November Card Chain Challenge Reveal Day

Hello everyone. I hope you are doing well. Winter has arrived here in my part of the world. It snowed a lot on Saturday and again last night and the roads were so slick when I was out in the evening. The main reason why I don't like winter but nothing to do about that...

Last month I joined in at the Card Chain Challenge again and today is reveal day. This time my card went to Dagmara in Poland. As always, there are several challenge options such as a sketch, colors, themes or techniques. I went with the theme of Feathers and Vintage and used a Bird for my focal point and did some distressing to make it a bit vintage.

And here is what I made:

For my "Feather" element I decided to use Tracy Evans' Bird from the set Robin and Nuthatch. The set is retired but may still be found at some retailers. I used Distress inks for coloring. The background was one I had done with the gelli plate and some moody blue ink. Then I used a Harlequin stencil by Tim Holtz and a script stamp from Tracy Evans' set Magnolia and Apricot Distress ink. Around the edges I used part of a stamp from Tracy Evans's set Branched Heart. The sentiment is from another Tracy Evans Aall and Create retired set Pinecone. Love this quote. I added a rust red layer and then an apricot colored cardbase. Card front and rust colored mat were distressed to make it a little "vintage". I know I could have done a better job with that technique but this is what it turned out to be. Looking at it here I think some stitches around the edges would have been nice. I was happy to hear from Dagmara and that she liked the card :)

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I am entering the above card to these challenges:

• Creative Fingers - AG
• Double D - Fall Colors
• Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenges - AG
• Pattie's Creations - AG
• Simon Says Stamp - AG
• We Love 2 Create - Anything Creative
• Word Art Wednesday - AG

If you have never joined in the Card Chain Challenge but would like to, then you can still sign up for the December challenge for just a few more days. Be sure to read all the details here as it's a different type of a challenge where everyone will mail and receive one card in exchange. So fun!

I received the beautiful card below from Hilary in UK. I absolutely love these colors and the gorgeous stylish stamps! Thank you Hilary!!