I made this for Lisa's great WTUI challenge - find out all about it here: WT568 Anything Plaid.
For starters, I used some alcohol inks and a technique Tim Holtz showed using them to make plaid - the link to his blog post is HERE. I cut one sheet into trees with some under-used dies, and layered them up.
Base is just sponged with chipped sapphire and has white acrylic paint dotted on with a stylus.
For the main panel, I stamped the market stand, the floral accessories and Flora - and DH thought I had made a hot mess, even though he could see that I had stamped Flora and the little trees in pots and coloured them separately. After colouring, I masked the stand off and sponged in the sky and some snow lines. Then I spritzed the sky with water. Added paint to the snowy roof of the stand, and then cuat out and added Flora and the little trees. After adding it to the base, I stuck on the trees, doodled a border and then went hunting for a sentiment - it's an old one from Penny Black, which I just stamped and sponged, then cut out and popped the centre up on foam for extra dimension. To finish, I decided to doodle borders on the trees to match the one on the image panel. And at the end, DH was very impressed with how well it had all come together .
Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 GMT Views: 2139
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Registered: November 7, 2006 Location: Willamette Valley Oregon Posts: 34503
Thu, Jan 28, 2016 @ 9:48 AM
love how you thought outside the box with this adorable card, Sabrina. I walked into my studio after seeing this and thought, now why haven't I ever thought of plaid trees?! Wonderful.
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Registered: August 21, 2007 Location: Wayland MA Posts: 105268
Thu, Jan 28, 2016 @ 10:06 AM
I love the paper you made with the plaid!! What fun to have plaid trees......don't they look great on your card!
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Registered: February 5, 2007 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 92592
Thu, Jan 28, 2016 @ 12:17 PM
You put your whole soul into your samples, Sabrina....and it is evident your DH takes an avoid interest in your creations. This is FAB....just fun looking at all your details....and you made your own plaid! WOW!! Thanks for the link...have to give it a try.
Registered: August 15, 2007 Location: Twin Cities MN Posts: 50668
Thu, Jan 28, 2016 @ 1:17 PM
What a delightful card Sabrina! Every detail about this is magical. LOVE the trees (I had made some of that plaid bg for HYCCT...didn't even think to use it today) and your doodling...the touch of whimsy with that little shiny garland on the stand. Just darling!