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For the next two weeks we have a Anything Goes Challenges over at Christmas Card Challenges and this is my card!
I decided to break out my distress inks for today’s card! I started off by painting a line of rubber cement at the bottom of the panel for my snow line. Once the rubber cement dried completely I added a wash of soft pastel distress inks to create a winter sunrise after a snowstorm. I love all the pastel shades in the sky right after it snows. From the bottom of the card towards the top I used distress inks in worn lipstick, shaded lilac, seedless preserves, and more shaded lilac. I wet the paper thoroughly and then added each color. I dried it with my heat gun and then added additional color and dried it until it was barely damp. Then to create some interesting lines of color I mixed iridescent medium with water and painted it on to the card front using vertical strokes. It dragged some of the pink shades into the purples which I love and the iridescent medium gave the entire panel a very shimmery look.
Next I stamped the deer from the new Hero Arts Deck the Halls stamp set with versamark and then heat-embossed them with Ranger Liquid Platinum embossing powder. I stamped the sentiment from Hero Arts Color Layering Fall Trees with versamark and embossed it with the same embossing powder. Next I taped the Simon Says Stamp Falling Snow stencil over the front of my card and applied Ranger Texture Paste. I removed the stencil and while it was still wet I sprinkled it with Elizabeth Craft Designs Warm Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter and let it dry completely. Then I trimmed the panel down to A2 size and mounted it to a white cardstock panel!
So that’s my card for the week! I hope you’ll play along with our Anything Goes Christmas Card Challenge! For even more inspiration, don’t forget to visit the rest of the design team!
Thanks for visiting and enjoy the rest of your weekend!
I am entering this card into the Simon Says Stamp Flickr Challenge #26: Pastels!
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This is gorgeous! Love your DI background!
This is really gorgeous!!!
Love the color choices
Jessica, your card is beautiful!!! Before I had even read your description of what you are trying to convey, it was if I were there there. I can almost feel the cold crisp night air and here the crunch of the freshly fallen snow under my boots as I walk.The soft pallete of your colors even reminded me the northern lights.I guess the if I had to describe in one word, it would be breath-taking!!!
So beautiful.
This card is sooo pretty! I love the background and those adorable deer!