Hi everyone. Today I'm sharing a card I made for the Rudolph Days July Challenge - Anything Christmas Goes.
I started by pressing Salty Ocean and Wilted Violet distress inks onto my mat, spritzing with water, and then smooshing (pressing, turning, dragging) a piece of mixed media paper through the wet inks. While my smooshed piece was drying, I die-cut this pretty die (Alpine Trees from Memory Box - retired) from white card stock. I used a paint brush to add some glue to the tips fo the trees and along the snow line. I sprinkled with glitter and used a piece of scrap paper to press the glitter into the glue. I left it to dry. Unfortunately, the camera didn't capture the pretty sparkle of this card.
I mounted the die-cut onto my smooshed card front and then stamped the sentiment (Believe from Penny Black) in more of the Wilted Violet ink. To finish, I splattered the whole card with diluted white frost acrylic paint ... you can see a little of the pearl shimmer in the photos. :)
Close-up ...
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Stamps: Believe (Penny Black)
Paper: White card stock(Neenah 110 lb.); Mixed Media card (Strathmore 140 lb.)Ink: Distress Inks: Salty Ocean, Wilted Violet (Tim Holtz)
Accessories: Water mister, Alpine Trees die - retired (Memory Box), glue, iridescent glitter (SU!)
Challenges:
Rudolph Days July Challenge - Anything Christmas Goes
26 comments:
The background to your trees is so pretty Loll, I can just imagine the snow falling. :)
Beautiful card, Loll. The background sky is so pretty. xx
Your smooshed pieces are always so impressive! Love these colours… they make a magical background for your pine sparkly trees (even though it’s not visible in the photo). Beautiful card!
This is very pretty Loll and in the close up photo you can see some of the pretty sparkle and the blue and purple inks make a beautiful sky and love the spattering which has made lots of wonderful falling snow. x
Loll, your pine trees look so beautiful against that inky sky ♥
Whoa, that is one gorgeous sky, Loll! Smooshing and dragging... that's how we used to make messes, but in art it turns into a thing of beauty. I can imagine the sparkle. This is just so lovely.
Love the pretty background you created for those wonderful trees! The snowy speckles are the perfect accent too. Beautiful card, Loll!
Beautiful card with these pretty trees on that awesome background!
WOW...this is GORGEOUS Loll! I love the colors and the frosty, chill feeling you've captured with them!! Simple and oh so pretty...love it!! Hugs. :0)
That snowy sky is awesome. You have such a beautiful way of making backgrounds and I love smooshing. A lovely card, Lolly.
Hi Loll,
Happy Rudolf Days.
I love your wonderful smooshed background it looks so lovely and gorgeousshaeds and colours.
A very like the northen lights and then your lovely hill and trees sets it all off perfectly.
Such a shame the camera deosn't pick up all the sparkle I bet it looks fantastic in person.
Thank you for joining the Rudolf Challenge.
Lots of crafty love. Jenny L. DT
Thats a perfect background for those trees and I love those snowy splatters xx
Your background is gorgeous, Loll! I love that you chose white trees and how you added sparkle with glitter and frost acrylic paint to your design! I'll bet it's really beautiful in person! xx
Fabulous background Loll, love the spatters and the touch of sparkle in the glittery snow, beautiful card, Cathy x
I love the gorgeous background that you've made for this card Lol. it's stunning. Thank you for joining in the fun at Rudolph Days this month.
Sue xx
This is another gorgeous background, Lolly! It's perfect for these sparkly trees! A beautiful Christmas card, my dear friend!
Simply beautiful glitter and shine and smooshed sky, Lolly. I can set a little sparkle in your close up and can easily imagine all the gorgeous glitter and shine in your beautiful Christmas card. TFS dear friend. Love and Hugs...Nancy
Love the colors of your spectacular background, so perfect for the die cut trees. I've got to smoosh some backgrounds here again since it was so fun to do. Thanks for the reminder of that technique! Beautiful card.
Beautiful background with the falling snow Loll. Lovely tree die and touch of shimmer. Great greeting font!
Fabulous ink smooshed background, Loll! Salty Ocean and Wilted Violet are one of my favorite color combos. Sparkle of the glitter snow is pretty, and the falling snow is just so beautiful!
Hideko xx
Wow! Love this gorgeous sky, and the frost acrylic probably makes a really stunning twinkle. wonderful card, Loll
Gorgeous colours! Smooshing them makes a wonderful sky for those beautiful sparkly trees.
The mix of colors in the background is fabulous, Loll.
Great holiday card, Loll. Those colors in your sky are fabulous.
This is one of my favorite color combinations. I love the background you created. In combination with the white of the Christmas trees, it created a stunning contrast. Awesome card!
xx
WOW! That background looks amazing, I love the splatter xx
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