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Friday, December 5, 2014

Christmas Greetings and Great Deals and Chances to Win!


It's Crackerbox Palace Friday and I am sharing a Christmas card I made with CBP’s great stamps and a Bokeh technique I learned about in this video. In the video, the blogger used watercolor paints to create the background, but I do not have any, so I used my Brusho Crystal Colours in several shades of blue. After that was dry, the Bokeh look is achieved by sponging white pigment ink through a stencil with several sizes of circular holes. I created my stencil with a piece of acetate and some circle punches. After I finished the Bokeh background, I embossed the Santa and Sleigh silhouette and Christmas greeting stamps with black embossing powder.

**As a holiday present to you from Crackerbox Palace, all the stamps on this card will be 20% OFF for one week! What a deal! **

In addition to that great deal, you can also visit my blog here for a chance at some great blog candy. I am celebrating my 5 year blogaversary all this month, and you can win one of 7 prizes just by being a follower of my blog. Crackerbox Palace has generously offered 5 gift certificates worth $15 for 5 lucky winners to shop with at their website! I have two other great prizes too, so sign up as a follower and you might be one of the lucky winners!
I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenge at Wonderful Wednesday and the Christmas challenge at Simon Says Stamp.

Did you notice the sweet and sassy Crackebox Palace watermark that I am debuting on my card today? Once again, the wonderful Kathryne from StampArt Design by Kathyrne has worked her magic and created a perfect personalized watermark for Crackerbox Palace and me. If you are considering getting your very own personalized watermark, I highly recommend you contact Kathryne as she does a great job!
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9 comments:

  1. KT Fit KittyDecember 5, 2014 at 7:05 AM

    Gorgeous card and I love your watermark! P.S. I fixed the typo that I had on my sidebar about your giveaway - I had Kareds instead of Kards - but it's all good now!

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  2. KathykDecember 5, 2014 at 7:45 AM

    FAB use of brusho's and looks great with the white pigment ink sponged too

    Kathyk

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  3. StampArt Design by KathryneDecember 5, 2014 at 10:19 AM

    Beautiful card, Karen. The background you designed is fabulous. Love it. Thanks for your sweet comments about your watermark. It was a pleasure creating with you. xx Kathryne

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  4. Verna AngerhoferDecember 5, 2014 at 11:04 AM

    Another amazing work of art Love your background too for the card. I found that so fun to create the Bokeh Effect. Thanks for sharing how to do it!

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  5. kiwimeskreationsDecember 5, 2014 at 2:41 PM

    What a fabulous back ground - love the silhouetted santa :-)
    Blessings
    Maxine

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  6. Karen SchroederDecember 5, 2014 at 7:57 PM

    Cool watermark! I love your card...the background technique is awesome! I will have to try it. Thanks for the link!

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  7. UnknownDecember 6, 2014 at 4:44 AM

    Your card is beautiful. Love the background you created! Thanks for the video link.

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  8. BrendaDecember 6, 2014 at 2:13 PM

    Oh Karen, this is so pretty and so magical looking! Hugs, Brenda

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  9. CarynDecember 9, 2014 at 6:47 PM

    Fantastic festive design. - love the night sky effect.
    Thanks for playing along at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.
    Hugs,
    Caryn xxx

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