Welcome to the Art With Heart team's Heart Of Christmas Blog Share. We are up to Week 8, and I am having a turn to host this week! You will find all the links to this week's gorgeous cards at the end of my post.
I decided to make my card using a non-Christmas stamp set this week. I have ummed and ahhed over the Country Home stamp set ever since it first appeared, which I think was in last year's Holiday Catalogue. I finally purchased it, and tonight's card is the first time I have inked it up.
I stamped it in Memento ink so that I could colour it with my Stampin' Blends. It took three goes to stamp it correctly, as I completely misjudged the size of the foliage stamp! Thankfully, cardstock has two sides, so I wasn't wasteful. I used Daffodil Delight, Crumb Cake, Granny Apple Green, Poppy Parade, Grey Granite and Pool Party to colour the image. I wanted to use lots of red and green to help with the Christmas theme.
I selected a piece of DSP from the Night Before Christmas pack as my background. I think that the tile-type pattern in reds also helps to keep the card Christmassy, but also country. The main image was cropped with the largest Stitched Nested Labels Die, and the sentiment with the smallest Rectangle Stitched Die. I finished the front with a twine bow using a scrap of Mossy Meadow Linen Thread from the Magnolia Lane Ribbon bundle.
I used Crumb Cake ink to stamp the milk tin and foliage again on the inside. So that they didn't take up too much space, I stamped them off the side of the card. The sentiments I have used on the card came from Merry Christmas To All - a set with a fabulous mix of smaller and larger sentiments. I also added a scrap of DSP left from the front of the card.
That's it from me, so why not check out the rest of this week's cards? So you don't have to keep jumping back and forth, you can right click on each link and select 'open in a new tab'.
Sharon Davern
Kate Morgan
Caroline Manwaring
Diane Furniss
Vicki Boucher
Rachel Woollard
Catherine Proctor
Michelle Taylor
And for her Heart Of Christmas debut:
Andrea Sargent
Bye for now,
Tina
Oh Tina - I love your card! That tile print DSP looks fantastic! I love your colouring too - such lovely shading. It's a really beautiful Christmas card using non-traditional images. A real WOW from me!
ReplyDeleteLovely! That totally works for Christmas. Love how you think outside the box. Thanks for hosting Heart of Christmas this week!
ReplyDeleteTina this is the best card I've seen with this stamp set - just gorgeous. And the perfect DSP for the stamp xx
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card, Tina. It works so well for Christmas with the colours and DSP you have chosen.
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh, your colouring is gorgeous and I love that you have used non traditional images for Christmas!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card Tina. I love your colour choice and layout of the card.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful colouring Tina. I love that you have used non-Christmas stamps as your feature on this very Christmassy card.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful card Tina, I love the colouring and what a great non-traditional Christmas card. Almost outback like. I'm sure anyone from the country would love this kind of Christmas card that would represent something a little more like what they see at Christmas time in Australia.
ReplyDeleteLove your card Tina, I love the colours and I have thought about purchasing that stamp set but have been unsure. You have done a lovely job making it into Christmas.
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