OLW 14 Square Outlines

Posted: July 28, 2010 | Author: | Filed under: CAS, Christmas Wreath | 4 Comments

I had the idea for this card in my head when Susan had the Christmas in July challenge but as I didn’t get round to it then, I thought it would also work for this week’s challenge:  a square card using only outline stamps.  It looks like I should have been able to whip this one up in a few minutes but it took quite a few attempts.  I tried it in gold first but the embossing powder was not fine enough for the detail in this stamp. I am glad the wreath looks good without being coloured  because the colouring necessary for this stamp is too scary to undertake more than once a year!  To see how beautiful it can look in the right hands just look at Leslie’s.

Even the little baby one below took me 6 attempts to get it stamped properly and the sentiment in the right place!  Thanks to Susan’s challenges my Christmas card pile is growing, something generally unheard of in July.  Thanks for dropping by.

Supplies:
Stamps:   Christmas Wreath (Flourishes), Snow Swirled
Inks:  Riding Hood Red, Handsome Hunter
Cardstock: Flourishes Classic Ivory

Christmas Wreath

Posted: December 30, 2009 | Author: | Filed under: Christmas Music, Christmas Wreath | 2 Comments

When I first saw the wreath stamp from Flourishes, expertly coloured by Leslie Miller, I was inspired.  The stamp lay unused for weeks after I got it waiting for me to have some spare time to play.  Finally I  unpacked the set and began making some Christmas themed thank you cards for the teachers at the violin school my daughters attend.  After colouring for 20 minutes or so I realised that I would not be doing the same cards for all the teachers so made something different.  Unfortunately those cards didn’t get photographed but my first effort with the wreath did.

Before I started colouring I had no idea how many different types of foliage were in this wreath!  I tried sticking with one green per type of leaf but lost track with some of the leaves.  I used a blender pen dipped into the ink residue on the lids of the SU classic pads and added a few highlights with SU markers.  The background is the Christmas Music stamp also from Flourishes.

That is the last of my Christmas cards (as you would expect!)  I hope to be back with some thankyous over the next few days.  I hope you are having a relaxing break.

Supplies:
Stamps:   Christmas Wreath, Christmas Music (Flourishes)
Inks:  Real Red, Handsome Hunter, Basic Black, Garden Green, Always Artichoke, Mellow Moss, Bravo Burgandy
Cardstock: Real Red, Handsome Hunter, Garden Green, Confetti Cream, Very Vanilla