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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. 

All supplies from Stampin’ Up unless otherwise stated – contact me for details. 

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