Thursday, November 29, 2012

Snowy Postcard

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I found a challenge at the Stampendous Blog which asks us to pair one of their products with a Core'dinations product.  I just got this beautiful Stampendous cling called Snowy Postcard and couldn't wait to play with it.  So I stamped it on a kraft card base, and again on an aqua Core'dinations kraft-core paper.


Then I used a picket fence distress marker to lighten the roofs and ground on the aqua panel, cut out the inner circle, colored the holly leaves, and glued it to the kraft card.  The card front was embossed with a Darice snowflake folder, and then I lightly sanded the Core'dinations paper to bring out the snowflakes in kraft, and added some pearls as berries on the holly.

I like how this turned out, especially the combination of the kraft and aqua with touches of red!

19 comments:

LauraJane:) said...

JUST Beautiful! Love the colors and texture.Very cozy:)

Kathy Martin said...

LOVE this, Lin!!!!! That snowy scene is so beautiful! And I love the texture! :)

maria f. said...

OK, came to see your TCM CAS beauty but got hung up here. This is so lovely. Great design.

Sue McRae said...

Lovely vintage feel to this card Lin and what a great way to use the Picket Fence marker! I have seen this stamp on a few projects lately and now seeing your card I've decided to add this stamp to my wish list.

Nancy K said...

What a range of styles today! This postcard design is a real beauty; I love the muted colors.

Caroline said...

Beautiful card the image is one of my favorites. Caroline xxx

MarcyK924 said...

I LOVE when you get all vintagey! This is GORGEOUS, Lin! I adore this image! XOXO

Cindy C. said...

Oh such a special piece Lin! Love the new blog header photo, so sweet!

Barb said...

Oh, my! This is gorgeous, Lin! I too love the aqua and bits of red with the kraft! The different techniques you used all came together so beautifully!

Barb Turpin said...

Spectacular-I love how you used the delicate snowflake embossing on both colors-beautiful results!

Dawn T said...

This is just gorgeous Lin. Love the vintage look

Wee Von said...

Lin, what a beautiful card. The colors go so well together. Very vintage. TFS

jintyoo7 said...

Thought I had gone back in time for just a minute, Lin - fabulous vintage styled card :)

Core'dinations said...

This is the coolest technique! I LOVE how you embossed over the stamped image and THEN sanded. WOW. Could we use this on our blog? If so email me at ellen_sosnoski@coredinations.com.

Thanks for playing along!!!

Alice said...

wonderful texture from sanding the blue cardstock. this is so pretty, Lin!

Tina Connolly said...

What a wonderful card!

Sandy said...

Hey Lin - this is gorgeous and I love it so much I ordered the stamp!
Sandy

Bad Kitty said...

very cute

Krissy said...

Lin, this is absolutely stunning! I love so much about this card - love the color combination, love your coloring, love that you embossed the snowflakes with this image! Whoever finds this Christmas card in their mailbox is very lucky!