Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Merry Monday #176 - Frame It

Hello friends.  Playing along with Merry Monday and this week the challenge is to use a frame on your Christmas card.  I have a very simple card to share with you, but I really love how it turned out.  Take a look:


I started with a white card base and then colored it with Distress Inks (Faded Jeans, Stormy Sky, Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean, & Concord Grape) before stamping my image (Stampendous - Silent Night) in Memento Black Ink.  I did use my MISTI on this as the image is larger and I wanted to make sure that I didn't miss any of the branches.  Next I added a simple white frame using one of my Lil Inkers Stitched Rectangle dies.  I finished with some snow dots using my white gel pen.  Easy peasy!! :0)


You can check out all the great cards and info to play along right HERE.

Thanks so much for stopping by today...I love it when you do! :0)

14 comments:

Linda said...

Beautiful card Marcia. Your starry night is lovely. Thanks for joining us this week at Merry Monday.

Irish Cherokee said...

Reminds me of cold winter nights under the stars. Perfect.

Hugs and Blessings
Jim

Bonnie said...

That white frame shows this beautiful scene perfectly, Marcia! What a peaceful card! Thanks for sharing this with us at Merry Monday!

Creating with Susan said...

What a beautiful scene you created! And your frame shows it off perfectly! Thanks for playing along!

Colleen said...

All is serene and calm with this card, beautiful colors and a beautiful night scene!

Birgit said...

Wow Marcia, this is stunning! Beautiful ink blending in your background. It looks like a perfect night sky! The scripty font of that sentiment is awesome too!

Notes by Nina said...

Stunning Marcia, I love this technique. Thank you for joining us for Merry Monday.

Kara Lynne said...

So beautiful! I love your night sky and the tiny white snowflakes!

Cori said...

The colours! The atmosphere! The tiniest snowflakes! WOW! I'm truly amazed at this card, what a stunner! Fingers crossed for the Merry Monday challenge and hugs from Germany, *Cori

AlisonC said...

Hi. I had to stop and say what a beautiful card. The colours are so pretty and the image is gorgeous.

Betty said...

your card is just a gorgeous framed winter scene!

Susan Joyce said...

Beautiful framed wintery scene. Thanks for joining us this week at Merry Monday.

Andrea D. La Vigne said...

This is gorgeous! I saw it at Merry Monday, and had to take a closer look. Love the inking in the background, and the nice detail the white dots adds. Tfs! ~ Andrea

conil said...

I can almost feel like I'm lying on my back in the snow. Looking through the winter trees at the gloriously colored night sky. You card is simple lovely.