In my opinion, this is the best card I have made to date. I made it a few months back for an awesome swap I was asked to be in; it is based loosely on a very pleasant recourring dream that I have. The background paper with the palm tree is distressed with sanding paper to achieve a linen look. Tree is stamped, watercolored, then lightly heat embossed w/clear ep to highlight. DTP (direct to paper) technique to simulate wood grain.
Date: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 GMT Views: 1856
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Paper: very vanilla, close to cocoa, barely banana, old olive
Ink: VersaMark pad; more mustard, basic brown, basic black, creamy caramel, really rust, close to cocoa, ruby red & old olive classic pads; various earth elements reinkers for watercoloring
Registered: February 24, 2005 Location: East Coast Posts: 1843
Thu, Aug 11, 2005 @ 6:47 AM
This is gorgeous! This is probably the best effort I've seen using this stamp set so far!! Good job!
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Registered: January 28, 2005 Location: Posts: 25783
Mon, Aug 15, 2005 @ 5:06 PM
Just checking the gallery b/c I was placing a Stamp order and I had to choose between two stamp sets at $20. After seeing this, there is no question. I am going back to order Balmy Breezes...this is absolutely gorgeous!
Registered: March 18, 2004 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 7021
Thu, Aug 18, 2005 @ 8:34 AM
Cindy, This IS lovely! So rich looking!
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