But I was also inspired by Melody: LacyQuilter. She loves the Natural Beauty stamp set and uses it a lot. It is one of my favorite oldies as well. I challenged her to use the set on a Christmas card and I played too.
Swiped the ink on some aluminum foil and squirted a bunch of water (Susie Australia style - I think of her every time I do this). Stamped the bg stamp from the set all over a panel (lots of Christmas words in it like magic, Joy, dream, believe) and then dipped it in the ink mixture a few times very lightly. Dried my panel. Stamped a whole page using the leaf stamp, sponged on old olive and then put a glob a glue on each. Smeared the glue over the leaf with my finger. The glue intensifies the color, adheres the glitter, and makes the leaf have extra texture so it bends and feels cooler than just paper. Let it all dry and then cut out a circle form for the wreath and layered them on the form. The form just has to be thin and in the shape of a circle - nothing perfect because you won't be seeing it. Then stamped one of the words at the bottom again (Magic) and popped it up. Tucked in a few berries because I had no white balls or no balls to paint white like the inspiration photo.
Splitcoast Dirty Dozen Alumni Proud Fan Club Member Splitcoast Challenge Hostess Teapot Tuesday TEAm
Registered: April 18, 2011 Location: Melbourne, Aus Posts: 51844
Sat, Dec 02, 2017 @ 5:09 PM
I love your Smack & Squirt background (picture me chuckling). The leaves are amazing and all together this makes for a truly magical card. I was ripping up a corrugated cardboard box yesterday when a Cher song came on the radio......guess who I thought of! Big hugz my friend.
------------------------------ Susie
Please don't take your organs to heaven - heaven knows we need them here.
Splitcoast Dirty Dozen Creative Crew SU Design Team Alumni
Registered: May 18, 2004 Location: Southwest Michigan Posts: 37125
Sat, Dec 02, 2017 @ 5:19 PM
Oh my goodness, Nancy, this is outstanding! A gorgeous vintage background and those leaves! Thank you for sharing your process. Straight into my faves!
------------------------------ Claudia Splitcoast Fan Club Member
Registered: February 24, 2008 Location: Sahuarita, AZ Posts: 5713
Sun, Dec 03, 2017 @ 7:39 PM
What a neat card. I’ll have to put this on my todo List. Love how it looks - how you coordinated everything. So very nicely done!
Thanks so much for sharing with us!
------------------------------ Featured Stamper #476 My Gallery
Registered: June 27, 2012 Location: Washington Posts: 25246
Mon, Dec 04, 2017 @ 4:47 AM
Nancy, this is DROP DEAD GORGEOUS!!!! Love your detailed explanation, so very clear! Your color scheme is oh, so, lovely and your leaves with the gold glitter are marvelous!
------------------------------ Carlene aka Chatterbox-1--My BLOG; My Pinterest;My SCS Gallery; FAVORITES Team Member; 2022 Christmas Card Challenge 75/105. My SCS Goal: Challenge Catch-up; Sketch Challenge Sample Card Team (August 2022--January 2023).