When I first saw this week's CAS challenge, I was going to pass over it as I only have time to make Christmas cards right now, but out of curiousity, I googled Salvadore Dali and Christmas and learned that he had designed some avant-garde Christmas cards. I was inspired by the upper half of the second image down on this website:
For this card, I sponged a background with various Distress inks trying to get the colours close to the Dali, but not quite as dark. I flicked a bit of water on it to get some texture.
I stamped the trees and sentiment in the darkest green ink I have (I didn't want them to be black). I added a bit of white on the upper edges of some of the branches with my white gel pen, but I think I need a new one as I wasn't getting much white. Then I sprinkled chunky white embossing enamel over the upper two thirds and heated from underneath.
I popped the panel up on fun foam.
Date: Tuesday, November 22, 2016 GMT Views: 1034
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Wed, Nov 23, 2016 @ 7:52 AM
Whoa, Susan, this is a MAGNIFICENT Christmas card!!! Love everything about it...even how the sentiment is stacked to echo the tall pine shape. Really spectacular!
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Wed, Nov 23, 2016 @ 1:14 PM
What a perfect take on your inspiration! Love that Tim Holtz tree and I can't seem to leave it alone! I love the white you added to the trees, so perfect for this wintery scene. Wonderful composition, Susan!