Holly Angel Card - Stampin' Up! and LOC

Hi friends and fellow stampers,

I have some rather interesting craft for you today - A very good friend of mine introduced me to these stamps, and as I love Christmas everything, and I was attracted to this lovely angel image, I thought I'd have a go at something different. 

This is what I ended up with ....

I am rather pleased with the end result - it evolved due to a very strange happening. 

Would you believe that the only inks I used on this card were EARLY ESPRESSO  and SOFT SUEDE  classic ink from Stampin' Up! 

So where does the pink come from you ask. It comes from using an AQUA PAINTER  with water in it to pick up some ink from the top of the ink pad and lay it on the VANILLA CARD STOCK. I knew from my colour theory training that browns were made up of pink and green tones (yes Complimentaries  = neutrals when mixed together) but I was surprised to see such a delightful dusty pink emerge on the paper.

The same effect happened when I coloured the VANILLA SEAM BINDING used to create this flower. This time I simply added water to ink pressed onto the lid of the ink pad and slushed the seam binding in it. Love, love love the antique effects, and thrilled that similar colours emerged to those on paper. Can you see the green tinges too? I made the flower by winding the seam binding around the brad and attaching it to the back of the brad with MINI GLUE DOTS.

HINT:  Seam Binding looks perfect all crumpled up - to achieve this look you simply scrunch it up and allow it to dry after dying with your selected colour.

Going for an antique look means lots of texture too. I used my MUSIC NOTES  STAMPIN' AROUND WHEEL to freehand across a piece of Vanilla card then I stamped the Post Card image over the top before attacking it with the AQUA PAINTER. Just a little water along the edges of the Post Card image gives the illusion of depth. After this was dry, I dry embossed that section with  the FINIAL PRESS embossing folder from Stampin' Up!

The Post Card image in the middle ground is stamped using SOFT SUEDE ink on a separate piece of vanilla card, and the angel has been fussy cut and raised on dimensionals. She is stamped using EARLY ESPRESSO. Sponging, tearing  and distressing  the edges helped give me the effect I was after. 

The final touches were soft gold (CHAMPAGNE MIST) Shimmer Paint highlights added with a fine paintbrush to the wings, hair and holly. I also sprayed the top background area with Champagne Simmer Mist.

Hope you like the card and will experiment with some of those inks to see what effects you can come up with. 

I think this card fulfills the requirements for the following challenges

Crafty Cardmakers
- 2W, C15 - (2nd week) Anything
Goes (ends 16th Oct)

Make it Monday - always Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp and Show...
- Things with Wings

Midnight Madness - SKETCH*

Oldie But Goodie Challenge - 2W, must use stamp at least 6mts old -Wings
& GDT Call 2nd Week - Music Wheel and Snowflake Image

Paper Take Weekly - Get In
Shape (use three different shapes base card can be one)

·  Tuesday Throwdown -#70 Think Pink

Christmas Challenges - 2W, 1E, must be Winter Holiday and stamped
image - Sketch*

Let`s Ink It Up - M, 5E,
Must use rubber stamp (NO digi) -
(October) Think Pink (ends 30th Oct)

·  Pile It On - Do it for Fun

Flutterby Wednesdays - Use up scraps - mine are the different bits and colours of card for the various layers of the card.

So, Until Next Time,

Stay Crafty!