This card is my #1 example for Roberta's colour challenge for this week (why not pop over and see what it is all about)
I really need to get cracking on my Christmas cards for this year so most of my cards from this point on will have a Christmas theme lol.
This is the second attempt at this card, the first time I wet the card and then stamped and ended up with far too much water and not the result I wanted.
With this card I coloured the stamp with the markers Old Olive for the leaves and Cherry Cobbler for the berries then spritzed the stamp with a fine mist of water using a Mini Mister and stamped. I then scribbled Tangelo Twist onto a ceramic tile and with one aqua brush, with only water, wet an area of the card then picked up colour from the tile and added colour to the moistened area on the card blending the colour out.
Finally I stamped the greeting in Tangelo Twist then over-stamped and clear heat embossed twice to give it some bling. I added the cord and pieced it all together and that's it folks.
Cheers
Marg
Date: Monday, May 22, 2017 GMT Views: 1063
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Stamps: Penny Black - Winter Bough 3508K, acrylic greeting (no idea)
Paper: Mont Mart A5 300 gm rough tooth watercolour paper. SU - Tangelo Twist & Old Olive.
Paper Size: Base = 12 cm x 15.5 cm
Ink: SU - Tangelo Twist. Versa Mark - Watermark
Accessories: SU Stamp'n Write Markers - Cherry Cobbler, Tangelo Twist & Old Olive, Aqua brushes x 2, Embossing powder - Clear. SU Gold cord. SU Mini Glue Dots. X-Press It high tack double sided tape.
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Mon, May 22, 2017 @ 8:05 PM
You're setting a great example for me, Marg! I really need to get started on Christmas cards, too! This one is lovely, thanks for describing the process!
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Mon, May 22, 2017 @ 9:09 PM
This little sprig of Holly is a wonderful Christmas card! I, too need to get caught up on Christmas cards. I'll have to follow your lead and make all my challenge cards, Christmas cards!
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