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Challenge: Winter Blues

2/4/2019

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I sure do have winter blues right now --- lots of snow and freezing rain, record cold and record chill factors, and grey all the time. So the challenge from the Frilly & Funky design team on January 30, 2019 fit right in!

I started off with an embossed stamped image which I colored with Lindy's Magicals (I basically watercolored with the powder, some spritzed water and a fine brush):
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Love the shimmer~

​Next, I masked the blooms and blended a background using Distress Oxide Inks:
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I splattered some white gesso over the masked images and then mounted the trimmed image on a white notecard. Finally I die-cut the word winter in white and applied it to the card front:
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Products used in the making of this card were:

  • Stamps: Impression Obsession “Dot Flowers” by Yvonne Blair (E17025)
  • Dies: Sizzix Thinlits “Holiday Words: Thin” (661600)
  • Inks: Versamark; Lindy’s Gang Magical “Bachelor Button Blue”; Distress Oxide Inks “Tumbled Glass”, “Broken China”, “Blueprint Sketch” and “Faded Jeans”; Dina wackily Media “White Gesso” (D-4236)
  • Embossing Powders: WOW! “Opaque British Summer Regular” (WL15R)
  • Papers: Neena Solar White (80996); ParkLane Paperie A2 Notecards - “white”, scrap of gloss white
  • Adhesives: iCreate “Easy Tear Tape”, Xyron 250 sticker maker

I'm also entering this in the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, January 30 2019: Anything Goes (which suggested using Impression Obsession products)
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Sara Emily Barker link
2/5/2019 04:52:03 am

Oh, my goodness, Carol! this card is beautiful and has to be one of my favorites of yours! Love those winter blues! Thank you for joining us at Frilly and Funkie! Hugs!

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Cec link
2/5/2019 08:37:48 am

Love the way you coloured the flower and then added the background to make a very pretty blue card. Thanks for joining us at Frilly and Funkie.
Hugs!
Cec

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Misty Elam link
2/12/2019 09:09:46 pm

What a lovely card. The image and colors are just beautiful. Thanks for joining us for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge. I hope you’ll join us again soon ~
Misty

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stampersuzz
2/13/2019 01:41:31 pm

What a beautiful blue icy flowery design! Love how you used the embossing to highlight the pretty flowers! Thanks for playing along with us in the "Winter Blues" challenge at Frilly and Funkie!

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    Born in New Jersey, I grew up in Southeastern Ohio. Attended university at Bowling Green State University (B.Sci  in biological science, 1964), University of Southern California (M. Sci in biological science, 1967) and University of Florida (Ph. D in zoology, 1971).
    Worked in environmental consulting for a little more than a decade and then seven years as an instructor in biological science at various community colleges in California and Texas. Moved to London in 1992, then Beijing (1996) and Saudi Arabia (1998), before returning to NW Ohio in 2002. I am currently living in NW Ohio with my husband and three Bombay cats.  I love to read (mystery, science fiction, history) and stitch (have done crewel, currently experimenting with free embroidery and needlepoint but blackwork and cross stitch are my main genres); have been known to knit; and now I'm heavily into papercrafting!
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