The masking I tried had left me with the shape I needed but some very messy lines. After looking at it again I realized that I could rescue the actual stamping and the background by cutting it out in the diamond shape and using it on another card front. Once it was cut out I added a border with a fine gold pen and using the same pen I added some gold to the snowflakes. I also added some sparkle with a Sakura gelly roll pen. I added three gems to the middle of snowflakes for added interest after which I adhered the entire thing to the card front. Added the 2 sentiments on angles and am much happier with the result now.
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So cool how this came together.
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Thanks Bonnie. I may have trouble with CAS at times but finding a way to use a bad job seems to be something I am good at.
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Great how you were able to use the piece. Looks great!
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I’m glad I didn’t have to waste the entire thing. At least I can use the rest of the base card in other ways as well. Glad you like it.
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Lovely card! the soft inking and stamping makes me think of a fuzzy sweater – so cozy! I like the gold pen edging! Thank you for playing along with us at CC&S!
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Thanks so much. I enjoyed the challenge but my efforts at CAS cards are often hit and miss.
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Nice save. I really like how this turned out.
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Thanks me too, but if you had seen the initial result you would laugh.
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Don’t you just love it when you turn a not so good project into something this beautiful??? I think you do beautiful CAS cards.
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You are tremendously good for my ego – Thank you.
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Pretty card and another great use of the sketch! I love the colors that you used. Thanks (again) for joining us at CC&S this week.
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Thanks – I tried a different combination of blending distress oxides and liked the results.
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Great idea for the sketch…looks like you filled the space in perfectly. Sometimes those reveals just don’t work like we thought but glad you saved the image.
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Thanks so much. I just love distress oxides as the blending is so easy, but not getting good lines was disappointing at first.
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What a fabulous way to save something that wasn’t quite right and make something beautiful! Great job on this.
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Doing the other design while I thought about how to fix the bad one helped me to look at things differently. It worked out great once I decided what to do.
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This is a perfect interpretation of the sketch! I really like the symmetry of the snowflakes. I’m glad you shared your artwork with us at CC&S! 🙂
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Thanks for the wonderful comment. I enjoyed joining in with this challenge as it really was a challenge for me.
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What a lovely card , great take on the sketch. Thanks you for playing along with us at CC&S.
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So glad you like it. Fun challenge thanks
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