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Holiday Thank You

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!

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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
La Fleur Rouge
EH|SSS		 SSS Large Tags
SSS Large Tags		 Magnolias for Her
Magnolias for Her
EH|SSS		 Tim Holtz Bricked Embossing Folder
Distress Markers
AMZN|SSS		 Ranger Perfect Pearls
Perfect Pearls
EH|SSS		 Ranger Mini Mister
Mini Mister
EH|SSS		 DMC Silver Thread
DMC Silver Thread
Versamark Ink Pad
Versamark Ink
EH|SSS		 Black Embossing Powder
Black Embossing Powder
EH|SSS		 Ranger Watercolor Paper
Ranger Watercolor Paper
EH|SSS		 Bazzill 40lb Vellum
Bazzill 40lb Vellum
EH|SSS		 Hero Arts Black Notecards
Hero Arts Black Notecards		 Ranger Detailer Water Brush
Ranger Detailer Water Brush
EH|SSS		 Scotch Foam Tape
Scotch Foam Tape
ATG Tape Runner
ATG Tape Runner
EH|SSS

Comments

  1. wrote on December 22nd, 2015 at 10:53 am

    Miss Robin

    Love your card! Beautiful makeover of the stamp. Merry Christmas!!!

    • wrote on December 22nd, 2015 at 9:56 pm

      Darlene DeVries

      Merry Christmas to you too Robin!

  2. wrote on December 22nd, 2015 at 2:16 pm

    Bertie

    Love this card. You did a beautiful job of making the flower a little cleaner. Merry Christmas.

    • wrote on December 22nd, 2015 at 9:57 pm

      Darlene DeVries

      Merry Christmas to you too Bertie!

  3. wrote on December 22nd, 2015 at 2:21 pm

    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.

  4. wrote on December 22nd, 2015 at 2:25 pm

    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!

  5. wrote on December 22nd, 2015 at 3:10 pm

    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.

  6. wrote on December 22nd, 2015 at 3:31 pm

    Carol Lucas

    So pretty! I like how you cut the tag out: nice touch!

  7. wrote on December 22nd, 2015 at 6:28 pm

    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.

    • wrote on December 22nd, 2015 at 9:59 pm

      Darlene DeVries

      Thank you Connie! 🙂

  8. wrote on December 23rd, 2015 at 5:22 am

    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!

  9. wrote on December 23rd, 2015 at 6:24 am

    MJones

    Happy Holidays!! Happy Stamping!

  10. wrote on December 23rd, 2015 at 9:29 am

    jebo739

    I love how this card turned out. I especially like how you cut out the tag and raised it. Thanks for sharing.

  11. wrote on December 23rd, 2015 at 3:09 pm

    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.

  12. wrote on December 23rd, 2015 at 7:30 pm

    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.

  13. wrote on December 24th, 2015 at 5:12 pm

    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

  14. wrote on December 29th, 2015 at 2:22 pm

    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!!

    • wrote on December 29th, 2015 at 2:29 pm

      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

  15. wrote on December 30th, 2015 at 1:39 pm

    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

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