Watercolor Winter for Paper Players Challenge # 123

Hi Everyone.  Happy Saturday night.

It's my pleasure to host the Paper Players challenge this week and I have a sketch challenge for you.  It's the kind of sketch that you can keep CAS, or embellish to your hearts content.  Me... I kept it pretty clean and simple.

I love the Watercolor Winter set from SU, but generally end up using the poinsettia stamp.  This time, I decided to focus on the holly stamp and combine it with one of my favorite sentiments from the Bright Christmas set. 

Here's the sketch:

Here's what I did with it:

I stamped the image repeatedly onto Very Vanilla card stock, turning the stamp at a different angle each time.  This allowed me to fill up the focal image area without masking.   I then colored the leaves and the berries with my Copic markers.  I know you can't see it, but I did use a red Spica glitter pen on the berries to give it a little sparkle.

I used dimensionals to place the focal image layer onto a piece of metallic gold.  Dimensionals were used again to add the layered focal image onto Cherry Cobbler card stock.  I ran the Cherry Cobbler front panel through my Big Shot using one of my new embossing folders.   A little gold elastic cord was all that I needed to finish off the card.  I still haven't decided whether the cord adds value or not!   By the time I had vacillated for about 10 minutes, it was too late to go back!  So, the elastic cord stayed!

We hope that you will play along with us this week.  Don't forget to check out the fabulous cards from the design team.  They really have another wonderful set of inspiration cards for you.

Jen Arkfeld
Dawn Easton
Helen Heil

Nance Leedy

Anne Marie Hile

LeAnne Pugliese

Ann Schach

Amy White

As always, thanks for visiting my little area of the stamping blogosphere.  Warm hugs and prayers to those of you who need a lift tonight.

Have a wonderful Sunday

Hugs

Jaydee

Card recipe - all ingredients Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted:

• Card stock:  Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Metallic Gold
• Stamps:  Bright Christmas (sentiment), Watercolor Winter
• Inks:  Copic Markers
• Accessories:  Gold elastic cord
• Tools:  Big Shot.  Sizzix embossing folder.  Stampin' Dimensionals

Comments

[Amy White]

Fabulous Christmas card Jaydee! Love the panel you created with the holly stamp, and the embossing looks so pretty too!

[Rach]

This is a fun sketch, and a truly gorgeous card, Jaydee! Oh how I adore Cherry Cobbler...:o)

Hugs!

P.S. Hi Lou! I hope you didn't get too cold out there with all that snow the other evening!

[Helen H]

Beautiful card, Jaydee! The all over print you have created with the holly image is absolutely gorgeous & the gold cord trim is a perfect accent. Thank you for such a fabulous sketch! :)

[Beverly Becraft Blair]

Love the card Jaydee ... hey please email me
@aol.com .... I sure hope that this goes through. I can't seem to reach you through email and a lot of times I can't respond to your site neither. Hope all is well. Miss talking to you.

[LeAnne]

Really pretty....I love the "stamping, stamping, stamping", as Linda C calls it, on the main panel...very pretty and a wonderful sentiment too!

[Ann Schach]

Beautiful, Dawn! I love the texture on the cherry cobbler panel. It goes so perfectly with this stamped image!

[Dawn Easaton]

Oh Jaydee, this is gorgeous!!! I love how you've created your panel with the lovely holly branch! I must CASE this idea from you!!! Beautiful!

[Nance Leedy (Canopy Crafts)]

Beautiful, Jaydee! I love the gold cord--it adds texture, glitz and pairs nicely with the gold cardstock. Beautiful coloring of the holly sprigs. Wonderful sketch too...hope you had a lovely holiday! ((hugs))