Saturday, January 21, 2012

Merry Monday Challenge Three!!

This is my card for the Merry Monday Challenge 3 this week.  I took a leaf out of Becca Feeken's book and embossed this image in a cream embossing powder on vanilla card stock.  Then with my applique mat and ink blending tool I inked Wild Honey distress ink over the whole image, then cleaned off the ink from the embossing.  I'm really pleased with the result.

Becca had one of her patent bows on the top of her ornament and I liked the way it looked.
I combined my ornament with Kaisercraft's dp December 25th.  The gold in the dp picks up the colour of the ornament.  Always artichoke is a fabulous colour for these papers and the base card is Naturals ivory.  The red is some Bazzill that I had and I'm sorry I don't know the name of it.  I couldn't find a good match with my Stampin Up card stock.  The vintage button on top of the seam binding bow is a Webster's Pages button.  Love these things. lol

Thank you for visiting my blog and hope you all have a wonderful day.

9 comments:

Unknown said...

This is a beautiful card Leigh, it has a regal feel to it. I love it.
Alicia xx

Bonnie said...

What a wonderful ornament!

Lesley said...

Wow Leigh! Such a great festive card! That DSP is one of my favs from this year and I love that bow! Thanks for joining me!
Lesley

Jean McKenzie said...

Leigh, You know I love this card! Such a pretty ornament and paper! The bow is excellent!

Christina said...

That is a beautiful card Leigh!!
Hugs Kristel

Shelia said...

you have the perfect dp for this card!! love that gold!!

None None said...

This is stunning - I love the embossing and distressing you did on your ornament, such a fantastic treatment!

Life Full of Sunflowers said...

This is beautiful Leigh - You and Jean have inspired me to start this Merry Monday Challenge :) Hope all is well - I have an email, apology and a huge thank you coming your way, so keep an eye out.

Mary said...

Leigh, what a beautiful card. You should be pleased with it. It is a work of art.