When I was making this card I was thinking about the patterns trend at the moment and seriously thought this card was going to be for our Niece. Once I finish it, I liked how traditional it felt and decided I would send it to my MIL. Instead. Yeah, if you look at it you can see placed where the pattern doesn't line up correctly, but isn't that sort of the point of handmade at times. I could have stressed out and restamped that line of stamps on another background and had the same problem again. I decided to just go with it.
I decided that the mittens had to match and then to add the satin and velvet ribbons from my stash. That velvet ribbon is an off cut from Christmas bow decorations I made. I decided it wasn't that different to the flocked paper I have bought in the past and I think it adds the right level of luxuriousness to this card. I love this card even with its imperfections.
Ingredients
Card size - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2";
Cardstock - Recollections 110lb and 65lb ivory
Stamps - Gina K Designs: Warm Woolen Mittens; Kitchen Sink Stamps: Whole Family;
Ink - Memento: Love Letter, Toffee Crunch;
Accessories - Velvet ribbon, Satin Ribbon
Over at StampTV they hosted a challenge last week (yeah, I got my card posted in time but the challenge itself is closed) for "Blue Christmas" and this is what I came up with. On top of participating in the challenge I also used GinaK's tutorial for versamark resist. Now I realize you will have squint, hold your computer at arms' length and possibly stand on your head to see it but there is a versamark resist snowflake background on this card. The most prominent one is probably right under the main image. They show up better in person. Honestly!
What I think I learnt is that maybe the stamp was too delicate to pick up enough versamark for a good resist and maybe the blue I chose was too dark. The ink itself should have been ok as it was Memento which is the same GinaK used in her tutorial just the next shade dark blue. Failing that maybe it was a cardstock/moisture issue.
Maybe I should find some candy have a find the snowflakes competition and the first one that finds all of them wins... like I would be that organized!
Oh and BTW this is One Layer card, I masked the skates and the circle.
Ingredients-
Card size - 4.25 in x 5.5 in
Cardstock - Neenah Classic Crest Smooth
Stamps - GinaK "School, Sports, Spirit", Inkadinkado "Warm Holiday Wishes"
Ink - Memento Danube Blue, Tuxedo Black
Copics - B000, B000, B00, C1, C3, C5, C7
Accessories - White Grosgrain ribbon, Sakura metallic silver.
