Happy Christmas everyone - hope you are enjoying the festive season with you and yours.
I am pleased to say it melted very quickly, but it was really pretty while it lasted!!
I cannot take much credit for the card design above. It is almost an exact copy of a card I saw demo'ed at the Excel Centre show way back in February. If I remember correctly it was on the J & C Crafts stand. Thanks for the inspiration anyway which made me buy this set of two wood mounted stamps - an extravagance I rarely get drawn into these days! Not sure of the brand as I have put my Christmas stamps back in my freezing shed! (EDIT The main tree is a Penny Black stamp - Before the Snow and the other is the Creative Expressions Dotty Tree stamp). The tree and snow effect tree work perfectly together. The card was shaded in ink with a mixture of Distress Ink - Tumbled Glass - one of my current favourite colours and Adirondack dye inks in Pool, Stream and a tiny touch of Denim around a moon mask. The trees were inked in Lagoon Versafine and embossed in a Kaleidoscope EP. Branches of the tree stamp were used to frame the design. The sentiment is from the Waltzing Mouse Vintage Christmas set. The snow tree stamp was then added slightly offset over the previously stamped trees and embossed in white EP. Finally I added some little dots of stickles and added some extra Glamour Dust glitter.
Enjoy the rest of your holiday and keep cosy!!
Elaine x
Brrr! Elaine that does look cold but as you say, it does look extremely pretty. I haven't seen ice on windows like that since my children were small and my Mum lived in a house that the kids called 'Nanna's fridge'.
ReplyDeleteLove the card. What a beautiful technique - you'll have to let me in on the how to.
Happy Christmas my friend.
Hugs
Lesley Xx
That is a lovely card and looks really wintry like the weather. I don't have central heating and yesterday woke up to find ice on the inside of my double glazed bedroom windows - something I've not seen for many years now especially in the 'warm' south west!! My craft room is upstairs too so not done much work in this chilly weather. Roll on Spring I say!
ReplyDeleteYour windows look very pretty, but very cold! I love your card Elaine, it's beautiful. Stay warm, Judith xx
ReplyDeleteIs that my bedroom? And it looks like you have etched agapanthus leaves on the glass. Well done for getting that magical picture. Hope the room was warmer than the window suggests.
ReplyDeleteHi Elaine, brrrr that looks cold and icy but also very beautiful! Hope you had some fine days with your loved ones. Warm greetings Miranda
ReplyDeletelove this card, like Lesley said ....how to.... I want to know in time
beautiful
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful patterns on the window. Beautiful card too.
ReplyDeleteMarilyn