This image was on my Christmas cards several years ago and I decided it was time to break it out again. I stamped it in red, wiped a glue stick over the whole thing, applied wax paper that had been crumpled, and burnished it with a bone folder. I then rubbed distress inks over it to make it look old. The frame is cut out of acrylic paper and painted with gold. I wanted this to look like an old painting.
Date: Thursday, November 6, 2014 GMT Views: 1110
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 131740
Thu, Nov 06, 2014 @ 7:30 AM
You certainly got the look you were going for, the effect you've achieved is amazing. It's a perfect image for the challenge, and great to get another Christmas card tucked away.
Registered: March 5, 2007 Location: Coatesville, Pennsylvania Posts: 44964
Thu, Nov 06, 2014 @ 8:52 AM
What a darling card!!! I love the gold frame around your image!!! Lovely card!
------------------------------ Lesley Proud Fan Club and RAK Member He is the GOD of the Impossible!!!! Kookzi the Rookzie Punchkateer It is by the grace of God that we take our next breath.
Registered: March 15, 2012 Location: Alabama Posts: 11018
Thu, Nov 06, 2014 @ 11:22 AM
Pol, this is wonderful!!! What a cool technique, it really does look just like an antique painting!!! The sentiment with the pine branches looks so lovely too! Beautiful Christmas card!!!
Registered: October 21, 2010 Location: in the okanagan in b.c. canada Posts: 13012
Thu, Nov 06, 2014 @ 1:31 PM
That work payed off...it is so pretty adn you so made it like an old painting with a gorgeous gold frame. So neat what you did with the wax paper...cool as is too the spray under the sentiment...TFS..:0)
------------------------------ We as people are raindrops of colorful ink , falling down Crisp and Clear, each a different shade more vibrant then the last, but once we realize at the bottom of an endless abyss we all fall into the same inkpot forming one color, only then can we come together as one My son.
Registered: February 5, 2007 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 92529
Thu, Nov 06, 2014 @ 2:13 PM
Beautiful vintage feeling Christmas card, Polly. Love the wide matte gold framing of the sweet vintage image of the small girl watrming herself by the fire...or wondering how Santa is going to make it through the flames. : ) The pine greenery is so prety surrounding your greeting and I love your rich colors.