A few weeks ago I was invited to join a fabulous group of artist known as the Marie Antoinette Mail Art group. Of course I jumped at the opportunity and this is my first project for them, Christmas themed ATC's featuring Marie of course. I did not own a single Marie stamp when I joined the group. It took me about five minutes to locate this one from Cherry Pie and fall in love with it.
Originally I was going to go with mostly white but DH said I should do more traditional colors since I was not using a true image of Marie. The background paper is cream and gold stripes with gold flourishes. I green tinsel embossed the image of Marie directly onto the paper and stamped her onto a separate heavy weight cardstock. I colored the image with colored pencils and cut out the face portion. Painting the flowers with twinkling H2O and adding gold glitter to the flower centers.
The poinsettia is from Repeat Impressions, I stamped it three times on heavy cardstock and painted it with the same red twinkling H2O, trimmed them closely (one of them I cut off the larger petals) layered them and curled the petals.
The finishing touches include 1/4" strips of red crepe paper crinkled and taped down, leaves spritzed with shimmer and a rhinestone holding the poinsettia layers together.
Overall I am pleased with this ATC and I hope the recipients are also. I've never been so nervous in my life...well maybe the first swap with COF :)
Your design and color combination are really lovely. That stamp of Marie is one of my favorites and Cherry Pie is a darling company. It's so hard to be the 'new kid on the block' but I am delighted you are with our little family and look forward to many fabulous swaps with you.
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Hi Caroline - it has has been far too long since I have visited your personal blog - and shame on me! I'm leaving a comment here at this post, only because all the things I've missed are STUNNING! I so love your steampunk style.... I haven't tried it in my paper crafts, but I do steampunk jewellery. Seeing all your creations is like having Christmas come early!
ReplyDeletehugs and blessings,
Pauline