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Cards and other handicrafts made by Jean Straw

Monday 27 October 2014

Blue Angel

Hi again, I have another angel card to show you today. For this one I used a sketch which is the suggested prompt for our cards this month in the christmas card group at Chocolate Baroque. The stamp I used is from Crafty Individuals, stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa ink onto an offcut of white card and randomly sprinkled with a little WOW bright gold embossing powder. I don't know how well this going to show up in the photo but I was hoping to achieve an aged appearance rather than a fully embossed one. I rounded the top corners with a punch and used a duster brush and tea dye DI to shade the background finishing with vintage photo DI on the edges. I added a little colour to the angel with Promarkers, with a touch of wink of stellar on the wings. The music panel is from a 6 x 6 paper pad that I bought in The Works. I rounded the corners  and inked the edges with a versamark ink pad and sprinkled with the gold embossing powder again aiming for a random effect.The base card is a white 5" x 7" and I covered the front with a piece of blue vellum which I had embossed with a Darice snowflake embossing folder, and trimmed the edge with a deckle blade in my cutter. I fixed this to the card with a  double sided sticky sheet, and then added some stardust Stickles to the embossed snowflakes. When all the layers were in place I used a Memory Box die to cut the music from a snippet of gold card And finished off with two snowflakes punched out of the trimmings of the vellum.
I am going to enter this at Crafty Individuals Challenge - Halloween Madness or Christmas Frenzy,
and as I used a couple of snippets, (the gold music and the stamped image), I going to hop over to
Pixies Snippets Playground.




21 comments:

  1. This is a really pretty Christmas card Jean, and I love the vellum with the embossed snowflakes on and the way you have made the whole thing look beautifully vintage. That MB music die goes perfectly over the CI image, and then the two punched snowflakes are a lovely finishing touch. x

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  2. What a lovely card Jean its so pretty huggles Sue xx

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  3. Love this angel too! I like the vintage look against that soft blue embossed background. This looks like a turn of the century kind of Christmas card that would have been sent at that time. So lovely. TFS

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  4. A beautiful card, with a real vintage feel. The music die cut is a perfect finishing touch. x

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  5. This just has such a dreamy look to it with that sweet angel and the musical bars! Simply beautiful and well done!

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  6. So very pretty and love the combination of the blues and browns and gold. Lovely - and thanks for joining in the CI October Challenge. Jean x

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  7. Beautiful soft colours, its a lovely card.
    Yvonne x

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  8. Such a soft and gentle looking card Jean, Perfect for Christmas!

    Hugs

    Di xx

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  9. Just lovely Jean. The vintage look is perfect for Christmas! x

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  10. Very lovely card Jean.
    Hugs, Veerle x

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  11. Another lovely card Jean. That stamp hasn´t seen light of day for a while. not here anyway. When I clicked on the image to enlarge it, the gold shows up well, and it looks very good. I like brown and blue together too. Kate x

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  12. what a sweet angel. I love the golden music notes, too!

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  13. Lovely card, first time I see this stamp, you created a pretty and elegant piece out of it!

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  14. stunning! Gorgeous vintage feel and the colours look great. that stamp is a beauty!

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  15. I loved the aged appearance you created here. It looks great withthe oppulanceof the gold embossing powder

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  16. Gorgeous vintagey card Jean, love the soft blue with the gold, Cathy x

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  17. An adorable card, love your angel and the elements all around! Coco x

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  18. Jean, you totally achieved the intended result with this spectacular card! It does look vintage and aged and it is so elegantly and impeccably made!! Excellent snippets use, too!! Hugs, Darnell

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  19. Hi Jean, Thanks for your visit & sweet comment. I finally got my brusho-s, and now find I need to learn the techniques for using them! (when time allows). I'm enjoying a 2nd look at your pretty vintage angel card. Those colors you selected worked so well with this image...love the soft blues and sepia with the touch of the gold on the music bar. So beautiful. Hugs

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  20. This is beautiful Jean. I know I have seen this and thought I had left a comment. I just love the delicacy of this card.
    Hugs
    xx

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  21. This is a really sweet festive angel card Jean. xxx

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