Wednesday, December 10, 2008

CPS #94 and 2 Sketches 4 You cards

I am having way too much fun creating Christmas or Winter themed cards!!! I stayed with that theme this week for both my Card Positioning Systems card and Kazan's Sketch #15 at 2 Sketches 4 You card. I have said this before, but I just love the jumping off place that sketches give for creating. Sometimes it is fun to just get a bit of inspiration for your creations from a sketch, sometimes it is fun to follow the sketch very closely. I love the little wave look at the bottom of the sketch so I took that literal and handcut a couple wave shaped pieces from plain white cardstock. The fun thing here was that I then painted them with this Glitter Dimensional Paint. You get a great amount of sparkle and it is easy to apply.
I hope you can see it here - look very closely. Do you see the "dimension" of the rub-on bird piece? It is just so cool. These rub-ons are "thick" or "dimensional". They really make a stunning addition to a card. I found this set at Michaels in the Christmas supplies.
For this card, I combined a couple things, my I Am A Scrapaholic kit for December and the 2 Sketches 4 You sketch. I also got in my brand new Distress Stickles by Ranger!!! OHHHHH what a wonderful color - Broken China.
The snowflake piece is a Glimmer chip by Tattered Angels. It comes with a soft silver look but I also sprayed it with Silver Glimmer Mist for some additional sparkle and accents from my new Stickles.


Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)


SNOWY BIRDS card
Materials:
Cardstock – Core’dinations
Patterned paper – Christmas Is/Cloud Nine/Fiskars (2 sided)
Bird rub-ons – Royal Brush/Royal and Langnickel
Glitter Dimensional paint – Plaid
Snowflake punch – Papershapers/EK Success


SILVER SNOWFLAKE card
Materials list:
Cardstock – Core’dinations
Patterned paper – Heidi Swapp
Broken China Stickles – Ranger
Snowflake piece – Tattered Angels
Ribbon – Michaels
Silver Glimmer Mist – Tattered Angels

13 comments:

  1. Beautiful cards, and fabulous creations and article in Card Maker!

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  2. oh Linda that silver and blue is gorgeous together - I love that color combination for winter. Thanks so much for playing
    Hugs
    Kazan

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  3. Beautiful cards! Your 2s4u one is just stunning! I love the colors and the shimmer!

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  4. These are gorgeous!! I thought you had colored those birds:) The added details are lovely!!

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  5. Gorgeous take on Kazan's sketch !!!

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  6. Gorgeous cards Linda! I love finding little goodies at Mike's. :)

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  7. Both are FABULOUS!!! You know I love birdies!!!

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  8. love both cards- they are so fabulous!
    kris

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  9. Really beautiful cards Linda...I esp. like that bird rub-on, the colors are so warm and rich! :)

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  10. Linda, your cards are absolutely stunning!

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  11. Both cards are goregous, Linda!!!

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  12. Linda, they are both gorgeous!!!!

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  13. Linda, they are both quite beautiful, but that one with the birds is just amazing! Love the look of it.

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