Pink, White & Green Christmas Card

Today I am playing along with the Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge to use Pink, White & Green in a card. 

I heat embossed the sentiment and greenery in Ranger Silver Pearls embossing powder (almost white!) on glossy paper then covered with Worn Lipstick Distress Ink.  I have become fond of the soft colors that I get on glossy paper.

Using clean water, I painted off the color on the leaves and berries and painted them over with Twisted Citron and Festive Berries Distress Ink.

The pink panel is layered on cardstock with the edges colored with Platinum Inka Gold (so shiny!) then layered on a white card base.

Stamps:  Penny Black Festive Florals and Penny Black Season's Gifts

Holiday Style, Day 3 Inka Gold

I was inspired by Debby Hughes and her lovely white card.  This card uses Poppy Stamps Ornament Trio Cutout and Righteous Rings dies and Simon Says Stamp Merry Christmas die.

The card bases was colored with Inka Gold Metallic Rub to provide shine. 

The rings, hangers and the Merry Christmas were also colored with Inka Gold to give plenty of metallic shine.  The die cut piece was mounted on fun foam to provide nice shadows.

Holiday Style, Day 3

I was inspired by Kristina Werner's card on Day 3 of the Holiday Style Online Card Class.  Stampendous Jumbo Poinsettia was stamped with Stormy Sky Distress Ink and then the lines were blurred and shading added with the same ink. 

Big Scripty Greetings was stamped in Ranger Platinum Distress Ink.  The same Distress Ink was used to outline the paper.

Glossy Christmas Cards

I have discovered a new favorite technique with Distress Ink--the soft colors that come from using glossy paper!  I confirmed that photo paper doesn't work--I just get an awful squeak without the lovely blending.

This first card blends Antique Linen, Victorian Velvet, Seedless Preserves, Chipped Sapphire and Black Soot.  I stamped with a fun foam stamp sprayed with water to remove the color and create the subtle tree. The fun foam stamp was cut with an Impression Obsession tree die. I covered up the stamped tree and spritzed the rest of the panel to create a light snowfall.

Sentiment die also from Impression Obsession.

This next card has a glossy panel stamped with snowflakes from Penny Black Season's Gifts in Ranger Silver Pearl embossing powder.  The panel was then blended with Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink and spritzed with water to lighten and create an interesting texture.  The panel is mounted on cardstock colored on the edges with Platinum Inka Gold.  The blue cardstock was splattered with the watered down Inka Gold from my craft mat.  Sentiment also from Penny Black Season's Gifts.

The next two cards were stamped and embossed with Ranger Platinum embossing powder.

Stitched Pastel Christmas Card

I was playing along with The Daily Marker Pop-Up Challenge to add stitching to a card.  I created a snowy scene with gold thread perfect for a snowman.  I gave him a pastel colored scarf to continue to play along with the Merry Monday Christmas challenge to create a pastel card.

The scarf is colored with Prismacolor pencils.  The sky is sponged with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink and the shadow on the snow is Pumice Stone Distress Ink. The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp.  The stamp is Snowman Fun from Great Impressions.

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Pastel Christmas

Today I am playing along in the Merry Monday Christmas challenge to make a pastel Christmas card.  I chose a Mo Manning digital image that makes me smile and gave him a peach and mint colored scarf and hat set.  The image is colored with Prismacolor pencils.

I let the image take center stage with matching laying and a simple sentiment from Hero Arts.

 

I did add some sparkle to the snowflakes by sweeping a layer of the Faber-Castell Glass Bead Glitter Gel across the paper before die-cutting with the Impression Obsession Small Snowflake Die .

  

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Following a Muse with Penny Black

Life got in the way of creating so it is fun to get back to it!  I am trying to get my mojo back by participating in challenges.  Today I am playing along with the current Muse Challenge.  This card at the right was my inspiration.


My inspiration is fairly clear, the woodgrain, a large image and a die cut word.  I embossed the image and did a simple watercolor.

 

The die cut word is shadowed with a silver paper that was created by spreading Inka Gold (in Silver) onto cardstock and then buffing.  Provides a beautiful metallic shine!

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Stamp: Penny Black Flower Festival
Die:  My Favorite Things Many Stamps