This week’s challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments is a color challenge of Real Red, Soft Sky and Garden Green. I used the Beauty of the Season stamp set from the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog to create this Christmas card. I used Momento Tuxedo Black ink to stamp the cardinal image. I then used a blender pen to color the cardinal and the berries. I used a sponge dauber to lightly sponge a Soft Sky background. The frames are die cut from the Labels Collection framelits to create a frame for the cardinal image. The background layer I embossed with an inked up Woodgrain embossing folder . I inked it up with Soft Suede to emphasize the grain.
I added sparkle to the berries and the cardinal with red Dazzling Details. I also embellished with rhinestones I colored with a red Sharpie. I used Linen Thread for the bow.
Join us at Hand Stamped Sentiments for this challenge and show us what you can do with these colors.
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Beauty of The Season Christmas Card
Size: 4.25″ h x 5.50″ w
Stamp Sets: Beauty of the Seasons
Paper: Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Real Red, Garden Green, Natural Ivory
Ink: Soft Suede, Momento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Dimensionals, Wood Grain Embosing Folder, Label Framelits, Basic Rhinestones, red Dazzling Details
Filed under: Beauty of the Season, Color Splash Challenges, Hand Stamped Sentiments Creative Challenge | Tagged: Beauty of the Season, Cardinal, christmas card, Stampin' Up! |
This is gorgeous!! What a stunning card! I love cardinals, and live your choice of framelits. TFS!! -Lynn
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Very Pretty!!! Love the background texture- perfect!!!
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It’s hard not to think cardinal when the colour challenge is for red this time of the year, isn’t it? I love the way you’ve coloured it with your blender pens and given the colour such dimension. Those red sparkling rhinstones are a great final touch.
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I have loved this set but did not get it. Your card makes me wish I had. Very pretty!
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Such a pretty card! The bird looks so soft…great coloring!
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I just love your style… these images don’t speak to me in the catalog but then I see YOU use them so wonderfully and it makes me WANT to buy them!! LOVELY card!!
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