So, I wasn't crazy about my first card for today's challenge, so I made another. I kind of cased myself on this one.
I stamped the fir from Peaceful Wishes with garden green craft and clear embossed. I made a mask and inked the background ornaments with a sponge, then stamped the snowflakes on them in versamark and used clear ep. The center ornament is Pretty in Pink Cardstock. I stamped the snowflake with versamark and embossed with a mixture of white ep and dazzling diamonds. I then used direct to paper around the edges for a frosty effect. The tops of the ornaments were made with the word window punch and applying silver glitter. The center one also has silver cord wound around it. There just wans't enough sparkle, so I added a thin coat of stickles over all the images. I love how that turned out, even though you can't see it in the photo. For the sentiment, I clear embossed joyful and then applied stickles over that. The hardware was pewter, so I colored it with my silver zig painty for a shiny silver to go with the ornaments. I also stamped a few snowflakes around the images with pink stamped off once and then I used pretty in pink chalk around the distressed edges.
I like this one much better than my first attempt. What do you think?
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Tue, Nov 20, 2007 @ 9:56 PM
A real beauty! Love the sparkly.
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Wed, Nov 21, 2007 @ 3:56 AM
Oh, I think it is absolutely gorgeous and I love it! What a great idea to emboss the pine branch, and the silver and glitter add so much sparkle. Wonderful and inspiring work!