November 24, 2019

Celebrate the Season

Hello there. Popping in quickly to share a floral wreath Christmas card.


I used this limited edition Clearly Besotted / Simon Says Stamptember set.


Started by stamping the bow with alcohol friendly black ink on an alcohol friendly panel.  Masked it to stamp the wreath, then coloured it in with Copics.  Don’t know if you can tell, but I love non-traditional colours. 😉   Die cut the panel with a stitched rectangle die.


The diagonal stripe background is a piece of retired resist paper I’ve had for many, many years.  The resist areas has a bit of shine so it looks really pretty IRL.  It was die cut with an A2 sized stitched rectangle, then Shaded Lilac distress ink was blended on with a blender brush.  And with any resist, excess ink was wiped away with a tissue. The sentiment was white heat embossed on black cardstock.   For some sparkle, added clear shimmer to the flowers/bow and a few clear sparkly sequins to finish.


Thank you for dropping by.  Enjoy your week.










Challenges:
The Flower Challenge - #38 Add Spots or Stripes
Freshly Made Sketches - #412 A Sketch by Jen B
Time Out - #149 Celebrations

15 comments:

Karren said...

This is so beautiful! Your coloring is so rich and striking! Thanks so much for joining us at Freshly Made Sketches.

sandie said...

I too love untraditional colours for Christmas but don't think mine ever look this amazing. Love how you built the wreath around the bow and wow to such stunning colouring. And fab to find this paper-it workThanks for joining Time Outs so well with the card.

Christine Alexander said...

Beautiful wreath Trina, and I have some of that old resist card stock. thanks for the inspiration :)

Jen Brum said...

What a beautiful card! Just love that wreath! Your colouring is amazing! Thanks for joining us this week at Freshly Made Sketches!

Susan said...

What a gorgeous and unique Christmas wreath - a nice change from the usual pine bough type of wreaths. Love the soft lilac in the striped background and in the flowers.

Pat said...

Whoa! These colors are gorgeous!!!

Bonnie said...

This is GORGEOUS, Trina! Love these colors and the striped background! One of the prettiest wreaths I've seen!

Linda said...

Gorgeous coloring of this wreath, Trina. Your card is so stunning.

Loll said...

GORGEOUS wreath, Trina! Your colouring is always amazing ... I need lessons! Beautiful design ... love that striped framing! xx

Cara said...

This is just gorgeous, love the colours. Thanks for joining us this month at The Flower Challenge, hope to see you next month too. Cara DT x

Vicky Hayes said...

Beautifully coloured in charmingly non-traditional colours! And who knew there was a Clearly Besotted/Simon Says Stamp special edition stamp?! Vicky x

Stephanie Lanzalotto said...

This is so gorgeous, Trina. I love the non-traditional color scheme and your coloring is fantastic. Thanks for playing with us at Time Out.

Ela said...

I am always in awe with your colouring, it's wonderful. Love the resist in the background too!
Love
Ela

Brenda in IN said...

A beautiful wreath and the coloring is awesome, the coloring and the colors. The pine cones look so real. The resist paper is so pretty.

Lynn said...

I love your gorgeous wreath and amazing colors. The purples are stunning!

Thanks so much for playing with us at Time Out!