Today is the first Sunday of the month so time for a new challenge over at We Love Stamping.
This month our theme is:
**Winter Flowers and Foliage**
I would like to welcome our guest designer Mari this month
I bought this stamp and die set from Tonic Studios sale in the January this year and promptly made 4 Christmas cards. I can tell you I was very pleased with myself. Of course that was the end of my Christmas card making until relatively recently. Anyway, as our December challenge is all about winter flowers I though it was the perfect time to share them. This one was stamped onto black watercolour paper and heat embossed with Wow gold pearl embossing powder. I them painted it with my Gansai Tambi gem colour paints (a Christmas present last year).
The image was cut with its matching die and mounted on a black panel that I had debossed with the Altenew dotted scales cover die. The panel was cut with the frame die that is part of the stamp and die set (Tonic Studios stamp club 12, Christmas rose). the sentiment and matching die are part of the same set. The panel was mounted onto some cream/gold pearlescent card. The insert is also pearlescent and stamped with the main image.
I really enjoyed making this, so went on to make 3 more:
This one was stamped in black and clear heat embossed
This one was heat embossed in metalline greengage Wow embossing powder
Don't forget there is always a prize to be won and this month they are extra special. They are from AALL and Create and include a DL floral border stamp with pack of Sharp Tongues sentiments, an A5 stamp set and a pair of Miss Dee stamps. Why don't you head over to the challenge blog to check it out? The prize winner is selected randomly and in addition the DT will choose one entry to join us as a guest designer for a future challenge.
I hope I have inspired you to join us this month, all you have to do is ensure stamping (including digi) is the main focus on your card. It would be great if you could join in with our theme, but anythings goes is always an option if you are out of ideas. The challenge will close at noon (UK time) on Wednesday 29th December.
I am looking forward to seeing you in the gallery.
I am also sharing this at:
NBUS #57 - The stamp set is NBUS
Beautiful Blossoms #11 - Anything goes. I am sharing the pink one here
Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog today, I really appreciate it.