Inspired by Heather

Happy Weekend!!

I  haven't done much papercrafting this week because this nasty cough is keeping me up every night since Tuesday, and I've just been too tired to do much of anything, besides the daily chores. But I looked thru my pinterest boards yesterday and came across this gorgeous card by Penny Black designer Heather,  and decided that today I'd recreate the card. I wish I had half the talent Heather has...

I loved everything about her card, colors, design and all! I used similar colors, but left off the moon she added and instead stamped the sentiment in that area. For the white "snowflakes" I used masking fluid, as Heather did. I also didn't create the snowbanks on my card, maybe next time :-)

I accidentally picked up my memento ink when inking the stamp, instead of my versafine onyx. And I didn't notice until after stamping it, and didn't want to start over again. (The background was already done and it was my second try for that already :-)) I find versafine onyx works much better with solid type of stamps, as these branches are. I tried to color the fruits of the branch white, but it didn't show up as well as I hoped it would using a white pitt marker. Maybe I'll go over them again with white acrylic paint. 

The background was made by first masking off the bottom portion using torn paper. I then flicked some masking fluid onto the background using a paint brush. Then inked using distress ink and an ink applicator. Rubbed off the dried masking fluid using a paper towel, removed the mask and then stamped the image. 

By the way, this stamp along with the sentiment set I used here are both available in my Stamp shop brand new, in case you're interested. They are from the recent Holiday release. 

Product direct links:

Berry Bevy

Season's Gifts

I am going to play along here:

Crafting-With-Friends -  Always Anything Goes 
Creative Fingers -    Always Anything Goes
Jo's Scrap Shack -   Anything Goes
QKR Stampede –  Make Your Own Background
Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
Simply Papercraft - Always Anything Goes 

C.R.A.F.T. -Christmas
Crafty Girls Creations  - Always Anything Goes
Digital Delights by Louby Loo-Anything Goes
ABC Christmas Challenge -   'U' is for Unusual Christmas Colors

Hope you're enjoying your weekend! It's gotten chilly over here, but at least the sun is shining, which makes the beautiful Fall colors even more beautiful. Maybe I'll get my family to take a walk by the lake later today (once hubby comes home from work), to see the beautiful Fall reflections in the water.