Tuesday, September 21, 2010

ODBDSLC30 White & Bright Christmas

This week's ODBD Shining Light Challenge at Our Daily Bread is to make it White & Bright. Use all white except for the stamped image and embellishments. (no designer paper unless it's all white.) What fun! Great time to break into my new ODBD stamps!


I stamped the Poinsettia image on plain white paper and again on Red Shimmer paper (from JoAnns). The white image was loosely trimmed but the red flower was closely trimmed to use for layering (after it dried overnight). The vine and leaves were colored with colored pencils then with a Green Glaze pen from Sakura. The flower (white) was colored with a Red Tombow marker.

To help make the image pop and 3D it, I used an xacto knife to partially cut out the inner petals of the red flower on the shimmer paper then curled them under. After touching up the edges with a black marker, I layered it on the main image using foam tape then used Yellow Stickles in the center of it. A green metallic pen was used for the vine (image) that curled onto the red petals. I tried doing without this green but leaving the vine curls red on the red petals looked kinda funny, more so than the green curls do now. Just now we know that the curls are part of the vine. : )


The image is layered on top of a textured background and the sentiment is also layered on but using foam tape. All this is to help it pop and not look flat when using white on white. I love the effect and that deep red of the shimmer paper, tho you may not see the shimmer here! Thanks for looking! : )

Stamps: ODBD-Luke 2:11 set Ink: VersaFine-Black Onyx
Other: Spellbinders-Labels 4, Fancy Tags; Cuttlebug Emb Folder-Victoria; Prismacolor pencils, Sakura Glaze pen, metallic pen; Stickles-Yellow; foam tape

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7 comments:

  1. Just beautiful, I love how you did the flower and leaves, will have to remember that.

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  2. Oh Pati!! This is over the top gorgeous!!! I so love it!! The red against the embossed white background and your layout is stunning! Thanks for joining the ODBD Shining the Light challenge this week!!

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  3. Oh my word, Pati, this is truly over the top gorgeous!! The embossing and that Fancy Tag in combination with this amazing image.....a masterpiece indeed! Thanks for taking the time to play along in this weeks Shining the Light Challenge over at ODBD. Hugs and blessings, Sabrina

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  4. Pati...all I can say is awesome, awseome, awesome!!! Gorgeous card!

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  5. Pat, this is soooo pretty! Love that tag -and all of those gorgeous details! Love this card! Thank you for joining us in the ODBD Shining Light Challenge this week! Have a blessed day!

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  6. Super card Pati!
    I love it!
    Chrissie

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  7. So elegant! That embossing looks so beautiful & I love that vibrant Poinsettia!

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