One week until Christmas! The cards are mailed, the packages are wrapped and the food is bought. I had time to play with a new purchase for the first time, the Poinsettia Bouquets stamps and dies from W Plus 9 Designs. Dawn's new release HERE is so beautiful and I love it!
I love to watercolor, so I chose the bouquets to play with, and color them I did. Three different ways. Three cards to share with you today.
I love to watercolor, so I chose the bouquets to play with, and color them I did. Three different ways. Three cards to share with you today.
CLEAN and CLASSIC
This began with clear embossing over black ink, and coloring with Copic markers. A few dots with the white gel pen. I kept the lines clean and the embellishments simple - a gold embossed sentiment, and a few flat sequins.
SUBTLE SHIMMER
For the second card, I colored with watercolors mixed with Perfect Pearls in white. I began by embossing in gold onto watercolor paper. Mixing the pigment powder into each color gives a subtle shimmer and shine. I die cut the bouquet and then wondered what would set off the softly colored image.
I decided to use a pale blue card stock run through the crimper. Lots of texture with a direct to paper inking of white craft ink on top of the ripples and lots of splatters. In gold and white. I finished it off with metallic thread, mirror paper mat, and pearls. IRL they are white. This was hard to photograph! It's my fav of the three cards because I love the texture.
Here is a better look at the shimmer. And one more to go -
BOLD ELEGANCE 5x7
This one is also embossed in gold onto watercolor paper and colored with Copics. The gold mirror card stock is used minimally. This larger size is made easy by Dawn's dies for a 5X7 card. I loved having the extra space to make an impact! The bouquet was partially die cut and layered over Dove gray card stock.
I am entering this at the NBUS Challenge. I'd love to know which of the cards is your favorite! Thanks for taking time to spend with me today.
Be yourself
Delight in your craft
Make something beautiful!
7 comments:
These are all beautiful! I had time to play today, too, but it was still Christmas here for the grandchildren. I'm impressed with how ready you are!
What a lovely bouquet! These are wonderful Cindy!
Beautiful cards, Cindy!! You really have a gift!! My favorite is your second card with the gold embossing and perfect pearls water-coloring. Lovely!! So fun that you used your paper crimper for added texture!!
Unlike you, I am not finished with my holiday cards, even though I am doing better than ever. It continues to be a very quiet holiday season around here and I am enjoying all my crafty supplies spread out on my kitchen table.
Merry Christmas wishes to you and yours Cindy!!
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Your Threefer is sensational, Cindy! What a gorgeous poinsettia image and what a brilliant job you did with your coloring and design of all three cards! I love all three of them equally! Thank you for sharing with everyone at NBUS! Happy Holiday Hugs, Darnell
What a beautiful bouquet and such different looks!! I'm a fan of the clean look - but the shimmery look on the rippled blue has amazing dimension and texture. And who can argue with elegance on a Christmas card!! I hope you have a very Merry Christmas!
What a terrific new stamp and what an array of different cards you have shared with us, thank you. x
Oh, Cindy, they're all so beautiful! I love that you had such a nice play with this lovely stamp. I really like the blue crimped background with white craft. Such a soft look. I enjoy doing that with embossing folders, especially when the paper is just a tad bit too dark. I hope you had a lovely Christmas. Not sure if I thanked you for the Christmas card you sent. I'm behind after a very nice blog/computer break.
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