...for number of inky accoutrements used in one card, that is. it's my second "cardstock christmas" card for ♥JINGLE BELLES♥ and this time i decided to lock up my cuttlebug and try to make something from the ground up using just plain white paper. so here's what i came up with:
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| (stamps: glitz design, tim holtz, hero arts, purple onion, stampendous, tattered angels; mask: pink paislee; inks: ranger, colorbox, stewart superior; mists: studio calico, tattered angels, smooch spritz; florals and leaves: making memories, we r memory keepers, petaloo; ribbon and brads: my mind's eye; lace from my stash; plain white cardstock: staples; glossy red cardstock: ranger; adhesives: staples brand gluetape runner, scotch doublestick tape) |
yes, that really was just nekkid white staples brand index stock when i began; and no, i guess i really didn't know when to stop, lol. :) but boy was it fun. i went a little nuts with stamps, mists, a mask, and elebenty hundred rubber stamps. i wish i had thought to take pictures as i was working, though possibly if i had, i'd be online looking up how to get ink stains off a camera right now instead of writing my post, so maybe it's better this way. by way of compensation after the fact, here's a photo of the stuff i used:
as usual, i'm linking up with patrice's 52-card-pickup; also the lovely ladies at merry monday are hosting an anything goes christmas challenge for the entire month; meanwhile the paper players are celebrating christmas in july, so i'm jumping in there, too. yay.
of course, you don't have to go into a stamping frenzy to play along with us at ♥JINGLE BELLES♥ you need only to make a card WITHOUT any designer/patterned paper in it, and you can do that in any way you choose... and i cannot wait to see what you will make, darlings! ♥
Absolutely crazy awesome. I'd be in trouble if I got ink on the camera - I would never hear the end of it :P The background is just so detailed, and I love the layered lace & ribbon to go with!
ReplyDeleteWhat a pretty card. I love that background.
ReplyDeleteBTW - I have been enjoying your IG photos..
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What a cheery Christmas card, Lauren!
ReplyDeleteThis is amazing, Lauren! A beautiful background and those flowers are so vibrant and beautiful! I'm so glad you shared it with us at Merry Monday!
ReplyDeleteI just love how those flowers pop off of that beautiful backgrond. Very pretty! Thank you so much for joining us this week at the Paper Players! :)
ReplyDeleteThat was tons of fun over there, I don't blame you, I would go crazy with mist and mask and ink too. And.... what a wonderful result!
ReplyDeletevery cool I love how you just played with paper to get the best back ground. fun card piece! :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card, I love the colours you used. Thank you for joining us for Merry Monday.
ReplyDeleteGORGEOUS!
ReplyDeleteLove your background paper. I've recently embraced Dylusions sprays, and really enjoyed hearing how you created this. Gotta try the sprays over top of the DIs...You did a phenomenal effort on this one, and it's so very pretty. TFS
ReplyDeleteWell, I swear if I didn't know better, cuz you told us, that you had colored, inked, spritzed, masked....this card, I woulda said it was some gorgeous dp from some fabulous company!! :)
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