| | I made this card for this week's color challenge. Mary is our hostess and she chose Real Red; Cucumber Crush and Marina Mist with a dessert option of Christmas. I was thrilled with these colors and had a ball making this card.
I was looking at stamps on www.thetonstamps.com when I saw this holly and berry card made by Effie who is the owner of The Ton: https://www.thetonstamps.com/collect...s/holly-branch. I loved this card design so much and wanted to make it right away. So, I pulled out my never-before-inked Mistletoe stamp and thought I would see if this would work or not. The berries on this are actually stamped with SU Real Red ink, but after putting crystal effects on them, they turned a more orange red which I did not like as well (lesson learned). The leaves are colored with copic markers and I sponged around the leaves with SU Cool Carribean ink. I wanted a sentiment stamp to go in the front opening on the card, but I do not have one that is the right size for this, so I just went with a basic Christmas Greeting. The bow is 2 different dies. The back layer of the bow is from a Tim Holtz wreath die and the top bow is from a Cheery Lynn bow die. The middle panel of this card is cut out and raised up using 3M Foam tape. This card was a lot of fun to make and I plan to make a couple more this year. Thanks for looking! ~Karen. |
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Date: Thursday, November 16, 2017 GMT Views: 1297
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Additional Info
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Keywords: CC661 Under Mistletoe; Hero Arts; Kaiser Craft; Cheery Lynn Designs
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Stamps: Hero Arts Under the Mistletoe and Kaiser Craft Christmas Carol (sentiment)
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Paper: Coordinations 110 lb Heavyweight CS; Red Suede Paper
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Paper Size: 4 3/8 x 6/38" card base
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Ink: Marvy Matchables Black; StampinUp Cool Carribean and Real Red
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Accessories: Spellbinders 5x7 Matting Basics Rectangle Dies; Gina Marie Designs Stitched Rectangle Die (for sentiment area), Cheery Lynn Designs Pretty Pretty Bows; Tim Holtz Holiday Wreath (for bow tails); SU Crystal Effects; Copic Markers in G07, G21 and G28
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Techniques: Stamping; Die Cutting; Coloring With Copic Markers; Sponging
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Difficulty (1-Easy 5-Advanced): 3
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