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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Merry Monday ~ Ornaments

I started out by using some distress inks on my craft sheet and then placing my water color paper on the inks...kind of smeared it around to be sure it was all covered.
Then I die cute the  Memory Box "classic ornament" die.
I used the Memory Box "Snowflake Ornament die with white shimmer paper
and laid it on top of my colored solid image.
I took a strip of paper and using the blue and greed distress inks placed it to color it.
That is what I used for my side panels.
The sentiment is from PTI Rustic Wreath and embossed with Zing "leaf" embossing powder.
Merry Monday ~ Ornaments  is the theme for this week's challenge.
 
Heart Hugs,
Colleen

25 comments:

Cornelia (fun stamping) said...

This is really pretty - it jumped out at me on the linky list!

Marcia Hill said...

This is SO pretty Colleen! Those die cut ornaments are so elegant looking and I really like how you did the water color effect behind them and on the sides too...really lovely card! :0)

Bonnie said...

What beautiful colors, Colleen! They make the prettiest ornaments! Thanks for sharing them with us at Merry Monday!

Lesley said...

Such a pretty card, Colleen! ♡

Marjan said...

So beautiful! What a good idea to combine with distress inks. The panels are a nice touch too!

Maria said...

Wow! Love how you achieved the lovely color with the background! And those bulb dies are so pretty!

Jill Norwood said...

Colleen these are the prettiest ornaments ever!!!

Marybeth said...

Colleen these are gorgeous! I love the watercolor effect! WOW!

Kristie Goulet said...

This is so pretty, Colleen! Love the watercolor effect! Thank you for joining us at Merry Monday!

Katie Melhus said...

Beautiful card, Colleen. Those ornaments are perfection :) love all the white space with watercolor accents. Thanks so much for joining us this week at Merry Monday!

JoAnn said...

Beautiful card. I love how you did the watercolor background for your ornaments.

Sharyn Polesel said...

Beautiful card! I love that ornament die....so lovely!

Judy1223 said...

Colleen, I adore the soft blended colors of your sweet ornaments! Both are gorgeous and look so pretty against all that white!

Jessi Fogan said...

It jumped right out at me too! Those colours are fabulous - the watercolour effect is just perfect :)

dpkennedy said...

I love how you colored your paper, it's just lovely! Very elegant card!

~Tammy~ said...

Oh wow wow wow!!! This is stunning!!

Princess Judy Palmer said...

Such pretty ornaments and I like that your didn't use traditional colors. Very nicely done!

Notes by Nina said...

Very pretty card, these colours are lovely. Thank you for joining us for Merry Monday this week.

Linda said...

I love your card Col. Love those ornaments and your colors.

Lori Turner said...

Super cute ornaments, Colleen! Thanks for joining us at Merry Monday this week xoxoxo

Lizzie T a/k/a Wifelady said...

Wow - your card is so gorgeous!!! Great job!

Danielle Vincent said...

Love love love this gorgeous card. Your ornaments are amazing!

Wendy said...

Gorgeous ornaments, Colleen! Love how you made the watercolored papers and those wonderful ornaments! Fabulous card! Thanks for playing along with us this week over at Merry Mondays! :)

Aileen said...

Love the colours on your ornaments. x

Lindsey said...

So neat! Adore how you used the distress inks and put those beautiful inky panels behind the white ornament dies.