Monday, November 24, 2014

Fireside Ivy - Stampendous

It's Christmas time....
If you follow Stampendous you know each year they release a vintage holiday post card stamp.
This year is "Fireide Ivy"  I love these vintage holiday stamps and look forward to them each year.  
To embellish this design I stamped on May Arts Ribbon for the back ground flags.  Next of course came the layers of ribbon and cheese cloth.  The cheese cloth was died with my markers to match and to keep the vintage look and feel.  Then all the fran-tage elements were added to the ribbon.
I also used:
Here is the color palette....





9 comments:

Nikki said...

This is just so beautifully coloured
thanks for sharing :) hugs Nikki

Rainey's Craft Room said...

Such a beautiful stamp and you have coloured it perfectly. A great design and layout and the ruffled ribbon and netting looks fabulous.
Lorraine

Rainey's Craft Room said...

Such a beautiful stamp and you have coloured it perfectly. A great design and layout and the ruffled ribbon and netting looks fabulous.
Lorraine

Dee said...

How realistic and inspiring- great explantation on how to color. It is very beautiful and inviting card.

Unknown said...

My first thought when I saw these cards was....how cozy!!! I love them

Diane said...

Beautiful card...looks so inviting and cozy and I just want to sit there and read...gorgeous coloring, too!!

barbara macaskill said...

WOW! You did a beautiful job coloring this lovely image!!! A true work of art!! TFS!

Viki Banaszak said...

This is so yummy and cozy. I love the colors.

nancy carroll said...

Wow, awesome coloring, love the fabrics, so gorgeous.