Hello,
On this cold, snowy morning, I'm happy to join my fabulous team
and our talented guest designer, Linda, with a warm - very warm! - invitation to join us at Inkspirational Challenge #147~Trend. Talk about opening a door of possibilities, right?
Trends in card-making are plentiful - be they images, such as unicorns and mermaids, or techniques, such as smooshing and watercolouring, or 'little additions for that extra special touch, such as Nuvo Drops and sequins. Since my mind is on Christmas right now (out of necessity!!), I went for a wander around the blog-iverse, to see what trends caught my eye. Out of the many that did (Santas, elves, starry skies, snowflakes...) I went with one that's both pretty and, for the most part, fairly easy: creating your own background (plus, I wanted to play with some new goodies *grin*).
I made two, and even though they're identical, both *needed* to have their photo taken...
That's it from me; heading off into the wintry chill to officiate a bike race today - and tomorrow. Current temperature is -19C. Great. Anyway, fun times to be had, even though I'll be transformed into an ice cube...
Looking forward to seeing your 'trendy trend' cards in the gallery!
Also sharing at:
Addicted to CAS Challenge #123~Leaves
House of Cards November Challenge~Holiday and/or Colours
Thank you for dropping by!
Your self-made backgrounds look beautiful, Carol! How fun you've started to color with Copics, they are wonderful aren't they! You did great job with shading those beautiful images. I absolutely love the die cut sentiment in your first card, I think you didn't mention where it's from -do you happen to remember the maker? The font and size look perfect to me! Have a relaxing weekend, hugs! xxx
ReplyDeleteOh Carol, these cards are wonderful. That pine embossing folder adds such wonderful texture and the vintage looking font on the die sentiment is stellar. I think your Copic coloring on the second (and third) card is fabulous. I hope you don't turn into a human ice cube. I know you will bundle up, but don't envy you having to hang out in the elements! And the bike riders...oh my, I'm cold just thinking about them! Hugs!
ReplyDeleteSuper cards, wow to creating your own background, amazing look
ReplyDeleteThat pine needle embossing looks fantastic! Also, the pine needle stamping is lovely and paired with such a wonderful, big Christmas sentiment! Great design! I also struggle to know which card to photograph when I make 2 identical ones!
ReplyDelete- Shauna
I love all three of these, but the mistletoe ones caught my eye at Inkspirational. Hope all is well... Stay warm at the bike race!
ReplyDeleteThese are so lovely, Carol. I have that pine branch ef and will remember your simple but elegant card when I'm hurrying to make last minute cards. The mistletoe is perfect for background stamping and where one is good, two are better.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, peaceful wintery cards. Great job!
ReplyDeleteYou are so right, I tend to forget about my embossing folders and the fact that they often don't need more than a sentiment to make a beautiful card like yours! I'll have to remember that!
ReplyDeleteThat mistletoe stamps is charming and I adore the background you've created with it!
2 simply gorgeous cards Carol, but those leaves... when I saw them in the DT inspirations, I thought you drew them yourself and they are really trendy! You coloured them perfectly too. Thanks for the inspiration and you inspired me to do another post! Hugs, Gwendolyn
ReplyDeleteWow! So love what you've done with Hadley's new designs - you're coloring on that Mistletoe from the Happy Holidays set is fantastic! This is going on my pinterest board of cards i plan to CAS!
ReplyDeleteYou trendsetter, you!!!! Wonderful cards - embossing folders are underutilized. I think and they really make beautiful backgrounds. So pretty your duo of identical cards! Now for bike racing at -19 C - that sounds like torture and asking for frostbite. Yikes!!!! Bundle up!!!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful white texture with those tiny pops of colour, Carol ... and gorgeous backgrounds with those fabulous new stamps! I was admiring them just the other day ... and am even more tempted having seen your wonderful showcase of them! Stay cosy! Hugs, Anita :)
ReplyDeleteCarol, wonderful cards! And I must admit I missed out this trend, but you are absolutely right - making own backgrounds is very trendy now! - Sweet Kobylkin
ReplyDeleteA bike race at -19?? You're crazy!! Thanks for introducing me to the new stamps - they are lovely sets. I love the crisp, clean cards you created with them.
ReplyDeleteSuch pretty cards love them both. Thanks for joining us over at ATCAS.
ReplyDeleteTotally love that embossing folder--just may have to find it! These cards are great, Carol!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card and beautifully colored, too. So glad you joined us at ATCAS this week
ReplyDeletejaydee
These are simply, perfect! Each have just the right amount of everything...beautiful!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous holiday cards. Love the backgrounds of both your cards. Thanks for joining us at House of Cards.
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