Wednesday 20 August 2014

The non-Christmas-stamped Christmas card

When faced with a challenge to make a Christmas card using only Indigo Blu stamps, my first thought was "Yippee!  An excuse to buy some new stamps!"  (As if I needed any encouragement!  LOL!).  But then I reminded myself that I'm going on holiday shortly, so giving in to my stamp-buying urges was not something I should be doing.

So I got a bit creative and came up with this:


I first stamped onto Indigo Blu's gorgeous white card in Versamark, using the beautiful swirly ends of Indigo Blu's "Juliet" stamp, and embossed in clear WOW! powder.  I then ran the card through the Grand Calibur using a snowflake embossing folder.  I then blended Distress Ink around the edges of the card to help bring out the snowflake embossing.  A quick wipe with a piece of kitchen roll removed the blue ink from the clear embossing to make the swirls really stand out.

I used the same effect on the tree shape (which was just drawn onto white card and cut out by hand).  Add a bit of glitter card and sparkly gems - and voila!  It feels very weird making Christmas cards when I've still not had my summer holiday.  But I guess it's good to get started early and avoid the last-minute panic (which is what happened last year, and I ended up giving some people *shop bought cards*.  Oh, the shame!).

So, this card is my submission for the following blog challenges:


Thanks for looking!

Lori
x

11 comments:

  1. What a great idea good luck with your entry in the IndigoBlu Challenge
    P xx

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  2. This is gorgeous and such a clever idea. Thanks for joining in with the IndigoBlu Challenge .... good luck! Linda xx

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  3. Love this idea!

    Thanks for entering the IndigoBlu Challenge
    Clare

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  4. Very pretty card, good luck in the Indigoblu challenge this month. xx

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  5. Lovely card! Thanks for joining us at the Take It Make It Challenge.

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  6. That is such a clever idea! Thank you for joining us at IndigoBlu. Jenny x

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  7. Beautiful card - the colour and design are amazing

    Mines on my blog
    HERE it would be great if you had time to come take a look
    X Hilda

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  8. So beautiful! I love your creativity with this technique.
    Thank you for joining us at the Craft Stamper Take It Make It challenge.
    Dot

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  9. Gorgeous card, thanks for joining in with us at the Take It Make It Challenge. Elizabeth x

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  10. Beautiful card Lori:-) Thanks for joining us at the Take it Make it challenge xxx

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  11. Love this Lori, very clever as always. x

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