous card blog.

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  37. Susan23 January 2017 at 17:13

    Karen, this is beautiful! Love the different shades of blues and greens and I like how you've popped up the middle section! Very eye-catching card!

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  38. Deborah Frings24 January 2017 at 10:11

    Another beautiful, cool and crisp design. Great work. Sorry to be so late commenting, and thanks for playing along with our Anything Goes Challenge at The Male Room. Deborah, DT.

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  39. My Paper Epiphany24 January 2017 at 17:59

    I'm not sure where you got the idea to slice up your image, but it is inspired!!! Such a clever design and beautiful colours!

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  40. maria's knutselplezier26 January 2017 at 09:38

    FANTASTIC!!! I love this!!!

    Greetings
    Maria

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  41. Silke Ledlow30 January 2017 at 13:16

    Karen, this is just GORGEOUS! Thank you for playing the Curtain Call!!!

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  42. Seemaa5 February 2017 at 04:52

    lovely card!!

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  43. Helen Gullett6 February 2017 at 09:58

    Karen, that is gorgeous winter mixed media card! LOVE the design. Thank you for playing along with HLS Jan Mixed Media Challenge!

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