Monday, August 28, 2017

Celebrating Christine

Hi everyone.  Today I'm celebrating with my dear friend, Christine.  She has had the most amazing month with recognition for her talent of making beautiful cards.

First, she won the Craft Stamper Magazine challenge for the month of July.  That means that she was interviewed by the magazine and she is featured on their blog (click link above to see) and will also be featured in one of their upcoming publications with a picture of her card that won, along with the interview and pictures of more cards from Christine. Congrats on this huge honour of being published, Christine!!

Next, she was chosen to be the Featured Stamper this week at Splitcoaststampers (SCS).  It's a wonderful honour to be chosen among all the talented crafters that post their cards.  And that brings me to my card for today.  As Feature Stamper, the challenge at SCS is to CASE (copy and share everything) one of Christine's cards from her amazing gallery (click to go to her gallery at SCS).

I chose to CASE this beautiful card from Christine's gallery.  I made this background piece during a play day with Christine and Susan a while ago.  It's made on mixed media paper with spray starch and drops of re-inker (Pacific Point, Tempting Turquoise).  Then a piece of cling wrap was placed over top, scrunched up, and left to dry.  I love the design it created when the cling wrap was removed.  I used a new Penny Black deer die to place on top of two torn pieces of white cards stock (snow). I splattered the background with diluted white acrylic paint and added the sentiment stamped in Delicata Silver.  The panel was popped up over the card base for added dimension.

One final note about Christine.  She only started a blog less than a year ago, so there may be some of you who do not know her.  Please take some time to visit her blog (It's a Card Day's Night) ... you'll be glad you did!!  Thanks!






Stamps:  Festive Snippets (Penny Black)
Paper:  Mixed Media (Strathmore 140 lb.); White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.)
Ink:  Re-inkers:  Pacific Point, Tempting Turquoise (SU!); Delicata Silver (Tsukineko)
Accessories & Tools:  spray starch, cling wrap, Inspiring die (deer - Penny Black), white acrylic paint

Challenges:
SCS FS551

17 comments:

Julia Aston said...

Wow - congrats to Christine! What a lovely card you created for her FS day Loll - I'm off to see her interview you linked to! Julia xx

Mac Mable said...

Stunning card Loll and thank you for the link to Christine's amazing creations. I have enjoyed looking at them all and have been blown away. Great technique with your stunning background x

nancy littrell said...

Gorgeous cling wrap CAS Winter Scene, Loll! I can certainly see how you were inspired by Christine's beautiful cling wrap Christmas card. Christine has been so deserving of her honors this past month. TFS the link to the Craft Magazine On Line site too. Hugs..

Nstiz said...

What a wonderful case of her card once again, using your rich colors in your background! This is also a lovely tribute to Christine whom I have followed for quite some time. I'm delighted to see her take two honors for her work. Love your card, Loll!

Bonnie said...

This is definitely Christine's month! Her interview and cards are up at Craft Stamper. Love your card! An amazing background! I can predict the spray starch will be making an outing around here! Love that graceful deer! A wonderful tribute to Christine!

HJ said...

Beautiful card. Love the background and the stately deer. Great job. Congrats to Christine.

Patti J said...

Beautiful card! Love it! Went to see Christine's blog, and signed up to follow via email...thanks for the link!

Christine Alexander said...

Loll, thanks for your wonderful comments, it's been quite a month for me :)

I love your beautiful card with that stunning cling wrap background. Our craft days are so much fun.

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

Another wonderful background, love how you experiment with them, a Super card.
Faith
x

Jeanne said...

Gorgeous card and a wonderful tribute to your friend! Those blues against the white are just so striking!

Susan said...

Beautiful! Love the colours (of course!!) and the reindeer looks fabulous (might have to die cut a few of those). And what a great tribute to Christine in your write-up - she will be so honoured.

Anita in France said...

Beautiful, Loll ... that background is so dreamy ... magical with the white deer against it! A delicious CASE of Christine's card ... congratulations certainly are in order for her ... off to see more of her work! Hugs, Anita :)

Marcia Hill said...

What a beautiful CASE of Christine's card Loll...LOVE that background! And now I'm off to check out Christine's blog too!! :0)

Barb Ghig said...

Such a lovely tribute to your friend, Loll! Your deer is so regal, especially against your gorgeous background...WOW! A beautiful CASE of Christine's card, too...I will definitely check out her blog...thanks for the link!

Susanne Vargas said...

Wonderful Winterwonderland! And a great CASE of your friend's card!

Canonbury creations said...

Such a crisp winter scene, loving all these Xmas cards Loll x

BożenA said...

I love your winter cards, Loll. They always provide beautiful visual impressions. I love the background to this card. Beautiful color of the sky, in Poland rarely in winter we can observe such a deep color of the sky. This card creates the perfect picture of winter :-)
Hugs,
BożenA