Monday, December 7, 2015

Cherish


Hi all and welcome to another week of the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. This week the challenge is Holly Jolly Stamping! I decided to showcase the pine branches in three different ways.

I love the Pine Needles and decided to explore stamping it in different colors with different colors in the sky.

First I inked it up partially with a green dye ink and overlaid it with Versamark leaving the edges white as if there was snow on the branches.  I heat embossed it with clear embossing powder.  I then sprinkled goosebumps over the surface to create a natural resist and represent the snow. I stamped the Sentiment in Versamark and heat embossed in white.

Then I sponged the distress inks over the background. I mixed in Blue, pink and yellow. I then splattered with a hint of water over the background for water drops.

Next I tried stamping it with versamark and heat embossing with clear embossing powder.  I sprinkled versamark over the surface and heat embossed with clear embossing powder.




My last card was with black ink and clear embossing powder. I added some touches of white in the background with the versamark re-inker. 


As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $50 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store
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So now it's YOUR turn, come play along and show us your holly jolly stamping. You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in

Suzz

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14 comments:

  1. Love these three techniques, the second one is my favourite card!!

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  2. Beautiful cards Suzz, as always your stamping is awesome :)

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  3. Great variations. Love your cards and your technique.

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  4. Wow Suzz, these are just brilliant! LOVE that stamp, and you really put it to good use here. I think I love the white on the coloured background the most, although all three are stunning! hugs :)

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    1. You should really enter these into our Happy Mail challenge this month at Anything But Cute, they're such a perfect fit for our theme. hugs :)

      http://anythingbutcutechallenge.blogspot.ca/2015/12/challenge-8-youve-got-happy-mail.html

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  5. an absolutely fabulous set of cards Suzz, all of them are stunning! I love how you showed off the different effects you achieve with different products, brilliant :-)

    luv
    Lols x x x

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  6. Wow! each one looks so different! Lovely simple design with a lot of pizzaz! The flecks of white make me think of snow, Suzz.

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  7. Love your gorgeous cards, Suzz. the colors you created are fabulous. :)

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  8. Love all versions!!!!!! You are so talented! Memory box stamp is wonderful! BArbarayaya

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  9. What a treat to see multiple "variations on a theme"! I couldn't believe the difference it made from white to black. And wow- what a totally out-of-the-box background for Christmas cards. LOVE the unique take here and how lovely these turned it. You never cease to amaze and to inspire!

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  10. Gorgeous cards and as always, your stamping and techniques are superb! Fabulous work, Suzz... :)

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  11. These cards are wonderful Sue! Love those stunning background, and the branches.

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  12. These are gorgeous, Suzz! Love the gorgeous backgrounds! So pretty! Hugs, Sandra

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