It gave me the perfect opportunity to remake a card I did yesterday to make it quicker to construct and cheaper to mail.
Instead of attaching silver chord and hand tying bows, I used a cheap and easy embossing trick I used with my students back when I taught grade school. The lines and bows were drawn with a Bic pen! Did you know that the line drawn by a ball-point pen will hold embossing powder?? Now if I could only draw better!!
It works great for handwriting a pretty message inside a dark card as well!!
The pine bough, ornament, and sentiment were also embossed with clear embossing powder. The star along with the strings and bows were embossed with silver embossing powder.
CC#5 for 2010
Date: Thursday, June 24, 2010 GMT Views: 1484
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 131636
Thu, Jun 24, 2010 @ 11:17 AM
Oh, I just LOVE this. I was only just thinking this morning about drawing and embossing string for ornaments to save adding cord - must be something in the air.
TFS this beautiful card.
Registered: August 21, 2007 Location: Wayland MA Posts: 105130
Thu, Jun 24, 2010 @ 11:20 AM
Lynn, this is a wonderful Christmas card! I really like the stars, but I REALLY LOVE the RED ornament!
------------------------------ Anne HarmonFS154, QFTD58, PROUD FAN CLUB MEMBER (photo of our Great Granddaughter Elise, just 6 months old) and me, even older.
Registered: November 3, 2005 Location: Fairport Harbor, OH-IO, Lake Erie shoreline Posts: 60097
Thu, Jun 24, 2010 @ 2:49 PM
Pretty Christmas card Lynne. A great tip about the pen too. Who'da thunk that??? Pretty colors. Good for you getting a head start on your Christmas cards.
------------------------------ Karen ~ Thanks for stopping by my gallery. Proud Fan Club Member - FS525, QFTD49 Life is better in a beach town!