Sunday, October 30, 2011

OLW70: Red and White Christmas

Here is my card for the OLW70 challenge at one of my favorite blogs (Simplicity One Layer Wednesday 70: Red and White ) I was surprised by how difficult it was to come up with a design that worked, but I'm pretty happy with the look of the final result. However, I think I made a mistake - I used Pigment ink on glossy paper, and I'm very much afraid that it will smear...

I started by stamping the Pointsettas on the corners, and then added the sentiment. Some of the smaller flowers did not stamp cleanly (they smudged), so I filled them in with a Sakura red glaze pen. I considered spraying the card with a fixative, but then I would lose the shine of the glossy paper. Oh well. At least the design came out nice.

Stamps: DD0014 Pointsetta Bunch (Prickly Pear)
Sentiment: GR1145 Warm Your Heart (Stampabilities)
Ink: Scarlet Pigment (Color Box)
Paper: Glossy (unknown maker) Probably glossy paper was a mistake
Other: Sakura Red Glaze Pen

3 comments:

  1. I like your created border with the flowers! And filling in some with pen makes the card pop a little more. Good move!

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  2. I think this is a really elegant card - I do like the way you've some poinsettias filled in and some open! The sentiment looks fab!

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  3. Thank you, ladies! I had a lot of fun making this card.

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