Friday, 7 November 2014

Ornamental Pine


Here is a card using the Ornamental Pine set that I am entering in two challenges today. The sketch is from 52 Christmas Card Throwdown and the colour combo of Pool Party, Very Vanilla and Baked Brown Sugar is for Nacho Average Challenge #114. This is a much bigger card than I usually make, using a whole piece of A4. I have resist embossed the pine needles with clear embossing powder and have then sponged a background using Pool Party. The pine cones look more three-dimensional in real life, as they are stuck on with foam pads. I have used Gorgeous Grunge to stamp a Pool Party/silvery spattered background. I do love spattery looking cards and pine cones, so it's the perfect card for me really! Hope you like it, April x



20 comments:

  1. Lovely, calm colours and a different and special looking card. I like the spatter too.

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  2. Very beautiful and festive! Thanks so much for joining us this week at 52CCT and good luck with the DT call.

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    1. Thank you Danielle! Definitely feeling quite festive at the moment :-)

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  3. Oh this is lovely! I think the colour combination is lovely. Thanks so much for playing along with 52CCT this week! Good luck with the DT Call.

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  4. Gorgeous card! I love your embossed branch. Great use of the colors. Thanks for joining us at Nacho Average Challenges this week!

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    1. Thank you Yapha! It was a lovely colour combination to work with :-)

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  5. Very pretty! Love the combo of embossed and stamped images!! Thanks for playing along with the Nachos this week!

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  6. Gorgeous card! I've seen so many cards with that stamp set that I love but I'm still trying to resist buying it :) Thanks for playing along with the Nachos this week!

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    1. Thanks Christy! It was one of the last Christmas stamp sets that I bought. Resistance was futile in the end! :-)

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  7. Love that stamp set-it is so versatile-and I really like the color over embossing. Thanks for playing this week-

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  8. Thanks Rose! It is a great stamp set :-)

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  9. What a striking card! love the emboss resist with this color combo. Great job with both challenges. Nicely done! Thanks for playing along with the Nachos this week. Hope to see you again soon! :)

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  10. Beautiful! Ornamental Pine is one of my favorites.

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  11. Beautiful card April! Love the effect on your card! Thanks so much for creating with us at Nacho Average Challenges. Hope you will join us again.

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