Hi, everyone!
You may know I've been stalking....I mean "following" (haha) .....Kittie Kraft, and drawing inspiration from her, lately. I tried another of her beautiful creations (see hers here). I have added several dies to my pile, recently, and I wanted to make something wintery. I know, I know.......let's not push it, right?! But, I thought this would be a pretty Christmas card, which I need to get to work on, so......I busted out the dies to give it a whirl!
As it turned out, I was trying to create the CASE'd card from memory,
and ended up using a white base on my card: I think this was the "fatal error" for me, it just looked so washed out and........."blah". I also changed up the die placements on my card.
Here's the first attempt:
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I was not happy with the outcome; in fact, I was a bit mopey about the outcome for a few days, and the card was tossed from here to there in my craft room - no photo-taking, no filing in the "finished" box. After a couple days, I pulled it out from a pile of scraps I had on my table and played with my Pearl Pen. I also added a glittery snowflake punch and a rhinestone brad fro some bling. You know what!? I like it much better now! :0) What do you think?
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Materials List
Stampin' Up Whisper White Card Stock
Fiskars Paper Crimper - Wavy
Memory Box Dies - Country Landscape, Pine Trees Border, Snowflake Corner, Frosty Border
Pop-Dots
Pearl Pen - Lt Blue
MS Punch - Snowflake
Rhinestone Brad
Stampin' Up Markers
Cuttlebug Snowflakes Embossing Folder
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Welcome to our Majestic Mountain theme at Craft A Scene this month. You have created a really lovely card, with so much work in it. I like both versions, but I agree with you that the final one is the best. Thank you for sharing it with us all. Have a good week. xx Maggie
ReplyDeletewow i love both versions. Thanks for joining us at challenges 4 everybody , Trisha x DT
ReplyDeleteThis is lovely Cheryl...I like the white card base..looks very elegant this way! Love that delicate swirly die!
ReplyDeleteI have days....I mean cards like that....like them both but like the first one the best...my kind of card
ReplyDeleteWow, what a cool embossing folder...just love your card. Thank you for joining us at TTCRD this week.
ReplyDeleteCheryl, I loved the card as it was shown in the first photo and my first thought was, "What a great white-on-white card!" Then I saw the second photo, and I like it equally well. I honestly couldn't say I like one better than the other. :-D
ReplyDeleteCheryl Ann
ReplyDeleteLove both cards. Great embossing folder for sure.
Myrna
Both cards a lovely Cheryl, but I think the little touches the blue on the second one really bring it to life.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for joining us at Craft a Scene challenge this month.
B x
These are both totally gorgeous the design is superb I love the little houses and trees dotted about it really looks like Christmas, thank you for joining our challenge at Bearly Mine this week
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lorraine x
How unique and oh, so delightful :) Thank you for sharing this with us at Tuesday Alchemy!
ReplyDeleteI invite you to join me at the ANYTHING GOES challenge here:
http://pinandtack.blogspot.com/2012/10/spark-your-creativity-now-challenge-2.html
Lots of joy,
Corrinne
very creative!! lovely scene.
ReplyDeleteyou added blue dots on the second card, that is beautiful touch. making the card really finished.
thank you for joining craft a scene this month.
greetings
So pretty. Love the blue touches.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea! It turned out so beautifully! Thanks for sharing it with us at Tuesday Alchemy!
ReplyDeleteEileen
Great winter scene! Thank you for joining us this month at Craft a Scene. NancyD
ReplyDeleteGorgeous winter scene! Love how you built it up, and the little houses and trees are so cute. The bits of blue add a nice touch. Thank you for sharing with us at Craft a Scene!
ReplyDeleteBeautifully embossed winter scene :)
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