I'm sure it's just luck, but it was so easy to combine four challenges today. I spent the last four days cleaning (hell froze over, just so you know), shopping for food, cooking, cleaning up, enjoying my family.
Monday's TLC: tone on tone stenciling. I used two brownish SU inks and a new Joggles stencl with some tall trees in a grid pattern.
Wednesday's SC: love the sketch, very fun to figure out what to do. Three areas of different sizes using diecut greenery in two colors, pearls for berries and postage stamps. You know I love postage stamps! I left off those skinny strips, since there were words on the stamps.
Yesterday's WT: use wood grain. One of my favorite things to do. I used real wood grain veneer, you can see the lighter color under the inks I stenciled. The trees are rather skinny, evergreen or Tuscan-like.
Today's F4A: greenery. I'm very eclectic when I decorate. I try to find interesting fake greenery that looks real, different types, different colors, mixing my metallics and ribbons, which I love to do. I have ethnic, traditional and funky decor (like a chartreuse green tinsel tree). I will decorate a bit more since I will have some company.
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 132012
Fri, Nov 29, 2019 @ 12:10 PM
The stencilling on wood looks wonderful, so textured. Is thinking of pulling out some of my veneer for the WT but chickened out. I always enjoy seeing your postage stamps. I saved two Hungarian ones today and now I wonder where I put them. Your eclectic foliage is great, especially with those red pearls.
Registered: January 20, 2010 Location: Brampton, Ontario Posts: 26225
Fri, Nov 29, 2019 @ 2:33 PM
Love your postage stamp focal points! You've really supported them well with your greenery and pearly berries! That stencilled backdrop is something else ...wonderful that is! What a great card this is!
Registered: June 29, 2004 Location: Sugar Land. Texas Posts: 79895
Fri, Nov 29, 2019 @ 7:01 PM
Love how you rolled all those challenges into one spectacular card.
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Registered: March 31, 2008 Location: Eastlake, OH Posts: 22598
Fri, Nov 29, 2019 @ 7:46 PM
I'll always love your style, Jean! You are so out of the box, so original and so creative in your cards. I could not begin to think like you do but love seeing what you do!
Registered: March 29, 2011 Location: Covington, WA Posts: 32470
Fri, Nov 29, 2019 @ 9:16 PM
Fabulous eclectic combination, Jean! The postage stamps are perfect for the sketch and I love your woodgrain stenciled bg. Thanks for adding my challenge in to the mix!
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