OK, not really. But Nichol challenged us in a recent blog post to not just use red and green at Christmastime. So I thought I'd give it a try. This is another card using Claudine Hellmuth's Studio line paints. This time I used Modern red which is one of my very favorites in her line. It's such a unique red. I painted it on sticky back canvas. Then I heat embossed with some Ranger Antiquities embossing powder. You don't know it but this card is an example of how far I have come since succumbing to the messiness that comes with using Ranger products. Ask Jennifer.... in the past if it wasn't perfect I wouldn't use it or would do it again. Did I emboss this perfectly? Uh, no. In places it rubbed off. But I decided to call that distressed and call it a day! Progress, huh?
Other supplies: Hero Arts notecard and background stamp; Ranger Distress Ink around edges; Fiskars cloud decorative scissors; Letters from Hobby Lobby (forget the name)
Jana
Great color combo! Perfect HA stamp with the color red too. Great job.
Have a wonderful 4th of July weekend!
Sandi N.
Posted by: Sandi N. | Friday, July 03, 2009 at 12:36 PM
Pretty! What ever you did, it looks like you meant to. We can call that a new technique! Happy 4th
Posted by: Marcy Kaminski | Friday, July 03, 2009 at 02:12 PM
Hehehe Your embossing looks like mine turn out alot. Maybe I've been "distressing" all along. Mine is hardly ever perfect. I've just accepted it.
Great card, doesn't even have a Christmas feel.
I agree about flags, something about them makes me proud.
Happy 4th of July.
Posted by: Roz Rhorer | Friday, July 03, 2009 at 05:05 PM
I LOVE the distressed look of the embossing. I have always been bothered by my "not perfect" images as well, but this looks GREAT!
Posted by: Terry | Monday, July 06, 2009 at 09:48 AM