This is for HYCCT1421, which is "Get Inked" - use ink sprays, and today's color challenge: Real Red, Coastal Cabana and Crumb Cake. I had one DT responsibility yet to do so I wanted to work with these images and make a collage type card. I pictured it being more vintage but somehow the Coastal Cabana didn't look as vintage as I had thought. However... these are great Christmas colors and I enjoyed playing!
I used the ODBD Midnight Clear Background and inked first in Baked Brown Sugar, then dabbed off the brown on the snowflake edges with a paper towel and inked with Coastal Cabana. I wasn't going for perfection here, and I didn't achieve it! LOL! I knew I wanted to add a little glitter to the edges though so I just didn't worry about it. I added some T Holtz white paint and some Recollections clear glass glitter all around the snowflakes (inspired by my talented DD sister, Sandee). I stamped my clock and matted it with Baked Brown Sugar cs which I sponged with CC. I cut three of the ODBD Peaceful Poinsettias from vanilla cs and then spritzed them with Tattered Angels Candy Apple Red glimmer mist. I love how the gold glitter seemed to settle in to the embossed parts of the poinsettia! After arranging everything, I added Gala Glitz (Art Glitter) to the centers. LOVE this stuff! It's a combination of coppery beads and glass glitter. All the greenery and flourishes are from ODBD Fancy Foliage die set.
Thanks so much for looking!
Date: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 GMT Views: 2744
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Accessories: ODBD Peaceful Poinsettia Dies, ODBD Fancy Foliage Dies, ODBD Circle Ornament and Matting Ornament dies, Glass Glitter in clear and Gala Glitz Art Glitter for flower centers, Tattered Angels Candy Apple Red Spray
Techniques: Sprays, double inked images, die cutting, making die cut flowers, collage
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Registered: October 26, 2009 Location: Oakhurst, near Yosemite Nat'l Park. Posts: 46806
Tue, Oct 21, 2014 @ 1:59 PM
WOW Grace!! So super beautiful with those colors!!! So elegant and charming! Love your combination of the background music and the poinsettias with the clock about ready to strike midnight!
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Registered: April 22, 2005 Location: Boca Raton, FL Posts: 14382
Tue, Oct 21, 2014 @ 2:10 PM
I do think you achieved perfection here, Grace, even if you didn't try. This card is a true beauty starting with that wonderful carol for a background and ending with those gorgeous poinsettias. Love the touches of glitz too; just the perfect amount. Beautiful!
Registered: April 4, 2008 Location: Sahuarita, Arizona originally from New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 18436
Tue, Oct 21, 2014 @ 3:32 PM
Grace what a gorgeous Christmas card... love the music lyrics behind the lovely pocket watch and those gorgeous poinsettias....it almost has a victorian feel to it... love it....