Saturday, 10 January 2015

New Year card

It's January, and traditionally we expect cold, frost and snow and this is reflected in this month's challenges themes! I decided to follow the theme with a New Year's card using a stamp I just bought in the sales. It happens to be a Halloween stamp (Stampendous) and although I only make Halloween cards under duress, I couldn't resist the bargain... Still, I knew I could work with it and replaced the "Beware" warning by a coat of silver paint and the year. Not so frightening now!


To colour the image I used watercolours in 2 shades of blue adding some black on the stonework which didn't stamp as solidly as I wanted it too because of the grain of the watercolour paper.
I splattered some white for snow and, on a whim, the left over silver paint on my palette.

I am entering the Rubber Dance, Craft Stamper, and the That's Crafty challenges.

Thanks for coming by,

P.S Those with eagle eyes might have noticed I have an addition to  my bragging column (on the right panel) Yess... I won the DT pick at Rubber Dance for December but I was also lucky to win the random prize.  Watch this space for projects with their lovely stamps...
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18 comments:

  1. Unknown10 January 2015 at 10:29

    I LOVE this - I have this stamp and use it for Halloween but it's PERFECT for winter - so clever!

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  2. Anonymous10 January 2015 at 10:36

    Beautiful, love that stamp

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  3. Helen10 January 2015 at 12:16

    Great use of that stamp, and I love your silver splatters in the snow!

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  4. Linda10 January 2015 at 18:24

    I love this ..... clever use of the Halloween stamp, and I like the added snow splatters! Thanks for joining in with the Craft Stamper TIMI challenge ...good luck! Linda xx

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  5. Clare Lloyd10 January 2015 at 20:52

    Gorgeous card

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  6. massofhair10 January 2015 at 22:56

    So glad you won! Always look forward to your creations, your card is brill:-) xxx

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  7. Etsuko11 January 2015 at 02:40

    Beautiful card! Looks fine water paint, I love this. xxx

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  8. Bibi Lindahl11 January 2015 at 11:13

    So glad to see you are entering our challenge again! Love your card, so cool that you used a Halloween stamp and turned it into something very different. Nice touch with the 2015 written on the sign!
    Congrats once more for your double winning of our December challenge! :-)
    xox

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  9. ElizabethR11 January 2015 at 13:45

    Gorgeous it looks so icy, thanks for joining jus at the Take It Make It challenge. Elizabeth x

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  10. Nikki K11 January 2015 at 19:05

    Lovely wintery scene and great to change the usage of the stamp. Thank you for joining us in the TIMI challenge at Craft Stamper this month, good luck. xx

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  11. Cocofolies11 January 2015 at 20:53

    Absolument superbe!!... Quelle belle et bonne idée, ta carte est extra avec ce tampon Halloween, tu as toutes tes chances pour le challenge de Craft Stamper! :D Et félicitations pour tes dernières victoires, je crois que j'avais loupé ça excuse-moi.. Bisous

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  12. Renee12 January 2015 at 20:33

    Lovely card! Thanks for joining us at the Take It Make It Challenge.

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  13. Shirley14 January 2015 at 16:48

    How creative are you Christine this is an amazing piece of artwork.

    Warm crafty hugs from Shirl x x x
    ShirlsCards.

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  14. My Card Attic: Hazel16 January 2015 at 11:54

    This almost looks like an old photograph! Great work! Hazel x

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  15. shirley-bee16 January 2015 at 17:52

    Glad to know I'm not the only one who buys stamps in the sale "just because"! I like how you added the year to the gatepost. Thanks for playing along at Craft Stamper Take It Make It - come back and join the blog hop for 12 more chances to win a prize!

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  16. Susanne Rose27 January 2015 at 18:40

    So awesome! Thanks for joining our challenge over at the Rubber Dance Blog.

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  17. Majo28 January 2015 at 11:57

    Beautiful card! Thanks for joining us at our Rubber Dance Frosty Challenge!

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  18. Tracy28 January 2015 at 20:43

    Gorgeous card, so happy you joined in at Craft Stampers Take it, Make it challenge xoxo

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