Friday, 14 February 2014

Star of Bethlehem

Happy Valentine's Day everyone - did you get spoilt??

Here is a card I made using a technique that I learnt in a cardmaking class I attended some time last year.

You stamp the image onto pearlescent card and using a paintbrush and water you swipe over the image, carefully and within the lines to shade it in.  You then just dab your paintbrush onto the ink pad and paint parts of the image for contrasts of the same shade.  I really enjoyed doing this and think it looks really effective.

My fella thought this was an Autumn card because of the colours, but it's actually a Christmas card lol.

Challenges:-

ABC Christmas Challenge - Chocolate creams
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes
Stampin' for the Weekend - Flower Power
Crafty Girls Challenges - Anything Goes
Allsorts Challenge Blog - Colours beginning with a B (mine are Brown, Beige, Bronze)




Items Used:-

Handmade base card
Free paper and Forever Friends Christmas paper
Personal impressions Bethlehem stamp
Dew Drops brilliance ink "Coffee Bean"
Hunkydory Diamond Sparkles glitter in Brilliant Bronze
Britannia dies set of 3 poinsettias
Spellbinders floral oval dies
Pearls from "e"

Thanks so much for looking and have a great day
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11 comments:

  1. Sarah14 February 2014 at 11:10

    What a fab technique Michelle and I love the finished result. Great flowers too and the colour combo is lovely. xx

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  2. Basslady14 February 2014 at 11:19

    my goodness! this is totally striking and awesome!

    thanks so much for playing along with us at CRAFT-Challenge!

    Hugs and kisses from germany,
    silvi xoxo

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  3. coops14 February 2014 at 13:03

    so stunning michelle.really fab image and i love your monochromatic design and flowers ;D

    x coops xx

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  4. Sarah14 February 2014 at 18:43

    Beautiful card Michelle, love the image and design. Thank you so much for joining us at Allsorts this week x

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  5. Mervi14 February 2014 at 20:00

    Beautiful flowers on your fabulous card.

    Thank you for sharing at Allsorts Challenge;-))m

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  6. Hazel14 February 2014 at 22:36

    Thanks for entering both of my CHNC challenges with your lovely card - hope to see you again soon. x

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  7. Zw@@n16 February 2014 at 12:20

    Lovely card, I love the lay out and the stamp. Thank you for joining us at ABC Christmas Challenge. Luv, Wilma

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  8. Unknown17 February 2014 at 10:58

    That's a beautiful stamp and those poinsetta's finish it off perfectly. Thanks for joining us at Stampin For The Weekend and good luck! xx

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  9. mags17 February 2014 at 21:12

    A lovely creation. Thanks for sharing with us at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges and good luck.
    Mags
    x

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  10. Anonymous18 February 2014 at 21:44

    A real chocolate dream, Thanks for Playing along with us this time at ABC Christmas Challenge, hugs Samantha :0)

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  11. Donna Ellis20 February 2014 at 11:39

    Beautiful card, Michelle! Love the sketch you've used, and the lovely, peaceful colors. Wonderful! hugs, de

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