This is a card for Holly's challenge - I have loads of stamps and ideas with holly, but this gave me a chance to ink up the one and only stamp I bought at our annual craft show. Stamped on watercolour paper, coloured the oval border with a gold pen and added Glossy Accents. When it was dry, I masked the postage stamp and coloured the postcard background with Antique Linen.
Coloured the rest with Inktense pencils, including a spare set of holly leaves.
OK, there are two spare sets of holly leaves because I had an image fully coloured and ready to use before I decided I hadn't stamped it well enough and the train was slightly too faint to look good. So I added the spare set of holly leaves from Take 1 to the banner sentiment ;-). I'm sure I'll find a use for the rest of it...
Background plain brown DP stamped with Script in Smokey Grey. Added the sentiment, which is slightly popped up on foam in the centre, as are the sprigs of holly (glued at the centre, popped up at the ends).
I liked making this - come December I will be hearing the unmistakable choo-choo of a steam train puffing past at the weekend on Santa trips.
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Registered: April 20, 2004 Location: Central Texas Posts: 8507
Sun, Oct 23, 2016 @ 5:49 AM
*gasp* This is beautiful!!!!!!!!!! Look at all that fussy cutting! I adore everything about this - the holly, the train vignette, the postcard background, the banner for the sentiment..... You did a wonderful job on this! I had to look closer - I thought that was a real postage stamp!!!
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Registered: January 19, 2014 Location: Central Indiana Posts: 91162
Sun, Oct 23, 2016 @ 6:37 AM
I love this image Sabrina and I love your amazing coloring of it too. I have seen this image at our local Michael's and wanted to get it but they only sell it on the wood block and I would have to remove it and remount it and have so many others that I need to do that with so I have not taken the plunge. It turned out amazing on your card.
Registered: January 20, 2016 Location: Freetown, Massachusetts Posts: 31455
Sun, Oct 23, 2016 @ 6:39 AM
This is absolutely gorgeous and going straight to my faves! I can't get over all the details on this card and I can't seem to tear my eyes away. Stunning!
Registered: January 26, 2010 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 79291
Sun, Oct 23, 2016 @ 10:07 AM
Sabrina,
beautiful vintage train on that wonderful postcard! I love the background and the soft colors you added around the train! A gorgeous vintage Christmas card!
Registered: July 9, 2008 Location: Stars Fell on Alabama Posts: 75063
Sun, Oct 23, 2016 @ 1:06 PM
Beautiful, Sabrina. It's one of those cards you linger and see what all there is to find.
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