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Saturday 16 December 2017

Snowy Mountains- CAS Watercolour Challenge

Hello and Welcome.
Time for another card for the 

Our theme this month is 
Anything Goes







My card was created so quickly using a simple technique I showed on my blog a few weeks ago that I called Acetate Inking.
It is really simple to do.  Basically, I rubbed Distress inks onto an acetate sheet and sprayed with water.  By bending the acetate sheet, I was able to apply the ink exactly where I wanted it to be on my cardstock.  When it was dry, it reminded me of a mountain winter scene, so I simply stamped the trees leaving my card simple.
I die-cut a frame and mounted the piece onto my card front.


Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:
CAS on Friday- CHRISTMAS
The Male Room- CHRISTMAS/WINTER WISHES
Card Mania- CHRISTMAS
Allsorts- COLD AND FROSTY COLOURS


Supplies
Stamps- Mountain Top Trees (Poppystamps)
Inks- Stormy Sky, Faded Jeans, Salty Ocean Distress (TH)
Paper- heavy white
Accessories and Tools- Misti; acetate sheet; Mister (TH); dies- (MFT)

34 comments:

  1. You get wonderful results with this technique, Karen! It does look like mountains and the trees are perfect! It reminds me of the hill behind the house I grew up in. Love the look of the shadows!

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  2. So atmospheric, so beautiful and gorgeous x

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  3. Beautiful acetate watercoloured background, Karen. I love how you stamped your trees to give them depth. Your card could be for any Winter occasion, so no sentiment means you can save and add sentiment later:-) Love that... Hugs and Happy Holidays my friend.

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  4. What a fabulous technique Karen and your card is gorgeous, Kate x

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  5. Beautiful Karen, I love the misty effect of the watercolour and the trees are perfect. It reminds me of our BC forests above the water. I have to try using the acetate :)

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  6. awww you just totally blew me away again i do love your colouring the bluesss

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  7. You certainly created fabulous mountains Karen. This is just gorgeous in 'your blue tones'. Love that you framed it - great finish.

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  8. You have mastered this technique (as you do with all the ones you try)! This is a gorgeous scene, Karen. Love the gray and blue colours which really portray a cold winter's day. xx

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  9. Brrrrr! I love this Karen. Barbxx

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  10. Wow! Karen, your cards are beautiful! I love your watercolors.

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  11. Love your poinsettia and how I struggled with that one with ink and markers. Just could not get a crisp image like you did! I bow to you for that. Loved the trees and even hunted for that stamp but could not find it anywhwere. What a great technique and thanks for sharing it.

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  12. A beautiful snowy winter forest Karen! Julia xx

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  13. Transferring the inks from an acetate sheet has worked really well Karen and the blue trees are perfect with the background too, and this is such a pretty winter scene. x

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  14. Absolutely GORGEOUS Karen!! LOVE those blue trees and your background is FABULOUS! Lovely, lovely card!! :0)

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  16. What a great card - love that you have kept the 'scene' monochrome
    Blessings
    Maxine

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  17. A really lovely creation following our 'Cold and Frosty Colours' at Allsorts challenge this week, many thanks for joining in. And wishing you and yours a wonderful festive season.

    B x

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  18. Absolutly beautiful, so amazing!!!!

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  19. It definitely looks like a mountain scene, how fun that you created it with inks and acetate. Gorgeous card, thanks so much for sharing with us this week at Allsorts challenge!

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  20. Wonderful card, Karen. Your background is fabulous, I love the beautiful mountain scene.

    Hugs
    Anke

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  21. Wow - gorgeous card & technique! That scene is awesome! Thanks for joining us at The Male Room Challenge Blog!

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  22. Simply gorgeous, Karen! I love this serene mountain winter scene! The shades of blue and the acetate inking are so beautiful. Hideko xx

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  23. You've created a wonderful frosty scene, Karen. The blue trees are the perfect style to go with your wonderful mountains.

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  24. So beautiful in those shades of blue - a wonderful background using the acetate sheet!

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  25. Gorgeous watercolor card. Absolutely amazing!

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  26. I like your beautiful festive card :-))
    Thanks for joining in with The Male Room.

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  27. Absolutely gorgeous card! Love the blues and the softness of the watercolour. Thank you for joining us at The Male Room - Charlotte/Lady Joyful, DT

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  28. Nice card ! Looks really very special !

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  29. Gorgeous! Thank you for joining us at TMR with such a simple but stunning card.

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  30. Karen, this is a fabulous creation! TFS your technique, which gave you a wonderfully foggy looking mountain scene straight from the Pacific Northwest!

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  31. Beautiful Cas card, love it! Thank you for joining our challenge at Cas on Friday!
    Mariken DT

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