DCM - Natural, Gold & White

This week's Daring Cardmakers Countdown to Christmas challenge focuses on a really classic look for winter and the festive season.

You can make any project, but it must feature natural, gold and white as the colour palette.

I had a specific idea in mind of stamping white on kraft and well, I'm rather pleased with how it turned out (despite the poor natural light conditions this time of year):

Stamps: Simon Says Stamp - Pinecone Background, The Stamp Market - Merry & Bright, The Stamp Market - Lovely Labels
Dies: The Stamp Market - Lovely Labels, Sizzix - Tim Holtz - Mini Holiday Greens

I started off stamping the SSS Pinecone Background on Neenah desert storm cardstock and embossing in white. Wow is this a cool background stamp. It stamps very nicely and I can see it being a great option for tone-on-tone looks as well as heat embossing.

For my sentiment I used gold and black embossing powders with The Stamp Market Merry & Bright set on cream cardstock.

I used blush ink for the frame for a very subtle hint of colour - I think that contrast really brings out the other colours too.

The winter foliage is cut from off cuts of the desert storm cardstock which I then painted here and there with Hero Arts white liquid watercolour and dabbed with glitter.

Finally, when everything was dry I assembled my card and used some gold bells I'd kept from Easter Lindt rabbits to tie onto the card.

I have another pinecone panel that I stamped at the same time and need to come up with a project for it.

I'm thinking my new WPlus9 winter release may get used. ;)

Make sure you check out the wonderful projects from the design team - so many fab ideas!

Happy crafting!

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The Stamp Market - Lovely Labels stamps Shop at: EH | SBC	The Stamp Market - Merry & Bright stamps Shop at: MISC	Simon Says Stamp - Pinecone Background stamp Shop at: SSS	The Stamp Market - Lovely Labels dies Shop at: EH | SBC
Sizzix - Tim Holtz - Mini Holiday Greens dies Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC	Altenew - Blush dye ink Shop at: EH | MISC	Versamark ink pad Shop at: AZ | EH | SHC	Bazzill Cardshoppe - Butter Mints Shop at: AZ | EH
Neenah 80 lb smooth Desert Storm cardstock Shop at: AZ | EH	Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb smooth Solar White cardstock Shop at: AZ | EH | SSS	Tim Holtz - Distress Glitter - Vintage Platinum Shop at: AZ | SBC	Hero Arts - Gold embossing powder Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC | SHC
Hero Arts - White embossing powder Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC | SHC	Wow! - Primary Ebony embossing powder Shop at: AZ | EH	Hero Arts - Liquid Watercolor - White Shop at: EH | SHC	Stampers Anonymous - Glitter Duster Shop at: SSS
Tonic Studios Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC	3M Scotch double-sided foam tape Shop at: AZ | EH	EK Success powder tool Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC	Lawn Fawn - Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC | SHC
MISTI stamping tool Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC	Sizzix - Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC	Sizzix - Sidekick machine Shop at: AZ | SBC	Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC

Comments

[Heidi]

Just gorgeous, Natty! The pinecone background is wonderful on kraft. I love pink for Christmas, too.