It’s time for another 52 Christmas Card Throwdown challenge, and this week the challenge is a CARD recipe … Colour something in, Add Rhinestones or Ribbon, Deboss. So I played with some watercolouring …
I stamped the beautiful poinsettia image from the Joyful Christmas stamp set, by Stampin’ Up, in brown stazon ink (from my stash) onto whisper white cardstock, so I could watercolour the image. I then used my aqua painter to add strawberry slush ink, a little at a time so I didn’t saturate the cardstock too much. If you take it easy, and allow the card to dry after each time you add ink, you can watercolour onto whisper white cardstock and avoid it pilling. The card may warp a little as it dries, but as I was planning to cut out the image and shape it anyway, this was not a problem.
Part of the card recipe was to use the debossed side of a piece of embossing. I plumped for using the lacy brocade embossing folder by Stampin Up, as the image is beautiful on both sides and gives a wonderful, classic effect – just what I was looking for…
I couldn’t resist, and chose to add both ribbon AND rhinestones … you know me and bling! Not too much, just a couple of little highlights.
Hope you like the card this week. If you’d like to join us in the CARD recipe challenge, hop on over to 52 Christmas Card Throwdown and show us what you’ve made. Hope to see your creations there.
cardstock: whisper white;
stamp sets: joyful Christmas;
inks: early espresso, strawberry slush, pistachio pudding, daffodil delight;
accessories: primrose petals stitched ribbon, adhesive rhinestones, lacy brocade embossing folder, stampin’ dimensionals, aqua painter.
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A beautiful card Gill. love the bling on the words rather in the flowers.
Hello Faith. Thanks – so glad you liked it. Hugs, Gill xx
It’s a beautiful card. Thank you !
Thank you for your lovely comment Di – I’m glad you liked my card. Hugs, Gill x
quelle superbe carte Gill, charme et élégance en une seule création, biz
Thank you Fabiola – you are very kind. Hugs, Gill xx
SO soft and gorgeous, Gill! LOVE that amazing bloom! HUGS and enjoy the rest of your weekend! 🙂 Mynn xx
Bless you Mynn – that’s very kind of you to say. Hugs, Gill xx
Just beautiful xx
Thank you Annette – so glad you liked it. Gill x
Just gorgeous I am loving the Christmas theme and it’s getting us all started early! xxx
Thank you Peg. I know – I’m going to be soooo organised this year! I should have done this years ago! 😀
Absolutely love your card – so beautifully elegant! The debossed damask background is fab and I love the poinsettia!
Hi Deb – that’s so lovely of you to say. I absolutely loved making this card – I lost myself for ages with the water colouring. I was really pleased with how it turned out. xxx
Beautiful Gill, really beautiful! I love the crisp white and the pop of colour from the wonderfuly coloured poinsettia and your perfect choice of embossing folder! Such a classic and elegant card – I’m going to say it again – beautiful! Ruth x
Thank you Ruth – I am so pleased that you like it. I really enjoyed all that water colouring – I felt my stresses ebb away! xxx
This is all-around fantastic, Gill! The poinsettia turned out beautifully. I love that you fussy cut all the layers of petals and put them back together. The deckled edge complements the debossed brocade design. And the clean and simple styling is right up my alley. It’s so good seeing you back to creating again! 🙂
Thank you so much for your comments Patricia – I really appreciate your feedback. And it feels good to be back to crafting again – I love my papercraft therapy! 😀 xxx
Elegant and very festive! Great take on Ruth’s recipe. Sorry I’m visiting, Gill. So many things happening … and not all of them good. I’m trying to catch up, slowly.
hugs, Asha