Hi All!
Hope you’re having an enjoyable holiday week. Today’s I’m creating another thank you card, in the spirit of the December challenge.
This Penny Black La Fleur Rouge stamp was kind of an out-of-the-box purchase for me. It’s not a clean and organized stamp. So, of course, I felt compelled to clean it up a little. That was sort of my vision when I bought it. I added the details with distress markers, after I stamped it by coloring the stamp with the same distress markers.
For something different, I die cut a tag out of the middle, colored the edges with silver, and raised it up with foam tape.
I’ll be back tomorrow with one more post this week before Christmas. Enjoy!
Supplies:
To purchase at Ellen Hutson, click the EH link. To purchase at Simon Says Stamp, click the SSS link.
Distress Markers used: Festive Berries, Worn Lipstick, Forest Moss, Pink Needles
 La Fleur Rouge EH|SSS |
 SSS Large Tags |
 Magnolias for Her EH|SSS |
 Distress Markers AMZN|SSS |
 Perfect Pearls EH|SSS |
 Mini Mister EH|SSS |
 DMC Silver Thread |
 Versamark Ink EH|SSS |
 Black Embossing Powder EH|SSS |
 Ranger Watercolor Paper EH|SSS |
 Bazzill 40lb Vellum EH|SSS |
 Hero Arts Black Notecards |
 Ranger Detailer Water Brush EH|SSS |
 Scotch Foam Tape |
 ATG Tape Runner EH|SSS |
Miss Robin
Love your card! Beautiful makeover of the stamp. Merry Christmas!!!
Darlene DeVries
Merry Christmas to you too Robin!
Bertie
Love this card. You did a beautiful job of making the flower a little cleaner. Merry Christmas.
Darlene DeVries
Merry Christmas to you too Bertie!
thepegster
Beautiful card! Love how you put veins in the leaves and filled in spots that didn’t stamp the way you wanted. You have such good ideas Darlene. Thank you for sharing with us.
okiedee
What a wonderful idea Darlene! Plus you did not waste your talented work with the coloring. I loved the vein work, looks so darn good. Another great card. I will have to case this one!
Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Lesley S
Beautiful card, and the extra veining detail makes such a difference. The silver edges do show quite nicely and are a nice touch.
Carol Lucas
So pretty! I like how you cut the tag out: nice touch!
Connie
There are a lot of poinsettia stamps out there on the market but you’ve chosen well and done a beautiful card. Hope you have a wonderful holiday break with family and friends.
Darlene DeVries
Thank you Connie! 🙂
Annievincent1977
I like how this card turned out very much! I am going to stamp a different image and do the pop-up feature with the gilded edges. I thought your coloring turned out beautifully too. Classy!
MJones
Happy Holidays!! Happy Stamping!
jebo739
I love how this card turned out. I especially like how you cut out the tag and raised it. Thanks for sharing.
Lizzie
Darlene, the veins you drew in just made the flower pop!! I love what you did with this card and when the time is right I’m casing this one for sure.
shirley hotop
Awesome card – love the tag and you are right you were “thinking out of the box” with stamp but you are so creative. Love the details. Sending Christmas blessing to you.
Andrea
Love the details you got with adding the veining & all on the flowers & leaves. I think it was the perfect touch. Not too much, but just enough to make it look less “washy.” Hope y’all have a very Merry Christmas! 🙂 ~ Andrea
SandraMaria
I think I liked the bow more, too and I probably would’ve gone ahead and chanced it coming undone because you know….multi medium matte, multi medium matte, multi medium matte!! HAHA I think I will CAS this technique and layout…I’m making a set of thank you cards for my stepmom for her birthday in Jan and doing a few different card styles so she doesn’t get bored with a whole set of one thank you card.
Btw, you should give yourself more credit with the hand drawing…I would have never attempted the outlining for fear of messing it all up…infact, that stamp was too intimidating for me!! LOL Thanks for sharing and hope you and yours have a happy new year!!
SandraMaria
Oh and I thought I had mentioned in my lonnnng comment that I did really like this card and that fancy shmancy silver thread!! Will have to add that to my neverending wishlist. XD
Imtheresap
Congrats for your achievement of one year success. This has been an awesome challenge, journey and Blessing.
Love the colors and designs of the card. Thanks for sharing