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Sunday 30 October 2011

Winter Solstice


Inspired by the beautiful cards I saw on the Stamp Man Challenge Blog today where the theme for the fortnightly challenge is 'Night Time' I made the above card.  The stamp, which appropriately enough I bought from The Stamp Man eons ago is from Non Sequitur's Winter Solstice set.  The image is stamped in black Versafine ink and I added colour with Promarkers, Adirondack and distress inks.  I also used promarkers to colour the flower embellishments to match.  The sentiment stamp is an old wood mounted one I find useful and tend to turn to quite often.  I am quite pleased with the overall effect as it nearly went in the bin at one point!

9 comments:

Beryl K said...

Super card, love how you have coloured it
Beryl x

Lavender Rose said...

They are both perfect Beryl, just gorgeous and oh so sytlish. I just hope I can post this comment as having terrible problems posting comments on people's blogs which is soooo frustrating! I will most likely have to post as anonymous as my Blogger account won't let me comment.

Angela Weimer said...

Fab card. Love how real it looks. thanks for joining us in The Stamp Man Challenge and have a great day. Angela

Crafting Queen said...

Beautiful card, love it! Thanks for the email, sorry you are having problems with blogger. Have a great day. Hugs anesha

Anne Marie Hile said...

This is gorgeous! I love the shading you added. Beautiful detail and the flowers are a pretty touch. :)

Chrissie said...

A stunning card Denise, I just love the 'Arty' style you always manage to achieve with your cards sweetie.
lol Chrissie xx

Annette Allen said...

wow great blog and your cards are amazing...

Thanks for stopping by and leaving me such a sweet comment.... Happy Crafting..

Neet said...

Trawling along I came across a comment made by you and just had to follow the link. Lovely to see you and what a spectacular card this is. This is one stamp I have difficulty with in getting a clear image. I think what you have done is just beautiful.
Remember me? Hugs, Neet x

Magic Flying Boots said...

I love this! Gorgeous stamp, and really love how you have coloured the sun - so dramatic! :D

Do you use ink dusters to colour?

Jen

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