Wednesday, December 9, 2020

Christmas Card | Graciellie Design - "Start Anew" Magnolias


Hello!

I'm finishing up a few final Christmas cards this week and decided to pull out this beautiful image from Graciellie's recent release, "Start Anew" Magnolias, and spend a pleasant hour painting while watching a Midsomer Murder episode! (Can't get enough of those British murder mysteries!) This dark plum card stock really contrasted well with the white magnolias and dark chocolaty sky! This coloration looks exactly like the magnolias that grow in my neighborhood - plummy on the outside with snowy white interiors!

The image was printed on 100# white card stock, water colored, spritzed heavily with pearl shimmer mist and set aside to flatten in a heavy book. Once dry, I trimmed the image to 4.75" square and lightly spattered it with white opaque paint. The painted shimmery background has a lot of plum & espresso undertones and those flowers really pop off the white card stock!


I attached the floral panel to a slightly larger square of white card stock and glued that down onto the 5.5" square plum card base. Using Lawn Fawn's "Scripty JOY" word die, I stacked 4 die cuts together for dimension and cut tiny little pieces of foam tape to attach the word to the front panel. I applied a heavy layer of Nuvo Aqua Shimmer Pen to the die cut to up the shine factor just a bit more!


Thanks so much for joining me today and for taking the time to comment! Hope you are finding time to enjoy the season and are having fun finishing up your Christmas projects! Stay safe and take care!

Challenges:

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #85

Make My Monday #137 - Christmas Theme Card

Use Your Stuff #412 - Winter/Snow/Christmas 



Rachelle ♥

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11 comments:

  1. megDecember 09, 2020 1:29 AM

    Your beautiful colouring shimmers and pops against the background colour,an exquisite card Rachelle,hope all is well with you,take care love Meg x

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  2. HeatherDecember 09, 2020 12:54 PM

    Wow, Rachelle, that coloring is STUNNING - what a gorgeous image, and amazing detail! Thanks so much for playing at Sunday Stamps! (And I've just beem introduced to Midsomer Murders - so fun!)

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  3. stampwithamykDecember 09, 2020 5:32 PM

    Wow! That is stunning!!! Love your design! Thanks for joining us at Sunday Stamps, hope to see you again soon!

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  4. TammyDecember 09, 2020 6:30 PM

    This is absolutely stunning Rachelle!! I love that beautiful image and your gorgeous watercoloring, the dark background with the paint splatters is so pretty! I hope you are doing well.
    Hugs, Tammy

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  5. Chana MalkahDecember 09, 2020 9:13 PM

    The coloring of the Magnolia is outstanding! I also love the background! Nicely done!
    Hugz!

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  6. KraftyKoolKatDecember 10, 2020 12:50 PM

    Such fantastic col ouring of this lovely image Rachelle.
    Hugs
    Cathy
    xxxx

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  7. Monique Nicole FoxDecember 10, 2020 11:00 PM

    Pretty. Thanks for playing along with UYS.

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  8. Julene MatthewsDecember 12, 2020 5:03 PM

    Very pretty card. THanks for joining us at UYS.

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  9. missgaillyDecember 15, 2020 12:13 PM

    STUNNING! Thanks for playing along at Use your Stuff - Gail #staysafe #stayhealthy

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  10. Maria ValenteDecember 19, 2020 4:49 AM

    Such a great project! I love your design! Thanks for joining our Christmas Card Challenge at Make My Monday.
    I hope you join us again real soon!
    Hugs

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  11. CazroDecember 20, 2020 12:01 PM

    Gorgeous, love the stamps. Your colouring is amazing. Thanks for joining in our challenge at Make My Monday. Happy Christmas. Caz. DT.

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