INKspirations!

 Hello, Today’s card was inspired by a mood board.  As soon as I find the blog, I will add the link.  (my apologies!) From the mood board, I loved the image of the bright red church against the music page.   I started with trimming a sheet of Mixed Media paper down to 4 x 5 1/4.   Next, I stamped the church ( SU- Silent Night 2005 ) in Ranger Archival ink in Sepia.  I used an aqua brush to watercolor the church and surrounding images.  (SU- Real Red, Seaside Spray, Delightful Dijon, Evening Evergreen, Chocolate Chip) The church was cut with an arch die and mounted to the embossed music panel.  (SU- Merry Melody) The panel was added to a Cherry Cobbler (SU) cardstock base.  The banner was stamped from SU- Toile Christmas, water colored with Delightful Dijon (SU). Stickles were added on the roof and trees to add a little shimmer to the snow. Thanks for stopping by!  -Valerie Kaye

 Hello,  Today’s card is inspired from the mood board from Peace on Earth’s  Challenge #33 .  I loved the bright red cabin nestled around the colorful, trees. I pulled out all of my tree dies and stamps to get started and my All Hearts Come Home set from Stampin Up.  I had to figure out which trees that would not overwhelm the focal point of the house.   I decided to stamp the house in (SU) Cherry Cobbler ink on an Oatmeal colored sheet of cardstock.  I then cut a larger square in Cherry cobbler to frame the house and stand in front of the trees.   I chose 3- different trees in shades of Night of Navy, Delightful Dijon, and Old Olive.  I added white detail to the trees to give a similar feel from the mood board by heat embossing textures from Honey Bee Stamps Valentine Textures.   Assembly:  The background was dry embossed from Stampin Up’s Timeworn type embossing folder.  The trees were arranged to each side and the house was ...