Mum and Dad's card

I showed you my first take on Mum and Dad's card a few posts ago.  Here's what I ended up with.

They wanted the traditional Christmas colours of green and red, so I made thirty cards, 15 on a Cherry Cobbler base and 15 on Gumball Green.

 

And..I had a Happy Christmas stamp all along!

 

Don't be afraid to mix up colours - the Festival of Prints uses Lucky Limeade as its green, but this worked fine against the Gumball Green background.  Also, the neutral colour in the DSP is Very Vanilla but I chose to stamp on Whisper White as the prints I chose to use had minimal Very Vanilla in them.

 

 

Stamps:  First Christmas, More Merry Messages

Card:  Whisper White, Gumball Green, Festival of Prints DSP

Ink:  Early Espresso

Tools:  Apothecary Accents Framelits

 

I have been working on lots of items for a market on Sunday so stay tuned for a few of those!

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Anna



First Christmas and Apothecary Framelits

I am loving the new stamp pads and the solid image they give with many of our new stamp sets.  I am experimenting with some designs for my parents' Christmas cards.  Dad always like his cards to say Happy Christmas rather than Merry, but such a stamp is hard to find.

I love this shape from the Apothecary Accents Framelits.  It reminds me of a stained glass window shape in a church and reinforces the religious significance of the day.

Mum and Dad want to go with green and red colour combination so some more experimenting is on order.  I'll let you know what I come up with!

Stamps:  First Christmas, More Merry Messages
Card:  Early Espresso, Riding Hood Red, Island Indigo, Festival of Prints DSP, Whisper White
Ink:  Early Espresso
Tools:  Big Shot, Apothecary Accents Framelits

Thanks for stopping by!

Anna