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Marbleized Stamp (available now over SSS)
For my project, I am using Winner & Walter products. This Marbleized stamp is part of the new release from Winnie & Walter.
I chose the three main colors for the watercolor--red, burgundy and brown. I colored the brown with a touch of gold from the Kuretake Watercolor set (36 Color). The frame was embossed in Antique Gold.
I keep the embellishments simple and only used two DIY Nuvo Crytal Drops. I did spent some time in gold embossing the edges. I think the simple sentiment is perfect with this earthy design. My next card is a one layer. The images from the stamp set did all the work.
I always start with the large stamps with the vine images. Once the circle is stamped, I filled in the medium and small leaf and flower stamps.
Noticed the sentiment in gold and silver? I think the color combo works, right?
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222 comments:
1 – 200 of 222 Newer› Newest»I love the both cards the colors and the stamps. Thank you for sharing.
That marbelized stamp is on my wishlist, such a cool card, huge impact!
Super gorgeous!!!! Like a little bit of modern art that first card! so clever :)
In love with the colors used in the second card!
Both cards are lovely. That marbleized stamp is beautiful
OMGoodness Virginia, you never dissapoint! Love the marblized card, great colour choices.
Your 2nd card is beautiful as well and yes, I did notice the gold and silver and it DOES look amazing! GENIUS!
LOVE these Virginia!!! ♥
Virginia, these are both beautiful but that first one = WOW!
Wow, both great cards!
I especially like your pretty wreath card!
Two lovely cards, Virginia! Your second is a marvelous burst of colour with the pretty images. The first one..oh my! The marbleized image is stunning in the colours you've selected; transforming it into a Christmas card is sheer genius! Once again: dazzled by your creativity! Thank you for being part of Taheerah's Extravaganza; you've sent my festive spirit soaring!
Hugs~carol
Wow ,lovely cards! My favourite is the first! It is different and has wonderful colours you selected!
two wonderful cards Virginia! love the earth tones and gold on the first one and the soft colors on the second - you are so good at arranging all those little stamps in designing a background!
Wow. Your cards are awesome.
Oh, these are FABULOUS!!
Two great cards!
Gorgeous cards! I love the wreath card's multi-toned sentiment!
Very cool cards!
Beautiful. I love the colors, the gold is so rich.
Gorgeous cards! The first one is so unique, funky & fun.
And I love a wreath card; so pretty!
Both cards are beautiful!
Both your cards are just fabulous... I love the unique design on the first one
Love the Marbleized stamp! Have never seen one like it! Both cards are gorgeous!
Fabulous creations, I am so inspired by your first card 😍
Awesome cards... I love both of them but the second is my favorite.
OMG! What awesome cards you made. Great job they are so adorable.
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The color combo is GREAT! I really love your cards.
Both cards are so unique and pretty. Love your colors!
Both of these are beautiful but the first one really catches the eye! LOVELOVELOVELOVELOVE it!! The glittered framing is a perfect finishing touch! TFS!
Wow! The marbelized card is mesmerizing - I can't stop staring at it!!!!
That first card is SUPER COOL Virginia!!
Hurrah--you're one of the secret locations today! Love seeing what you come up with, Virginia--2 opposite & amazing cards! Love them both--the first one is so unique & I love your design & stamping for the second one!
Your cards are so beautiful, Virginia! I especially love the first one with the red, burgundy and brown. So gorgeous!
Both cards are lovely. I love the card design using the marble stamp set and I love the beautiful colors on the second card! Your color choices are always so pretty and interesting.
Pretty cards. Love the marbleized stamp - very dynamic and original:)
so many ideas. thanks so much for sharing.
Love the artsy look to your cards.
Two beautiful cards yet totally different. The marbleized one is stunning, love the colours.
The wreath is gorgeous and so colourful. These are a perfect example of creativity and talent!!!
Gorgeous cards! I love the way you colored the marbelized stamp and the colors on the second one are so bright and happy.
Two great cards. Love the look of the marbleized stamp
DebbieC
Lovely first card,
not necessary a
holiday card stamp
but works great!
The second card is
very pretty.
Carla from Utah
Both are so clever and unique! Love the wreath with all the little stamps around it!
Love your cards and they have given me some inspiration!
The colors of that wreath are fabulous
wow, wow, wow! Both of these are stunning!
Great cards! I especially love the gold-embossed edges on the first one.
Beautiful cards! Love the color combo and look of the first card! Awesome marbelized design! And a pretty pattern you created with the stamps on your second card! Love the colors!
Love them both, especially the second one!
The second card is my favourite because of the fresh feel and the gorgeous stamping around the wreath.
The second one is capturing me more. I like all the colors in it
Love your cards!
the first card is unique.
The second is so pretty with the flowers.
thanks for sharing.
Love to see you work your magic with color! The marbleized stamp card is pure gorgeousness and the two toned sentiment is genius!
Great cards, but that first one is WOW!
GREAT CARDS
THANKS FOR SHARING
{VICKI} IN GA
Two lovely colourful cards!
The marble background card steals the show here, gorgeous!
Beautiful designs and colors!!!!!
Such lovely soft Christmas florals, Virginia ... and oh my, that cool marble background ... what a stunner! Hugs, Anita :)
Adore both cards, Virginia! As always, you make w&w products shine. :-)
My goodness I love that marbleized stamp .. very unique and your colors are exceptional. Both cards are wonderful, but my favorite is the first one. So creative and a beautiful color palette.
so, so pretty!
