Our Color Challenge hostess, LeAnn selected these beautiful colors: Merry Merlot, Polished Pink, and Garden Green with one more color of your choice for the dessert option.
I pulled out an old stamp and had fun coloring the image of a gingerbread house. My dessert color is Cinnamon Cider, which I thought was a good one for gingerbread. I needed to sub Cherry Cobbler for the Merry Merlot so I could use my Blends alcohol markers. I did outline the red areas with the dark marker as a nod to the Merry Merlot. I used ink & blender pen on the gumdrop candies which I have not done in a while. I stamped the sentiment in Garden Green.
I applied Wink of Stella to the gumdrops and Stickles on the chimney top, roof line & icicles and along the base of the house. So sparkly! Then, I had to use a few sequins to hide a smear. No mistakes in the craft room, just opportunities to embellish.
(I just realized that the sequins look blue but they are not IRL. They might have reflected the color of my shirt when I took the picture. Sorry about that.)
TFL Have fun with these delicious colors!
Date: Monday, October 31, 2022 GMT Views: 870
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Registered: June 3, 2006 Location: In my "She Shed Tornado Shelter" Posts: 4010
Mon, Oct 31, 2022 @ 8:55 PM
Diane using the gingerbread image was a fabulous idea for this week's colors. It's always interesting to see what others come up, I wish I would have thought of it! I love all the sparkle, it looks good enough to eat! Very cute design! TFS
Registered: June 4, 2009 Location: Deatsville, Alabama Posts: 82297
Tue, Nov 01, 2022 @ 3:43 AM
What a great image, Diane. This is a super cute and whimsical card with those fab colors. I love that the sequins are so reflective. Hugz
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Tue, Nov 01, 2022 @ 7:21 AM
Don't you just love this older stamp set! Our minds were running in the same direction, Diane, which is not a bad thing! I like the way you framed this and your sentiment is one of my favorites! Cute sequins and sparkle on this yummy Christmas card!
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Tue, Nov 01, 2022 @ 9:34 AM
How absolutely delicious, Diane! I love the gingerbread house design, and I think I still have that greeting stamp, too! Great coloring, love the tricky embellishments!
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Registered: November 28, 2004 Location: St. Paul, Minnesota Posts: 11207
Tue, Nov 01, 2022 @ 1:12 PM
How lovely AND REALISTIC is all of your peppermint. They are such a wonderful ways t oshow off the Polished Pink/Merry Merlot combo for this challenge! And, thank you for the trip down memory lane with this image. One of my all time favorites that graced my Christmas cards one year...
Registered: October 23, 2011 Location: Western, NY Posts: 7467
Thu, Nov 03, 2022 @ 9:47 AM
Perfect! Memories are brought to mind with this endearing stamped image. Love the stamp, your coloring, and the beautiful framing with die-cut/layers and colors...
Betty