Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Jingle Belles Holly & Ivy

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FINALLY I've finished my card for the current Jingle Belles challenge: The Holly & The Ivy:


This was my 3rd or 4th attempt with this idea, and I finally made one I didn't trash at the very end. Stamping is HARD, people.

First I die-cut the wreath to use the negative as a mask for the embossing paste. The negative was actually three pieces, so that was part of my challenge. I finally got it, though, and it's very shiny. And yes, I've said finally three or four times already, I know. It's been a tough few days here.

So "this is not foliage", you might say, and so you might! But I disagree!!! A wreath IS foliage; I just chose to make mine white. Also, the background paper is made of pine trees, and if that isn't foliage, I don't know what is!

I actually started out with this wreath in green (I used Ferro) on Kraft. It looked nice, but I killed that card in a strange crafting mishap. It was boring anyway.

Oh, here's the shiny on this card:


Here you can see the pearlescent embossing paste and the embossed greeting. It (the greeting) was stamped with Hero Arts Silver pigment ink and clear-embossed.

Now that this card is finally finished, I can move on to a new challenge. :) Thanks for stopping by!

Products used: Doodlebug Baby Boy pearls, Kaisercraft Basics pearls - Plum, vat of clear embossing powder, SU Very Vanilla taffeta ribbon, and the following:


5 comments:

  1. Of course it's foliage - the wreath has snow on it. Duh. I love the little pearls as ornaments.

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  2. I like how this turned out. Sorry it caused so much trauma before it came to be though. Darn, some of these cards anyway. I really like the papers you put with it--they definitely scream "foliage."

    Which is a weird thing to scream when you stop and think about it.

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  3. it's definitely foliage! who says foliage has to be green? some poinsettias are red or (gah!) PINK! :) :) :) this was definitely worth the "growing pains"... totally sparkly... totally textural... totally AWESOME!!! a lovely addition to our JINGLE BELLES gallery, missus!!! <3

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  4. Agreed ... foliage indeed ... my favorite childhood foliage was my Gran's silver metallic Christmas Tree ... and way to go with the multi-pieced-mask ... you are braver than me ... so very glad you celebrated festive foliage with us at Jingle Belles.

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  5. Agreed ... foliage indeed ... my favorite childhood foliage was my Gran's silver metallic Christmas Tree ... and way to go with the multi-pieced-mask ... you are braver than me ... so very glad you celebrated festive foliage with us at Jingle Belles.

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