Welcome back! Friday again. Where does the week go?
Back in my happy place with a clean and simple card created for my country loving friend.
The challenges: AAA Cards (#238) for the colors – Mossy Meadow, Boho Blue, Soft Sea Foam and Smoky Slate; AAA Birthday (#70) for the technique; Addicted To CAS (#276) Friend(s); Just Us Girls (#762) Friend; Farm Quest Country Christmas (#17) Winter Outdoors; and bringing it all together the Freshly Made (#673) Sketch.
Here is the result:
Steps:
- Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Basic White cardstock.
- Accent Mat: (5⅛” x 3⅞”) Mossy Meadow cardstock.
- Focal Panel: (5” x 3¾”) Basic White cardstock.
- To create the Circle Shape, I scrunched up pieces of Wax Paper and tapped them into the Ink Pads (Soft Sea Foam, Smoky Slate and Boho Blue) and dabbed them onto the Panel for the Ink Smooching technique. This created a wintery snowy vortex.
- The Pine Trees images from the retired Mountain Air stamp set were stamped with Mossy Meadow ink for the other element in the sketch.
- The HAPPY BIRTHDAY and friend sentiments were selected from the Sentimental Park stamp set and stamped with Smoky Slate and Boho Blue inks, respectively.
And that is it! Quick, simple and very easy to create. A super Winter Birthday card for a male friend.
Thanks for spending some of your time with me today. Cheers, Jolanda!
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Great card, I love how you’ve used the colours. Thank you for playing at the AAA Cards Challenge and the AAA Birthday Card Challenge
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Love the way you’ve done the background – going to have to try that!
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Jolanda… love the ink smooshed background… very fun! Thanks for sharing with Just Us Girls.
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Love this
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Gorgeous! I instantly saw a mountain scene in the background and am amazed that you created it with wax paper! Thank you for playing along with us at Freshly Made Sketches.
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Such a great way to add texture and interest. Wonderful card. So glad you joined us this week at FMS!
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Wax paper for smooshing? Brilliant – and with amazing results! Your country-loving friend will be delighted with this cards; it’s wonderful! Thank you for sharing this in the Just Us Girls and AAA Birthday galleries.
~carol
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Gorgeous clean and simple card. I love the fun effect with the wax paper and ink pads. It created the illusion of texture. Thanks for joining us at Addicted to CAS.
sue n.
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Love the textures in the card ☺️Thank You so much for playing at AAA Birthday Challenge ❤️ – Deekshita @papiershades
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