Monday 11 November 2019

Pine Cones


Having seen the fab card made by Bobby here I was reminded of a Penny Black stamp I bought some time ago, which I thought would look great for this technique.
Having dug it out, I popped it into my MISTI and reached for every shade of brown Distress Ink in my racks.
The challenge I first had in mind was CAS Watercolour where a Monochrome palette is required.

After numerous stampings, with just about every shade used on different parts of the stamp, I spritzed a little shimmer over it and then stamped some splodges in Antique linen ink over all.
I found the sentiment is a box of previously unused stamps, bought as a Grab Bag from a craft show... I believe they are from Rubbernecker. It had different sized spots either side of the words, which I didn't really care for, so after cutting them off, I embossed it in gold. Having distressed the edges to tie in with the main panel,  it was added it to the card.
Penny Black - Christmas


Here is another card containing shades of brown, although not watercolour this time. This was a fairly quick card... or at least it should have been if I hadn't pfaffed around with different tree line dies and trying to decide which tag die to use. Anyway the reindeer is a little digi which I gave up on trying to cut out with my Portrait and hand cut instead. I did an upgrade to my Silhouette as I hadn't used my machine for some time... it was like trying to learn a completely new piece of software!
For some reason yet to be discovered, I couldn't get the machine to read the registration lines, I'll try again some time, but frustration got the better of me this time!
I took my inspiration from Just Add Ink
...although the only ink on this one is from the Versamark for the sentiment!

9 comments:

  1. Beautiful cards, Chrissie, Jo x

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  2. Two simply SPLENDIFEROUS makes Chrissie

    Kathyk

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  3. Your shades of brown work perfectly, Chrissie! Such a classy card! Love your tag too. Thanks so much for sharing this with us at CAS Watercolour!

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  4. Your pinecones and pine sprigs are beautiful all in browns. Makes a lovely Christmas card! Thanks for sharing with us at CAS Watercolour!

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  5. Fabulous cards Chrissie! Love the water colour effect pine cones, and distressed edges, and that reindeer is so very cute xxx

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  6. Beautifully stamped and coloured. I love the shades of brown. Thanks for sharing with us at CAS Watercolour!

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  7. Fabulous! Your little Christmas card is adorable. Love love love. Thanks so much for sharing with us at Just Add Ink, Chrissie. x

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  8. Both great cards. I love your cute little Reindeer, its a lovely CAS style card. Chantell Just Add Ink

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  9. Oh my goodness - this is the cutest Christmas card! I am loving that little reindeer and your clean lines. Thanks for joining us at Just Add Ink!

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Thanks,
Chrissie