Stamp Act: The stockings were hung......

August 31, 2008

The stockings were hung......

Good Sunday Afternoon!!!!
My card today is based on today's featured stamper, NikiE. Her gallery is so beautiful and totally made me wish I owned some Riley stamps!!!! Anyway, the card of hers I chose to CASE is HERE! I kept pretty much the same layout and changed everything else. Here is my card ~

The base of my card is Whisper White. The next vertical mat is first Baja Breeze cardstock and then THIS awesome NEW Imaginisce Holiday paper. It has glitter already on it!!! BTW, don't forget, Lindsey is still having her sale which includes 15% off EVERYTHING in her store. At check out, use the keyword LABOR08. This sale includes the new Imaginisce papers and coordinating stamps and LOTS more!!!! The next vertical mat is first Old Olive cardstock and then THIS Imaginisce paper. For the focal image, the first thing I did was stamp THIS Penny Black branch stamp on Whisper White cardstock using Old Olive ink. The next step was to stamp THIS Penny Black stocking & ornaments stamp using Basic Black ink on top of the pine branch. I stamped the ornaments & stocking again on a scrap piece of Whisper White cardstock, colored the ornaments & stocking using a blender pen and Riding Hood Red, Regal Rose, Old Olive and Baja Breeze ink pads and then cut them out. I added Icicle Stickles to highlight some of the areas on the ornaments and stocking and then added white flocking to the top of the stocking using my Quickie glue pen. I then mounted these on top of the first image I stamped using dimensionals. I took my silver Copic Spica glitter pen and outlined the strings and bows as well as some of the dots. I then added THESE VERY cool Hero Arts clear bubble gems.

Here is a close-up of the image ~

I added some narrow white organdy ribbon and a small piece of silver cord. I didn't want to use a heavy ribbon because I didn't want to cover up the glitter on my paper!!! LOL!!! Anyway, here is my card and if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask!