Today’s challenge I wasn’t going to join but then got a little inspired along with a little energy and made a card! Even managed to video it and do my voiceover and get that done!
The prompt is a colour challenge of Cinnamon, Charcoal and Birch white.
And this is how I used those colours and my new stamps (heavily influenced by the Facebook group where I saw someone else using Tracey Hey stamps and I realised I didn’t have any of her Christmas ones and needed them!)
I started with the torn piece of vellum and some stencils to create the brickwork background for my Cinnamon using Baked Texture embossing powder.
I just love the texture this creates.
Then the bear was stamped using the distress inks in black soot and added water and some hickory smoke to create the watercolour. I did the same with the holly leaves and just a touch of vintage photo for the berries.
I used the sewing machine (badly! 🤣) for the sewing the vellum onto the very dark grey / almost black cardstock panel and then stamped and embossed the sentiment onto the same cardstock.
I die cut the label a few times to stack it up then used a dark grey waxed thread for the string to attach the label.
Both the bear and the top holly leaf element are on foam adhesive for some dimension but the panel it then flat onto the card blank which was made from white cardstock.
Love how this came out especially given I hadn’t been able to create for a few days thanks to being pretty poorly. At least I am on the mend enough for an hours crafting and video editing and blog writing! But now I need a rest!
Happy crafting!
Catherine
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