Merry Christmas with holly
Posted: December 21, 2013 Filed under: A Wish for Peace, CAS, Dies | Tags: Fabriano Watercolour Paper, Penny Black creative dies, Penny Black stamps, Ranger Distress stains, Tsukineko Memento inks 6 Comments
These two cards are the result of some playing around with distress stains on watercolour paper. For the one above I stamped the holly (in memento ink) and coloured it(with distress stain) first, added the background (distress stain) with a paintbrush and stamped the letter background (memento ink) over everything. For the ornaments below I painted a wash of blue first and stamped the holly and music over the wash. Because the distress stain and the memento ink are both dye inks the colour intensified when I painted green over the blue background. The baubles were cut using the Penny Black die “ornaments.”
I finally sat down yesterday and wrote in 90% of my Christmas cards. I still have a few to write. Yes, I know there are only a few days before Christmas Day, but there are twelve days of Christmas aren’t there?
(the card above has balance issues; can you see them?)
Supplies:
Stamps: A Wish for Peace, Music Background, Letter Background, Dear Friend (PB)Creative Dies: Ornaments, Love & Joy (PB)
Inks: Memento Pistachio, Summer Sky, Lady Bug (Tsukineko) Broken China & Peeled Paint Distress Stains (Ranger)
Cardstock: Penny Black mix & match olive grove paper, Fabriano 100% cotton hot pressed watercolour paper
Also: Red ribbon from Lorraine’s stash
Heather Telford 
lovely cards, Merry Christmas
bye from France
Pitchoune
I’m going to have 2014 be a Heather Telford Christmas card year. Wish me luck! 🙂
Merry Christmas!
Nice cards, Heather! Like the holly panel and whimsically placed “merry” sentiments. As well, I like your ornament card. 🙂
I have no luck with distress stains; obviously, you do. 😉 These are beautiful! I especially like the first one. You know that only we card designers will notice any balance issues with the second one, it’s still very sweet.
Both cards are lovely as always. Sorry, I didn’t notice any balance issues with #2, I just saw beauty. Well done on each card. TFS & Merry Christmas
Simply gorgeous! Absolutely beautiful! Merry Christmas! Joyeux Noel to you and your family!