A quick peek at another Thomas Kinkade by CHF card this morning before I head out for a drive up to Los Angeles to see Wicked tonight!
The image on this card is called Village Christmas and it is so beautiful and old fashioned, perfect for a simple Christmas card. I inked up the image in Ranger Weathered Wood dye ink and stamped onto vanilla cardstock. While it was still wet I quickly applied clear embossing powder, shook of the excess, and heated it up. The texture from this simple process is so lovely and can only be appreciated in real life. Ranger inks stay wet a bit longer than your average dye ink and allow for embossing.
The stamped, embossed image was trimmed, distressed, and mounted to a burgundy layer. Brads were added in the corners, and then the ribbon was tied up like a package. Gray cardstock is Bazzil, and was deckle-edged with my trusty old, rolling Fiskars cutter. The sentiment was stamped directly to the textured paper using Palette Noir ink. A black matting was adhered, and the main image was attached using dimensionals.
This card is easy to duplicate, but has an elegant look, perfect for Christmas!
Happy Friday!
Supplies: Stamps: Thomas Kinkade for CHF Village Christmas, We Wish You...., Inks: Ranger Distress Ink Weathered Wood, Palette Noir, Paper: Very Vanilla, Bravo Burgundy, Basic Black (SU!), Gray (Bazzill), Accessories: Pewter brads (Making Memories), Burgundy grosgrain (SU!),
Distressing tool (Making Memories), Dimensionals (SU!)
11 comments:
MMMMM this is just GORGEOUS!!!! I totally love the brad and ribbon placement!!!
Valerie - just gorgeous! what a great card! love that its simple and elegant, and reproducible (is that a word?) for holiday cards! thanks for sharing! didn't realize you were local until i saw your San Diego picts - i'm in Encinitas! we went to the fair on Father's Day - had a ball!
thanks again for sharing a great creation!
Beth B. (mommy to a busy 3 3/4 yr old)
Yep, simple and elegant! My stamps have shipped! WAHOO! :D
Val - first of all BIG CONGRATS on being on this DT!! Wow! Second - your take on these stamps is wonderful - really wonderful! And third - you LUCKY dog going to Wicked! I wanna hear about it - pop on the thread if you get a minute.
Hi Val!
Congrats on the design team and your terrific TK creations, just lovely!!
Hope you enjoyed Wicked...it's an awesome show!!
Hug,
Amy
I'm loving these new stamps! Your cards are beautiful!!!
Karen
I can't stop staring at both of your TK cards as they're absolutely stunning!! So many beautiful details to take in! Congratulations Val! I'm looking forward to seeing more...but then I always am cuz I love your stuff Ü! You go girl!
i just saw wicked in nyc two weeks ago--loved it and am still humming the songs. maybe that's because i'm playing them a lot when i stamp! hope you enjoyed it!
beautiful card, too! :) lexi
Simply elegant! I love it!
These cards are so beautiful! And by the way...you are gonna LOVE wicked! Such a great show!
This is beautiful, Val! I ordered the vignette of this image and I think it will make wonderful, quick Christmas cards.
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