Monday, October 6, 2014

{Paper Smooches} A Blessed Christmas with Blessed Icons + Video!


Kim shared this card on the Paper Smooches Blog last week. It features the A Blessed Christmas stamp set and coordinating Blessed Icons dies. I hand-cut the patterned papers the way my friend Jocelyn Olson so expertly cuts hers!



I die cut the angel from Tim Holtz distress watercolour cardstock and stamped the image with Ranger Archival ink. Then I watercoloured the image with Gansai watercolour paints.


I used the Ovals 1 dies to create the opening which features the angel. The stitched frame was made with the Dots & Dashes dies and I added photo corners die cut with the Toppers dies. All of the patterned papers are from Studio Calico's Brighton Pier 6x6 paper pad.


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9 comments:

Tracey McNeely said...

Emily this is a beautiful card, love your watercolouring, the tones are so subtle.

Gabi MeWi said...

I love this card - it´s just wonderful.

Lynn said...

I usually use watercolor pencils, but I do like the effect you got with the pans of color. I especially admired the effect of the silver color. I guess I will need to do a little shopping again. Thank you for the informative and entertaining video.

Lisa Lara said...

This is the sweetest Emily. I love the colors.

Shelly said...

So pretty, Emily!!! Love it!

I Card Everyone said...

Gorgeous, Emily... love the addition of the cloud background - perfection!
=] Michele

Lindsey said...

Such a soft-coloured, pretty card! I like the little hit of brightness with the one corner that coordinates with her wings. :)

snappy scrappy said...

So pretty...love it!

Jocelyn Olson said...

This card is gorgeous!! I loved it when I saw it on the PS blog. The colors, the soft watercoloring, the photo corners--they all look so pretty. Thank you for the shout-out! :)