As promised, here is the "rest of the story"!
As
soon as I saw Dynamic Duos’ colors for this week (ending today), I knew that I
would be going back to the colors that I used for the last week of Verve’s
November challenge! It looks like the
Christmas cards for this year are taking on a theme, but what a beautiful theme
it is if I do say so myself. Just a few changes
and viola here is a new gorgeous card! I
really love how the Shabby Chic Lace stamp from Heartfelt Creations reminds me
of the arch of a cathedral stained glass windows.
It pairs well with the Shepherd Scene stamped image.
· Stamp
set(s): Heartfelt Creations Shabby Chic
Lace & Shepherd Scene
· Ink(s): Versamark – Watermark Stamp Pad; Viva 3D Stamp
Paint – Silver
· Paper: Stampin’ Up! – Glimmer Paper Silver &
Midnight Muse CS
· Dies
& Embossing folders: Lifestyle
Crafts – Nesting Ovals; Provocraft – Kassie’s Brocade Embossing Folder
· Embellishments/Other
things of note: Stampin’ Up! – Jewels Basic
Rhinestones and Jewels Basic Rhinestones Large;
Zing – Silver Metallic Finish embossing powder; Hobby Lobby – Silver Ribbon
My
card this time is a bit on the odd size – 6½” by 4¾” so that the card front
would be completely embossed by the Kassie’s Brocade EF. It’s really frustrating that some of my old
EF are not a true 5” by 7”. But that is
one thing I will be looking for in the future.
With the size of my focal image and the MOJO 322 sketch, I upsized the
card originally to 5” by 7” until I tried embossing the card front. But, it turned out beautifully. I love the way that Viva 3D Stamp-Paint shows
up on the embossed card front to add depth and dimension to my card.
Many
Blessings,
Donna
This a very beautiful Christmas card Donna. Thanks so much for joining us at Dynamic Duos this week! Very festive!:)
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful. I agree, the Shabby Chic Lace does look like cathedral windows and goes great with the nativity scene. Thanks for joining us at the Dynamic Duos.
ReplyDeleteWow, Donna, I am amazed at all the different dimensions of texture and embossing you managed to incorporate into your card! Thanks for playing along at Dynamic Duos this week!
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