Even
though it was drizzling rain early this morning I decided I just had to get out
of the house for a bit. Other than a trip to the doctor’s last week, I haven’t
left the house for over two weeks. So, we set out to run some errands, the
usual; library; took egg cartons to the food bank; had to pick up my ring at
the jewellers; groceries and done! Oh was I done! Man, no exercise and being
sick sure took the stamina away from me. We opted to have a quick lunch at Tim
Horton’s before going home so I wouldn’t have to cook. We enjoy their soup so
it was an easy yes from me to go there. I did pop next door to Michaels to get
some quilting pins but they were too expensive without a coupon and this
Michaels will not give you a coupon once you are in the store. They handed me
their latest flyer with “VOID” written over the coupon – bye Michaels, you are
too expensive without a coupon.
I
did take the time yesterday to finish up four Christmas cards that were in
various stages of being finished. Yesterday I posted one for a great niece who
loves pink. Her twin sister loves purple so I made this card for her.
A purple Christmas card? Sure why not! This
is another Magnolia image coloured with Prismacolor pencils, blended with
gamsol. The blue and brown are chalk. Glitter is on the hat rim, end of hat and
petticoat and then I brushed a coat of mica powder over the dress and hat. The
mica powder is actually a jar of silver or white eye shadow from the Dollar
Tree. First run a Versamark pen over the area and then dab on the mica. It
gives a lovely shimmer to the area. The snowflake was die cut with a
Spellbinder’s die and then I added the iridescent glitter and a large purple
gem. A tiny bow and ribbon was added before I glued the image on. The oval and
scalloped oval are Spellbinder’s dies. The purple background paper came from
the stash and just happened to match the purple on her dress. The oval scallop
is the same paper but I inked the edges with darker purple ink. The paper came
with the embossed dots.
That’s
all for a Tuesday,
Cheers
Violet
Lovely Violet...ahhhh..purple my favorite color any time of year! :) So glad you are feeling better! Hugs! deb
ReplyDeleteThanks for entering our Christmas Card Challenges this week!
ReplyDeleteMonica - CCC DT
Lovely card, thanks for entering the Christmas card challenge. Gail DT
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful project. This is totally awesome, I love the choice of colors and designs. This inspires me to make my own cards for my Christmas wishes for family this year. Thank you for the inspiration.
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Nancy