Lots of inspiration from some challenges today. Shopping our Stash "Forever Young" wants to see a card for a child so my rocking horse image seemed perfect. And the image has gift-wrapped presents in it so it works for the Paper Players "Gifting" challenge and the Double D "Christmas Wrappings" challenge.
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Stamped, coloured with coloured pencils, and bordered with a multi-patterned dps.
Then for the challenges out there asking for red and green: We Love Stamping, Simply CAS, and Colorful Options, and for Festive Friday where I chose red, green, white, and a Christmas sentiment from their list of options.
I stamped the focal image / sentiment in green on rustic cs. I trimmed it with a stitched rectangle die and rubbed the green ink pad along the cut edges of the rectangle, then layered it on a larger rectangle of rustic cs. I added it to a red card base and embellished the image with red gemstones for the berries. It needed something more so I die cut some holly leaves; to colour them and give them texture, I pressed some of the green ink onto my craft mat and mixed Nuvo glimmer paste into it, and then spread that onto the holly leaves. When dry, I added them to the card.
A third card today and it's for Addicted to CAS "Metallic".
I sponged Cosmic Shimmer glue through a ornament stencil, removed the stencil (and washed it immediately), and put the stencil back down and carefully applied different metallic colours of foil to the glue. Trimmed the panel with a label die and added it to a copper shimmer card base.
Supplies for card 1:
Stamps - Impression Obsession rocking horse, Rubber Soul joy
Ink - Versafine Onyx Black, SU Real Red
Paper - white cs, dps
Size - A2
Accessories - coloured pencils
Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - Great Impressions
Ink - Distress Rustic Wilderness
Paper - red and rustic white cs
Size - 6x4.25"
Accessories - red gemstones, Nuvo glimmer paste, stitched rectangle die
Supplies for card 3:
Paper - white cs, copper shimmer cs
Size - A2
Accessories - Cosmic Shimmer glue, metallic foil sheets, ornament stencil, Sizzix label die
What a pretty ornamental rocking horse and beautifully coloured with your pencils Susan and with a very colourful background dp, and then onto a wonderful holly and berry sentiment plate, and terrifically embellished with the texture pasted die cut holly leaves, and lastly more fantastic texture with the glue through the bauble stencil and then added metallic foils for a really glitzy look...three great cards. x
ReplyDeleteThree lovely seasonal cards and the one with sparkly Holly leaves has perfect traditional colours for our theme at We Love Stamping, many thanks for joining us.
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Beautiful and creative holiday cards!!
ReplyDeleteThank you for joining our challenge at Colorful Options, Double D and Simply Clean & Simple!
Diane CO DT and DD, SCAS Co-Owner
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Susan, great cards and I love that they are all so different. Your whimsical horse with his presents makes me smile. Your metallic ornament in copper is gorgeous. So glad you shared these creations with us at Addicted to CAS and the Paper Players. Merry Christmas and thank you for supporting both challenge sites in 2025
ReplyDeleteGreat use of shimmer paste. Thanks for sharing at ATCAS
ReplyDeleteOh, gosh, your rocking horse is so danged cute, Susan! The child in me loves it a lot! All your cards are pretty and festive and full of holiday spirit! I'm so glad you shared your rocking horse with us at Double D!
ReplyDeleteWay to go shopping your stash for our FOREVER YOUNG challenge over at Shopping Our Stash. I love your rocking horse...forever young...in deed!! Back in the day I had quite the rocking horse collection!! Thanks for playing along with us!!
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