I focused on Barb's:
-holly/berry theme
-Season's Greetings sentiment
-dots
I changed:
-technique (from stencil to faux watercolour)
-grey card base
-more white space
-fewer layers
I don't know whether to call this my last Christmas card of 2018 or my first one for 2019! lol! After Christmas, I rounded up all the stamp sets I bought this year that didn't get used on Christmas cards, so that I can be sure to use them first in 2019. This fabulous Layered Holly set from Stamplorations (along with Layered Mistletoe and Layered Poinsettia) was one. I love the artistic look of the simple shapes included in this set.
I used a faux-watercolour technique by placing the 3 holly leaves on the door of my MISTI before inking them up with Lime Rickey ink, spritzing with water and then pressing onto watercolour cardstock. I re-inked just the edges with Spruce ink to give some colour variation and depth.
Then I did a similar technique with the berries, using Rockin' Red and then Grape Crush ink.
I went back and forth about whether to use the outline stamps but decided in the end to leave it as is and get a similar look to my inspiration. I stamped the sentiment with Versafine Clair Nocturne ink.
The cardbase is Slate, and I used the berry stamp to make my 'dots' around the edges with Black Jack ink. I think the tone-on-tone stamping adds some texture and interest, similar to Barb's polka dot ribbon and dry embossed background.
Date: Sunday, December 30, 2018 GMT Views: 555
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Registered: October 12, 2007 Location: Arizona Posts: 70794
Sun, Dec 30, 2018 @ 6:19 PM
Terrific case and fabulous CAS design. Love the faux watercolor. Thanks for explaining your process. I like your goal for the new year of first using the Christmas stamps that you did not use in 2018. Beautiful job on this card. Love it. TFS
Registered: January 6, 2004 Location: Connecticut Posts: 20543
Sun, Dec 30, 2018 @ 6:55 PM
I like be how soft your images are with this technique.
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