Monday, November 8, 2010

Winter Greenery

I’ve been wanting to make a Christmas card that was created using minimal supplies and mostly white cardstock – thinking most everyone has an abundance of white in their personal paper stash.  It all came together rather quickly – gotta love it when that happens!  Once finished, I thought that this card might be a conglomeration of several cards I’ve viewed recently … there have been so many I can’t seem to clear my head of all the wonderful ideas I’ve seen.  I  guess I shall call it a loose case of too-many-to-name talented artists.

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I did a lot of sponging on this card, covering the majority of the card stock with two complimentary shades of green. Then cut the brightness by dabbing a bit of very light brown ink on top of those greens.

PA020004 (2)See those little branches on the center panel? Look very closely … did you notice they are from the Lovely As A Tree stamp set?  I inked only the tips of the single tree and stamped randomly around the corner of the cardstock.  How wonderful to find yet another use for this fantastic set!

PROJECT RECIPE:

Stamps:  Peaceful Season, Lovely As A Tree, Christmas Greetings
Paper:  Whisper White, Old Olive
Ink:  Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Crumb Cake
Accessories:  Ornament punch, sponges, linen thread, dimensionals



9 comments:

Shari Winterstein said...

I really like this card, especially that it is monochromatic, which is my favorite way to stamp. :) Thanks for blessing my day. :)
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Tanya Boser said...

Beautiful card! It has a lovely glowing feel to it :)

Yapha said...

So pretty! I love how you used Lovely as a tree for it!

Cindy said...

Love the monochrome look!

Holly/Rubber Redneck said...

Wow this is beautiful! Great job I say you nailed it :)

Heidi Baks said...

Very nice!

Jen Timko said...

Really, really lovely! I, too, really love the monochomatic look!

Sunflower Stamper said...

Wow-Great card!!!

Sara Mattson-Blume said...

beautiful---love the colors and simplicity.

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