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Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Black and White, Silver and Gray and.....

Hello dear friends: As soon as I saw the Merry Monday Challenge I really loved the inspiration picture, it's so peaceful but, what caught my eye was that line of beautiful lamp posts and also, I will enter this card to the Christmas Cards Challenge #15 "Anything Goes" and the Landscaping Challenge #125 "Color Splash".  I have a very old lamp post stamp that I think it's from Flower Soft, not so sure but, in any case, I wanted to use it to make this card.


The challenge at Merry Monday is to use the colors Black, White, Gray and Silver, which worked real good for this image but, I saw that some of the Designer Team cards had a bit of color so I took a chance and added just a little ''glow'' to the candle.
Here is a close up of it and also, of the silver Holly leaves and the silver thread bow that looks so pretty adorning this lamp post, it was a real pickle to tie this bow, sheeesh!! 


The falling snow is stamped with one of the stamps on the SU set "Gorgeous Grunge" I used it also to stamp the inside of my card, just to finish it, the sentiment is from my stash. The one in the front of the card is from Power Poppy Merry Littles , I also used the little candle stick in this set to stamp the candle inside the lamp, I just masked the bottom part.
I colored this lamp post with my black Prismacolor pencil and blended the color a little with a paper stump dipped in baby oil.
Here is the picture of the finished inside of my card.


I thought you might like to see the super old punch I used to punch the Holly leaves, it's from a company called McGill.
Here is the banners that inspired my card.


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ANYTHING GOES.



Thank you for stopping by, until next time, happy stamping.

Hugs from Maria.


30 comments:

Patti Willey said...

Wow what a pretty Christmas card and very quick to duplicate! Gorgeous lamp post!

Bonnie said...

I LOVE your lamppost, Maria! It is decorated so beautifully! Such a peaceful scene! Thanks for sharing this with us at Merry Monday!

Maria Rodriguez. said...

Thanks Patti, it was pretty quick to make, the only time consuming part was tying that bow, the strings kept escaping my fingers.

Maria Rodriguez. said...

Thank you Bonnie, the inspiration picture gave me this idea, that scene is just so beautiful.

Colleen said...

Stunning card, Maria! I love your lamp post and the falling snow! Beautiful scene! Thank you for sharing this at our Merry Monday challenge!

Maria Rodriguez. said...

Thank you Colleen, love the challenge with this very elegant combination of colors.

Linda W. (ScrappinBari) said...

Just love your grunge snow and the pretty street lamp, Maria!

Susan Joyce said...

Love your gorgeous lamp post image Maria, great Christmas card. Thanks for joining us at Merry Monday this week.

Maria Rodriguez. said...

Thank you Linda, Gorgeous Grunge is a great set, this stamp is perfect for creating snow.

Maria Rodriguez. said...

Thank you Joyce, I really like this lamp post image.

Marcia Hill said...

What a beautiful card Maria! I love the soft glow from the lamp post, and the bow and holly are just the perfect trimmings for this gorgeous card! Love it!! :0)

Maria Rodriguez. said...

Thank you Marcia, I felt the lamp post needed something so I just added a tiny bit of glow to it. The bow was a bit hard to make, but I do like how it turned out.

Kath said...

A beautiful card - the lamp post is perfect for this card and the glow adds the finishing touch.
Kath x

Brian King said...

GORGEOUS, Maria! Beautiful texture on your card. Love!

Maria Rodriguez. said...

Thank you Kath, the inspiration photo is so beautiful and I wanted to try to recreate it.

Maria Rodriguez. said...

Thank you Brian, I was really itching to use this lamp post image and the Merry Monday challenge gave me that chance.

stampwithsandy said...

Gorgeous, Maria! I love the lamp post and cluster of leaves!

Maria Rodriguez. said...

Thank you Sandy, so glad you stopped by.

Mary Fish said...

Cutest street lamp ever!

Maria Rodriguez. said...

Thank you Mary, it really looks so elegant all dressed up!!!

Sonny said...

Really adorable ! Love the whole image with your coloring . Your additional embellishments add so much motion to this picture .

Maria Rodriguez. said...

That's what I wanted when I added that silver thread bow, I wanted to look like it's moving with the wind!!
Thank you, my friend.

Rema DeLeeuw said...

Awesome! Thanks for sharing at Christmas Card Challenges.

Maria Rodriguez. said...

Thank you so much, Rema.

Mandy LaCroix said...

I LURVE this card Maria! :)
Thanks for sharing it over at Christmas Card Challenges!

Maria Rodriguez. said...

Thank you Mandy, this image is truly so pretty, I'm so glad I found this challenge blog!!

conil said...

Wow! Drop by to give you kudos on your lovely Merry Monday card. The bow may have been fiddley but it's beautiful on your lamp post. Think I had that punch at one time but now can't find it. There must be a thief somewhere in the house.

Maria Rodriguez. said...

Thank you for stopping by Conil. I hope there is not a thief in your craft room LOL!! Go look for this punch, I found mine while cleaning up my craft room about a year ago, I'm so glad it didn't go to the donation bin, it's still brand new.

3treescreations@gmail.com said...

Such a pretty card! I love how you dressed up your lamp post! Thanks so much playing along with us at Merry Monday.

Maria Rodriguez. said...

Thank you Deanne, I loved the inspiration photo and that gave me the idea to use this pretty lamp post image.