I'm just sneaking in for this week's One Layer Wednesday challenge. Susan is hosting this week and she's sprung a Christmas card on us this time. The challenge is to use red and green stamping on a white or cream base.
I used Cryogen White cardstock which is a milky white with a subtle shimmer, two shades of green Distress ink and a red. The square is simply the Distress pad pressed directly on to the card base - I love the slightly shabby, weathered feel you get from doing this.
I had a terrible time getting a photo of this - everything looks yellower than it really is but none of the corrections I tried in Photoshop looked right either so I decided to call it a day in the end!
The card is 4.25" square.
Stamps:
The Pines (Cornish Heritage Farms, retired)
Sentiment from Season's Greetings (Technique Tuesday)
Paper:
Cryogen white
Ink:
Distress ink by Ranger (Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint, Fired Brick)
Other:
Paper piercer
Corner Chomper by We R Memory Keepers
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Tuesday, 22 February 2011
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15 comments:
Such a beautiful Christmas card, Joanne! Just catching up today--sorry I've missed so much lately! Your Spring card is so pretty from your last post, and I LOVE that Steampunk card--fabulous, my friend!
Hope your day is wonderful!
Julie
this is a lovely christmas card - really like it
beautiful card, love the distressed panel behind the trees
This card is beautiful! Perfect colours
Geetings, Tineke
Stunning Joanne. :)
It's lovely and a great idea to use the stamp pad as your background square
Kathyk
I really like this - the trees are stunning, and I like the paper pricking beneath the senitment!
I love your less is more look on these cards - fab!
Jackie
Lovely card Joanne, and one down for Christmas too!
Gorgeous Joanne :)
Beautiful colours & stamping! x
Loving this Joanne :-)
The 'simplicity'is lovely & beautifully balanced.
I've just come back from visiting in your neck of the woods - stayed in Tynemouth and spent an afternoon up on the Wall! I love this graphic Christmas card - actually I love everything you make!
I LOVE the tress!!! Awesome Christmas card!
WOW! I love how this turned out! So simple and soooooo pretty!
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