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Friday, July 30, 2010

Christmas in July, Vintage style

Hi folks! 

There have been so many Christmas challenges that I've seen this week that I figured I should ink up some of my new CHF stamps and play along.  

Here is a card I made tonight using one of my new Thomas Kinkaid images.


I've done a lot of "research", looking at tutorials and reading about techniques here in blogland, and also at the CHF gallery forum (which I hope they keep active!).  I also got that book on how to colour TK images (as of today still some at the CHF store...).  So here what I did was instead of colouring the windows just all one yellow, I used orange/red on the outside edges and worked to a ligher colour on the interior.  Below you can see the range of colours I used:


After colouring the windows, I trimmed the image to make it a bit smaller, and used metalic rub on paste all along the edges. 

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - Christmas in July
Tuesday Throwdown - Christmas in July
OCC - Christmas in July
Little Red Wagon - Christmas in July

Paper:  SU Glossy cardstock, Coordinations cardstock, SU regular cardstock
Ink:  Staz on (warning, do not recommend this with your copics!)
Other:  Copics, metalic rub on paste, snowflake stickers, cuttlebug folder
Stamps:  all CHF




**Blog candy alert:  Oh yes, and folks, I wanted to share a heads up with you about some fabulous blog candy posted right now at Papercraftsbyrach.  She has a neat blog, gorgeous cards to feel envy over, and some generous goodies, you might want to check it out!

21 comments:

  1. wow!!.. i totally love the vintage style!.. you have made the card with so much perfection! :)

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  2. This is sensational, Cristina! Really amazing coloring job and I love the entire vintage look you have created. Pure eye candy!

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  3. Wow! This is beautiful! Is that photo paper you have stamped on?
    Linds x

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  4. Your card is gorgeous! I love the vintage look and the Thomas Kincaid image is beautiful. Thanks for joining us at Tuesday Throwdown.

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  5. It turned out beautiful and the windows do have a nice glow. So glad you joined us at TT this week.

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  6. This is just stunning! Your coloring is sensational and I can tell you put a lot of time in this and I just love how vintage this looks!

    Hugs, Marsha

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  7. You did a good job adding a glow to the windows.

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  8. This is absolutely gorgeous! Wow! Love how the windows turned out!

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  9. Absolutely gorgeous! This is a dreamy card - what a joyful scene you've colored - perfection! x0x0

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  10. What a fabulous image. I love how you colored it. Thanks for sharing it with us at SSC.
    Hugs xx
    Carolyn

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  11. Oh, this is gorgeous!! I love the way you did the windows, thanks for sharing how you did that with us! I didn't realize there was a book to colour TK images... it makes sense, though! They look so hard!

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  12. Wonderful Kristina! It really looks like you were enjoying the creation of this card. Love the metalic paste you used - never seen it before. Fabulous job!

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  13. a wonderful christmas card...love the snowflakes...the image is so warm and friendly...like on a winter holiday...

    xoxo silvi (germany)

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  14. This is lovely, I can almost feel the cold!! Love the snowflake.

    ((Lyn))

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  15. WOW You've transformed this card into a masterpiece what an awesome idea using a card. Just another technique that I have to try someday. Your card is amazing. I guess I missed the boat in Christmas in July cause I didnt make one. Oh well
    Hugs Bonnie

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  16. Love the card- the windows are fantastic. The embellishment at the front makes it look like the street address - perfect.

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  17. This is BEAUTIFUL! Thanks for playing along with 'Our Creative Corner' this week!

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  18. congratulation on being Top 3 on Tuesday Throwdown - well deserved!

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  19. WOW!!! That image is awesome and I love your card. I love that vintage feel!

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  20. This is drop dead gorgeous! What a beautiful Christmas card!!!

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