Magnolia-Licious November Blog Hop!!

Stamps: #443 Magnolia Christmas Tree; sentiment from SU!
Paper: Basic Grey Wassail; brushed gold cardstock
Ink: Close to Cocoa; Creamy Caramel; Always Artichoke; So Saffron; Black Staz On; Bravo

Burgundy.

Other: Gold satin ribbon from Michaels; Kaiser Ivory Pearls;gold brads; various rhinestones;

creative memories cutting system.

Card Measures

5"x7"

Hello! Thanks for HOPPIN' by today!! Hopefully you started at the Magnolia-licious Highlites Blog (because that's where you get all the deets...like
about the PRIZES!)...so go back there if you haven't been there yet and follow
the path.

Suzanne suggested that we use only "accessory"
stamps for this blog hop. I thought: "Great idea! No
problem!"....then I sat down to do make a card...and nothing seemed
"right". I thought and thought. I went to Cheryl's blog
for inspiration because she often makes
gorgeous cards with just an accessory stamp. Of course, I think Cheryl
could make an ink smudge look beautiful! Me...not so much.
LOL! Finally I decided to use this Christmas tree that I
bought and hadn't inked up yet. But I didn't think it called out for
Copics. I really wanted to do it with watercolors. So I
did. I know! Can you believe I put away my precious markers
for this one and went "old school" with my ink pads and aquapainter?!
LOL! You know what, though? It actually turned out how I
wanted it too. Also, I was able to give it that soft yellow
glow around the tree that I have not been able to successfully accomplish with
Copics. I think watercolors in general give an image a softer
look.

Because I was going for this softer look I didn't
want to over do it with "ornament" on the tree. Not too many
colors. So I just used some Ivory pearls and yellow and white
rhinestones. It's sometimes hard for me to stop with the embellies,
but I am pretty happy with how this came out! To continue with my
vintage-y look, I sponged the edges with brown inks.

As I was typing this up, I thought of
another accessory only card that I did over the summer. So I thought
I would include it with today's post. Get the details for this
card HERE. I think this
would be a great idea for people who live in warm climates during the
holidays.

*****So now it's time for you to hop on over the blog
of the very lovely and very talented Sharon! I can't
wait to see what she has come up with! She is so
creative!

Have a Marvelous Monday!