I have two very different cards today for the CAS Christmas Challenge for May. The first one is my first attempt at no line watercoloring and the second is a wreath card in non-traditional colors for Christmas.
I stamped Penny Black's Christmas Berries in antique linen distress ink and then watercolored using various other distress inks. I used some colored pencils to add the veins in the leaves. Spattered with white gouache, die cut with a wonky rectangle, added the enamel dots and the sentiment and done!
I die cut the leaves from a piece of alcohol inked yupo paper. The die has little berries and so added the gold sequins on top of them. Added a few more "berries" around the sentiment and circle background. Mounted all on ocean tides card base. I am also entering this card in the Christmas Kickstart challenge where the theme is a wreath.
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Two stunners Betty. A bit partial to the first the red just grabs the eye. Stay safe.
ReplyDeleteTwo awesome cards Betty. Love the non-traditional wreath. Incredible.
ReplyDeleteTwo GORGEOUS cards Betty! Love your no line water coloring card...absolutely beautiful!! And I'm totally in LOVE with your non traditional colored card with all the gold and Ocean Tides...STUNNING!! Thanks so much for sharing with us at CAS Christmas!! :0)
ReplyDeleteTwo beautiful cards, Betty! I love the watercolored berries! Great job on the no line coloring! Love the splatter! You alcohol inked branch is beautiful and I love how you've set it in the layered circles! Very classy! Thanks so much for sharing with us at CAS Christmas!
ReplyDeleteTwo gorgeous Christmas cards, Betty! Wow to the no-line berries; they look amazing! And I love the metallics on card two - so yummy!!
ReplyDeleteOnce again, I'm in awe! First no-line wc?! It's one of the best I've ever seen, Betty! Totally in love with your non-traditional wreath card--stunning!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards, Betty. Did you link up at Christmas Kickstart? I don't remember seeing your card in the gallery, Jo x
ReplyDeleteTwo beautiful berry cards Betty! I LOVE your first attempt at no-line watercolouring. Seriously, this looks at though you've been doing it for years. Mastered the technique on your first try! Your wreath card is so very modern and beautiful with the blue and gold colours. Thanks for sharing with us at CAS Christmas!
ReplyDeleteBoth cards are gorgeous Betty. Your no line colouring is perfect,the addition of the pencil colour gives it so much depth of colour.
ReplyDeleteYour blue berry wreath is stunning. I love that colour and your sequins are perfect as berries :)
Thanks for joining us at CAS Christmas with these two cards
A lovely take on the Wreath card Betty, gorgeous colour combination and the gold sequins finish it beautifully..thanks for sharing with Christmas Kickstart, Robyn
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