This challenge is all about "RETRO"...creating a Christmas project was not easy for me...again, my mojo is in Central Oregon!! When I did a "Pinterest" google for retro Christmas there was a lot of inspiration, and one theme that was predominate for me was the "ornaments"...shiny and bright. I pulled out my vintage ornament and cut a mask and then used Distress Ink: Evergreen Bough to color the ornament. I wanted some shine to this so I next added some perfect pearls and GOLD! YES! It looks so shiny and pretty! Rather than embossing the sentiment with gold embossing powder, I decided to try the perfect pearls again and oh my it is so nice, just gives it a nice shine, yet keeps it so soft and smooth on the paper. I added a vintage strip of paper from some Graphic 45 that I had and swiped a piece of white paper with the evergreen bough distress ink and added a narrow strip to the top and bottom of my red stripe paper. I mounted the rustic cream paper onto an ocean tides paper. I like it! Hope you do too!
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4 comments:
Another lovely card. I like your colors.
Great card Colleen I wasn't sure about the retro theme I made a more vintage card I think but well another card for my stash.
Colleen, that ornament and your colors are perfect for 'retro'! I don't have any 'perfect pearls'...looks so nice on this!! Thanks for sharing it with us at Festive Friday!!
Oh Colleen, this is so pretty! I think you chose the perfect colours, and you're right - the ornament is the perfect image for this theme!! Thanks for playing with us again!
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