Gosh, it feels like too long since I had time to play along in the IC challenge. Anne gave us a fantabulous site this morning; quite aside from the amount I could spend on weather stations if money were no object, I could have spent a small fortune just in the Wall Art section. So of course I found loads of inspiration. But since I am sadly short of my August quota of Christmas cards, I took the Cardinals and Holly Stained Glass as my inspiration.
I used the Stained Glass tutorial, and was delighted to find out how well my Northwoods stamp stamped on vellum. I used Marvy markers to colour the back, and then just added a frame of brown Bazzill stamped with a pine bough backgrounder, and a simple sentiment. The frame is popped up on foam tape. I found the technique worked wonderfully for this particular stamp, because I didn't feel I had to colour in all the background .
Finished size 5 x 5 1/2 inches.
Date: Saturday, August 25, 2012 GMT Views: 1269
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Registered: August 15, 2007 Location: Twin Cities MN Posts: 50743
Sat, Aug 25, 2012 @ 4:29 AM
I love how this turned out! You're right , this is the perfect stamp for the stained glass technique. I like how you stamped the frame,too. Just BEAUTIFUL!
Registered: July 12, 2005 Location: Hugging a golden and stamping' in PA Posts: 21216
Sat, Aug 25, 2012 @ 5:39 AM
What a beautiful image...I love cardinals, especially at Christmas! Fabulous technique and stamped frame...a gorgeous Christmas card to add to your stash, Sabrina!!
Registered: July 27, 2005 Location: Texas USA Posts: 13067
Sat, Aug 25, 2012 @ 11:39 AM
Wonderful card, I love your choice of vellum to use as your main panel. It gives the whole card a softness like snow! Great job on this! Thanks for joining the IC this weekend!
Registered: April 4, 2008 Location: Sahuarita, Arizona originally from New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 18436
Sat, Aug 25, 2012 @ 11:46 AM
oh Sabrina, how I love your gorgeous Christmas card. I love birds and this card is so beautiful... love the wonderful colours and just everything about it....