Hello and Welcome.
Time for another challenge at the
This month our theme is
THANK-YOU
This is a good time to create some Thank-You cards to send out after the holidays.
Be sure and stop by our blog to see the wonderful cards created by our talented DT and our special guest
I had the great pleasure of meeting Michele IRL last April at Scrapfest in Kitchener. She is super talented, friendly and has the warmest, welcoming smile.
So this is how I created my card.
I began my card by making my own stamping pad. I have been playing around with this fun and easy technique and love the results it gives. I rubbed 3 different Distress Oxide inks onto my non-stick craft mat, sprayed with water and ran my snowflake stamp through the wet ink and stamped it onto the middle of my card front. I love the watery, snowy look I was left with.
When that was dry, I placed the piece inside my Misti and stamped the thanks.
Next, to help give the snowflake more presence, I scored a border all around the edges of it using my ScorPal.
I mounted it onto a white card base, keeping it very simple and clean.
The finishing touch was to add the gem/pearl to the center of the snowflake.
Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.
I hope you will come and play along with us.
Adding my card to these challenges:
Simon Says- ANYTHING GOES
AAA Cards- MOSTLY WHITE
Crimbo Crackers- ANYTHING CHRISTMAS GOES
Supplies
Stamps- Snowflakes (HA); Thanks (SSS)
Inks- Distress Oxides- Iced Spruce, Faded Jeans, Peacock Feathers (TH)
Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)
Accessories and Tools- ScorPal; blue gem; Misti (My Sweet Petunia); non-stick
craft mat (TH); Mister (TH)
17 comments:
A really beautiful CAS card Karen. Love the watercolors behind the snowflakes, such gorgeous colors!
What a wonderful design and gorgeous colours, Kate x
So cute and so very beautiful. Great technique to make your own stamping pad and what glorious colours. CAS perfection x.
Such a great way to stamp your snowflake and end up with a gorgeous watercoloured background, Karen. Love the colours you've used. The scored borders frame the image beautifully! xx
I love this little snowflake with the beautiful watercoloring surrounding it! A perfect thank you card for those festive gifts!
WOWZA!! This is so lovely!! I like the pretty way you watercolored and then embossed. Beautiful design.
This is so elegant and pretty Karen using this great technique and the scored border is a wonderful idea to frame it. x
Oh this is a total beauty! How gorgeous is your snowflake window. Thanks for playing at AAA Cards
CAS perfection Karen, I love the simplicity and all the white space :)
What a wonderful way to stamp with fabulous results Karen. A stunning card!!
Blessings
Maxine
CAS brilliance! I really love it!!!
What a perfect Christmas / winter thank you card! Lovely small snowflake, a great technique of mixing the colours on your craft mat and using it as a stamp pad. Scoring around the snowflake added real definition.
CAS perfection Karen...LOVE, LOVE this card!! Your colors are fabulous and just love the water colored look! Lovely, lovely card!! :0)
Fantastic choice of the Distress Oxide inks, Karen! Love the colors and the way you stamped the image. It's such a beautiful CAS design!
Hideko xx
Had to pop over to how you got your coloring. Beautiful! Thanks for sharing your technique.
I recognise that stamp - it's from one of my favourite Hero Arts sets! Love how you've used it! Fabulous card! Thanks for playing along with us at AAA Cards!
Gorgeous CAS card! Thanks for playing at AAA Cards challenges.
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