WOW! Love, Love, Love these colors! They are so me... the type of combo I gravitate to naturally-- Of course, since it was a challenge, I wanted to be using all sorts of other colors, however, except for the star, I managed to control myself! I mixed the greens and the plums to create the brown for Mary's hair and Joseph's staff, so technically I am still in bounds! =^.^=
I used Bordering Blue craft ink and clear embossing powder for the swirls from Baroque Blossoms and for the outline of my Holy Family image from Holy Triptych. The star is Summer Sun craft ink,(I used my stampin' spots craft inks to apply the color without also getting Joseph's head...) I then water colored the garments using re-inkers and the aqua painter. --and yes, I did use water color paper! For the halos and the star I used Crystal Effects and Dazzling Diamonds for a soft shimmer- which unfortunately does not show up very well online. Please just imagine how pretty it is... ;)
My finishing touches were to ticket corner punch the family, drop in some silver brads, tie a pretty bow with silver stretchy cording and top it off with a Sage Shadow edge created with the Scallop Edge punch. Oh! I popped up the family image with dimensionals--of course!
Thinking of playing along too? Head on over to K. Werner's blog for the official rules-- they are very simple, no worries!
Keep on Inking!
Katt
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Why Lisa what a great question!! After sitting there staring at this card my oh so very creative and humble friend suggested those additions!
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Posted by: InkBig Academy | Friday, December 12, 2008 at 05:55 PM
great card and use of the colors.
Posted by: Denise T | Thursday, December 11, 2008 at 12:25 PM
Beautiful card! I love the embossed swirls
Posted by: Dori | Thursday, December 11, 2008 at 07:54 AM
perfect colors for this set...lovely really! ~Donna
Posted by: Donna | Thursday, December 11, 2008 at 07:13 AM
Beautiful card. Great use of all the colours.
Posted by: Leah | Thursday, December 11, 2008 at 06:05 AM
I love the use of the colors in this stamp set. Beautiful card!!
Sylvia
http://syviastamps.typepad.com
Posted by: Sylvia Nelson | Thursday, December 11, 2008 at 12:36 AM
you know I love this but just in case anyone is wondering, how did you come up with the idea for the silver brads and cording....they really do complete the card!
luv u!
Lisa
Posted by: InkBig Academy | Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 09:24 PM