Friday, January 1, 2016

House of Cards January Challenge: Embossing or Color


Happy New Year's everyone! Welcome to 2016!! What is the best way to welcome in the new year? A great new challenge at House of Cards! This is the 4th year for HOC!! Woohoo!!

Mynn was the first person to ask me to be part of DT and I am still grateful for her belief in me. It has given me the confidence to apply to other teams, but my heart will always be with HOC!


This month's challenge is either embossing or color. I chose to do both- always an overachiever!


I embossed a snowflake folder (unknown) and then I used my copic markers to gently color each snow flake. The saying is from Reverse Confetti along with the snow die from this set.


Be sure to check out what the other DT members came up with and join in the fun at House of Cards this month!


17 comments:

Toni said...

Fantastic! It almost looks like you stitched those snowflakes!

Judy V said...

Happy New Year Sue! Love this gorgeous card! Love the colored embossing and the added die cut to the sentiment!
Judy HOC Teamie

Donna said...

Gorgeous card, I agree with Toni, I thought the snowflakes were stitched at first too! Donna HOC Teamie

Merethe A said...

Happy new year Sue. Wow great use of the snowflake embossingfolder... Never thought of using my alchol markers on the erased parts like this. Will keep that in mind.

(✿*‿*) Ma (Merethe)
Teamie HOC
http://majaapia.blogspot.no/

Mynn xx said...

You are so sweet, Sue! You are AMAZING, and I am so lucky to have you on my team! THANK YOU for your gorgeous creations and hard work behind the scenes! This card is just BEAUTIFUL, friend! Here's to an awesome 2016! HUGS and HAPPY NEW YEAR! :) Mynn xx

Anonymous said...

happy new year sue and thank you for the warm welcome back! this is gorgeous! i thought it was stitched at first too; you must have a lot of patience to colour all those little bits of embossing in all the different colours that perfectly coordinate with the inspiration photo!
linda HOC teamie

Rocky said...

This stunning card really caught my eye, it's so pretty. I'm so pleased to be working with you again this term, Happy New Year.......Rocky.

Leslie said...

Absolutely gorgeous! The coloring on the embossing really stands out and lends itself to an amazing creation. Thanks so much for the warm welcome to the DT - looking forward to lots of fun!

Deborah Frings said...

Wow - this is fabulous - love the texture you get using this technique. So pretty.

Jane Knudsen said...

I am in love with this card! Everything about it - perfection! jane hoc dt

Dotty Jo said...

This is stunning, Sue - gorgeous! Jo x

Michele K. Henderson said...

Wow, Sue! This is gorgeous! I just love this technique--the results are AMAZING!
Have a warm and crafty 2016!
Take care!
Michele

Susan Renshaw said...

This is just gorgeous - and I love the sentiment!
Thank you for the warm elcome to the team!

Em Louise Fairley said...

What a stunner! It's gorgeous and I love it!
Hugs,
Em, HOC teamie

Katy said...

This is gorgeous! And it takes a steady hand to color on embossing! :) Beautiful work! Hugs! Katy--HOC DT :)

FiestyCrafter (Tina) said...

This is gorgeous! Such lovely details with the embossing. Thank you for the warm welcome to the team :o)
Tina

Unknown said...

SUE! Amazing Snowflake... i love the colors and the texture.... is gorgeous your 4 years in to the HOC... i love your work... thanks for inviting me to be part of the House of Card! my heart is veri happy!!! and me atelier too.... jejejejeje Enjoy... Paula, New DT.