Magenta Blog Hop Day 5

Welcome to a week of inspiration and creativity with the Magenta Design Team! We are excited to share with you our latest collection and of course our artists are here to share their techniques with you, just hop to their blogs to learn more about their creations!

Today I chose the Doodle Ornament stamp again, because I wanted to show how beautiful it can be when you use the whole stamp.  During this hop a couple of the other Design Team members have also used it to beautiful effect.  Here's the stamp, Doodle Ornament (44.013.Q).

Magenta Doodle Ornament (44.013.Q)

To make my card, I stamped the entire stamp onto watercolor card stock with Versamark Ink, and embossed with White Diamond embossing powder from Judikins.  I also stamped the sentiment (Merry Christmas 07.779.G) with Versamark and embossed with White Diamond.

Second step was to apply Distress Ink to the entire piece, using Salty Ocean, Faded Jeans and Seedless Preserves.  I used Magenta template TM40 (Masks) to give subtle shading so that it would look like an outdoor scene of snowy hills.  I sprinkled Ranger White Embossing Enamel over the top and heated from underneath to add to the snowy scene.  Some purple fuzzy twine was added at the top, and the panel was matted with purple, and then mounted onto a white base card.  Last, some purple gems were added to the holly at the top.

Stamps and Templates used:  

44.013.Q  Doodle Ornaments

07.779.G  Merry Christmas

Magenta TM40 Masks

Other Materials used:

Distress Inks:  Salty Ocean, Faded Jeans, Seedless Preserves

Versamark Ink

Judikins White Diamond Embossing Powder

Ranger White Embossing Enamel

Purple Silk cardstock

Strathmore Watercolor cold press card stock 140#

Purple fuzzy twine

Purple gems

I have a bonus card today.  I was playing with the Doodle Heart stamp that I designed for Magenta (44.014.N), and strangely, I used a very similar color scheme and technique to the above card.  I must love this color combination!

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Magenta Doodle Heart (44.014.N)

On this card I also stamped with Versamark Ink, onto watercolor card stock, and embossed with White Diamond.  I used the same Distress Ink colors, applied with a mini blending tool.  I love how the white pops when you add the color.  This time instead of adding snow, I spritzed the entire piece heavily with water mixed with Perfect Pearls Pearl.  This gave the whole piece the most wonderful shine.  I mounted the heart panel onto a white card base and added a sentiment that I just love, stamped in Memento Danube Blue ink.  I added a bit of purple fuzzy twine and sprinkles with some blue gems.

Stamps Used:

44.014.N  Doodle Heart

07.731.I  Thanks for Touching My Heart

Other Materials Used:

Distress Inks:  Salty Ocean, Faded Jeans, Seedless Preserves

Judikins White Diamond Embossing Powder

Memento Blue Danube ink

Versamark Ink

Perfect Pearls Pearl mica powder

Strathmore Watercolor cold press card stock 140#

Purple fuzzy twine

Purple gems

Please be sure to click on the links below to visit all of the Design Team's blogs.  

DON'T FORGET TO LEAVE A COMMENT HERE AND ON EACH BLOG IN THE HOP FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN A GREAT PRIZE!!

Two prizes will be given, so you have a good chance to win.

Here are the prizes you could win:

Magenta Prize Package #1

Magenta Prize Package #2

Each day we will feature projects created by our design team – simply visit their blogs and leave a comment on each post by midnight EST (GMT-5) November 9th.  We will randomly select two different blogs from the five days, then randomly draw one commenter from each blog as the winner.

Here are today’s featured projects from the rest of the Design Team:

Mariette van Leeuwen

http://www.stampingmariette.blogspot.ca/

Jolande van Oosterhout

www.justjolande.blogspot.com

Edith Racine

http://www.edithos.blogspot.ca/

Ellie Knol

http://elliecreahoekje.blogspot.com/

Bianca van Noort 4

http://biancavannoort.blogspot.nl

Carole Dion

http://creationsalestresors.blogspot.ca