Thursday, 1 December 2011

Penny Black Saturday Challenge Week 179 - Christmas/Red+Embossing

 

This is my entry for the Penny Black Saturday Challenge this week where the theme is Christmas with Red and Embossing.  For the main image I've chosed the Penny Black stamp Sweet Snowman once again and coloured him with Promarkers.  I'm not trying to sound like Bruce Forsyth but this one is fast becoming my favourite and I've bought a second one for my Mum to put in her Christmas parcel.  Hope she likes him as much as I do.  It's a great stamp to practice Promarker shading with.

 
The snowflake and Seasons Greetings card are from Kanban and the Real Red ribbon and Riding Hood red ink which was sponged around the main image and snowflakes were from Stampin'up.  The snowflakes were cut using a small punch and Spellbinders Create a Flake 1 die set and glittered using Stampin' up Dazzling Diamnds glitter.  I didn't have a red brad left to put in the centre of the snowflake so I took a silver one, dabbed it in versamark ink and then into Stampendous stamp-n-stuff red tinsel embossing powder and heat embossed it.  After a couple more coats I had a red glittery brad.  If you want to try this make sure you grip the brad using a wooden clothes peg so as not to burn your fingers.

The white card under the main image was embossed using an embossing folder and the Cuttlebug swiss dots folder was used to emboss little dots around the snowman.  First I held the stamped image up to the light and drew a pencil line around the snowman so that I wouldn't emboss any dots over him.

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges

Thanks for reading
Liz xx
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26 comments:

  1. Welkom bij Happy Stamper1 December 2011 at 03:05

    ooooh how cute, verry lovely card.

    hugs
    angelique

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  2. Doreen1 December 2011 at 03:57

    Love this, great colour.Thanks for sharing this with us at OLL.xxx

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  3. Beth1 December 2011 at 05:47

    This is stunning! I love all the detail and this snowman is fab! Thanks for joining us on the Penny Black Saturday Challenge!

    Love Beth xx

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  4. Kath Stewart1 December 2011 at 07:44

    adorable card liz..isn't he just the sweetest snowman...thanks for joining in the Christmas challenge fun at Penny Black Saturday..hugs kath xxx

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  5. Joey1 December 2011 at 09:18

    Liz this is gorgeous! love this image and fab layout, thanks for joining us at inky impressions and totally papercrafts. Joey x

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  6. Marjo1 December 2011 at 09:34

    Awesome color design, thanks for playing with us at OSAAT.

    xoxo Marjo

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  7. Aunty Sue1 December 2011 at 12:22

    Love these snowmen and thanks for joining Crafty catz this week

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  8. Pauline C1 December 2011 at 13:00

    Adorable Liz - love that snowman. Thanks for joining in this week's PBSC
    Pauline x
    PS your card would also be eligible for this week's I {heart} Promarkers challenge :-)

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  9. Lorraine1 December 2011 at 14:04

    This is just lovely. Gorgeous red. Thanks for taking part at I ♥ Promarkers this week.

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  10. carol1 December 2011 at 14:18

    ooh adorable card, thanks fr playing along with CRAFTY CATZ x carol

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  11. Unknown2 December 2011 at 02:48

    Beautiful card!! great take on the sketch!! Thanks for playing at Inky Impressions xx

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  12. kbrandy42 December 2011 at 03:42

    Absolutely Gorgeous Liz!! Thank you for sharing with us at I Love Promarkers and good luck!
    Hugs
    Hazel xx

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  13. Kathy and Lucky2 December 2011 at 11:55

    Love your card and what a great job with this snowman image, just gorgeous with the shine. Thanks for joining us at Stamps R Us.

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  14. Helen2 December 2011 at 13:42

    Beautiful card - I love that snowman!
    Thanks for joining us at the Penny Black Saturday Challenge!
    Helen x

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  15. Bettina L.2 December 2011 at 14:30

    Wow this is magnificent. Love how you've surrounded the snowman with snowflakes and made it all in red and white. Love the sparkle too. Thanks for playing at Stamotacular Sunday Challenge and good luck. Hope to see you back sunday for a new challenge. Bettina xx

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  16. Scrappy Scatty3 December 2011 at 06:49

    lovely card
    thank you for joining us at OSAAT this week
    Love Jan
    xx

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  17. Margaret3 December 2011 at 13:16

    Lovely card, the image looks good in red and white
    Thanks for joining us at the Creative Card Crew for this challenge
    Margaret :o)

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  18. darling Ho3 December 2011 at 21:31

    Wow! This is so pretty! Love the untraditional colour and the snowflakes are amazing!
    Thanks for sharing it at OSAAT this time.
    ~darling Ho~OSAAT-DT

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  19. Jean Peters5 December 2011 at 02:03

    ooh so cute. Love the colours and the snowflakes.

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  20. Lisa Minckler5 December 2011 at 03:43

    Love that image with the tilted hat and your snowflakes are striking. The hint of inking is wonderful! :)

    Thank you for playing along with us at Make It Monday!
    Remember, for a chance to win the prize from our sponsor, leave a comment for another entry and mention that you saw them on Make It Monday.
    Lisa xx

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  21. Debs M5 December 2011 at 10:34

    great papers and distressing, and that snowman is so cute! saw it on mim x

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  22. Jayne5 December 2011 at 14:38

    Saw this on MIM, what a gorgeous card! x

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  23. Anonymous6 December 2011 at 09:06

    What a gorgeous card. Thanks for joining us at Dream Valey. xx

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  24. Unknown7 December 2011 at 11:55

    This is absolutely stunning Liz! I love all the dark red with the white and your sparkle is beautiful!
    Thanks for entering our 'Sparkle' challenge at Ooh LaLa!
    Lizy DT x

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  25. patty12 December 2011 at 11:18

    wonderful creation, thanks for enjoying us at Cards und More, hugs, Patty

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  26. xxxtglxxx15 December 2011 at 08:55

    Hi Liz :)

    I came over to checkout your blog and was hit with this card - its awesome! :) Wow! Beautiful colours, layout and design, and an uber-cute snowman too!

    hugs

    xxalisonxx

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