Christmas Card Challenges #42: Photo Inspiration

Good afternoon!  This week we have a fun inspiration photo for Christmas Card Challenges!  It’s an unusual palette and a pretty image!  Of course, the only real rule is that you create a holiday card…and as we’re closing in on the end of September it’s time to get started on your holiday card stash!  Here’s a close-up of this week’s inspiration photo:

I love this photo…it’s unconventional but the colors are gorgeous!  I decided to use the colors and the swirly shape of the tree for my inspiration!  Here’s what I created:

I’ve been doing a lot of work with my distress inks this week and when I saw the inspiration photo I realized that the colors were almost identical matches to distress ink colors!  So I started off by blending distress ink in Seedless Preserves, Dusty Concord, Shaded Lilac, Blueprint Sketch, Chipped Sapphire, and Salty Ocean onto a piece of watercolor paper.  I applied a lot of distress ink to get a really vibrant coverage that would match the inspiration photo.  Next I stamped the flourish stamp from Rubbernecker stamps with versamark and then heat-embossed it with ultra high clear embossing powder.  I let the melted powder cool for a minute or two and then I swiped my Memento tuxedo black ink pad over the paper until it totally saturated the un-embossed areas.  This allows the blended colors to show through under the embossed design.  I adhered that panel to a black card base and then I stamped the sentiment from Hero Arts onto a piece of vellum and heat-embossed it with silver embossing powder.  I adhered the sentiment banner to the card with vellum tape and added a few sequins for a little more sparkle.

I hope you’ll play along with the challenge this week!  I look forward to seeing how you interpret the inspiration photo!  For even more inspiration, check out what the rest of the design team has created!

• Carol
• Donna
• Gail
• Heather
• JoAnn
• Margo
• Marsha
• Monica
• Shirley Anne

Thanks for visiting!

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Rubbernecker Stamps Flourish Background	Hero Arts Rubber Stamps, Under The Mistletoe	Once in a Blue Moon iridescent sequins	EK Tools Powder Tool, New Package
Milwaukee Model 1400 Heat Gun	Wow! Embossing Powder Large Jar 160ml-Clear Gloss Ultra High	Ranger Embossing Powder, 1-Ounce Jar, Super Fine Silver	Plus Permanent Vellum Glue Tape Dispenser-.33
Ranger Multi Medium Bottle, 0.5-Ounce, Matte	Canson Watercolor Pad For Beginners 9 in. x 12 in.	Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock, Licorice Twist, 25 pk	Strathmore 598030 20-Sheet Strathmore Inkjet Translucent Vellum, 8.5 by 11-Inch
Ranger Ink Blending Tool, 1-Inch Round	Ranger 1-Inch Ink Round IBT40965 Blending Replacement Foams, Mini, 20-Pack	Ranger July Blueprint Sketch Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad	Ranger DIS-27119 Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad, Chipped Sapphire
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad, Dusty Concord	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad, Salty Ocean	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad, Seedless Preserves	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad, Shaded Lilac
Tsukineko Full-Size Memento Fade Resistant Inkpad, Tuxedo Black	Tsukineko Full-Size VersaMark Pigment Inkpad, Clear

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