Always so much inspiration! really like your 2nd card with all the free stamping!
Lovely cards - the colours of the first are so warm, and love the freshness of the second one!
Two beautiful cards! I love the rich swirls on your first one, looks like it should be dessert! The gold embossed edge is wonderful! Your second card is gorgeous with all those soft colors!
Two lovely cards!
The water color card with the gold embossing is beautiful! Thank you for sharing.
I especially love the one layer floral card!
Love your floral card. Great colors and two-tone sentiment
Beautiful cards. The first one is so unique. I love them both!
The poinsettia at the end of joy is the perfect finishing touch.
Ooooh how I want that marble stamp! Love both of your cards! I so love the new Nuvo crystal drops too!
Never would have used the water ripple/tree ring stamp that way! Wow! Love it and the coloring on both cards is spot on!
Two beauties, Virginia! Especially love the frame you created for card 2!!
Gorgeous marbelized background and the one layer floral cards, love the color combos!
Wow! What gorgeous cards! I love the colors and the design on the first card! What a great non-traditional card! The background print on the second card is wonderful! Both cards have great holiday sentiments! Thank you for providing creative inspiration!
Great cards!
Love both cards!
Love both your cards but the first one is my favourite. Stunning!
Love the uniqueness of your cards.
love love love that marbleized card!
I was unfamiliar with the Marblized Stamp. Thank you for showcasing it in such an amazing card!
The brown and red card makes me think of chocolate melting and swirled with cherries or caramel swirled with strawberry marshmallow creme - just delicious to look at!
Beautiful cards!
I'm afraid of watercoloring, but you are giving me courage! Thanks for sharing!
I love that marbled card! It's elegant!!
Thank you, Virginia. I love your creation with the second card and the use of the wreath and fill in objects.
The first card is an interesting take on modern. Second card is very bright and fun!
Stunning cards Virginia! I think I may have gasped out loud as I saw the first card - WOW!
Love both cards. Very unique!
Both cards are so different, but I really like both of them.
The watercolor background on the first card took my breath away when I first saw it. In regards to the gold and silver on the word 'die' is a beautiful combination. Thanks for sharing.
Your first card is so cool and I love the floral one!!
Love both of your cards! Thanks for the inspiration. :D
I love your first card a whole lot! It's so different from all the Christmas cards I have ever seen. It's not a Christmas card but it is. Wow!
The second one is very Christmasy but it also looks like it could be summery too. I never would have thought of doing either but I love both of them. Nice job with both of them.
Both of your holiday cards are beautiful. I especially like the first design...very unique!
Beautiful card love the water colors.
Beautiful cards! The wonderful colors on your graphic design looks awesome! And the floral design is so pretty. Love the silver & gold sentiment!
Both cards are great but I really like the first one and the colors you picked for it
Two beautiful cards,Virginia! Love the watercolor technique you used to create the first card.
You showed off these stamps beautifully!
The gold edge embossing really makes the first card pop, loved it!!
Both cards are amazing! I love the marble stamp, definitely could be used in many ways!
Wow! Beautiful cards! You're definitely an artist. Love the softness of the colors in your second card. Thanks so much for sharing!
I love the earth tones in the first card! Just beautiful!
Love the colors on the marbleized card & that gorgeous stamp. The second card is so pretty! Love those flowers!!
Both cards are fabulous.
Terrific cards, Virginia!
Your cards are creative. That marble effect is great;The second card is so warm. Great job on both!
WOW.. Love both of your cards. Thank you for sharing.
Hey Virginia! Woah, I never would have thought of red, burgandy and brown ... they look amazing together, especially with the gold border!! Definitely has that "art gallery" feel with the bold design, and then the scripty font underneath, just like a signature. Striking! And way to go building the background of your second card. So fun. Hope you've been enjoying yourself these days! Hugs, kelly
Such neat designs, especially the first one!
Great cards!
Both of these cards are stunning in totally different ways. I really love the surprise of the abstract one.
I'm a bit on an addict when it comes to background stamps and I really like that marbled on from W&W I haven't seen any quite the same before. Really like the colours on your second card - its so pretty.
Beautiful cards!!!
So creative. Beautiful.
These are just gorgeous! I love all this cheerful color!
Holiday Hugs!
Michele
Love both cards especially the Marblized card. So contemporary and unusual.
These are both so pretty, but I am totally digging your take on the tree ring design, that is awesome!
Great cards. The marblized stamp card is so peaceful and beautiful he has a festive look with non traditional colors.
Just beautiful...both of them. Cheers.
I like both of them, but the first is my favorite because it was just unexpected! well done!
Oh my goodness, Virginia!! Your first card is just amazing!!! I love the colours you used and the gold embossing really finishes it off beautifully!!!
Really nice cards, thanks for sharing. Nikki
Beautiful cards. Really impressed with the watercolor swirl card. Love the colors.
Unique cards! Love the spin! 😍
Great cards. Very interesting use of the marble stamp.
Both cards are beautiful! I especially liked the wreath card! Thanks for sharing!
Love the candy cane swirl card!
Both cards are great!The one made with the marbleize stamp is my favorite though,I love the colors and the design.Very elegant!Thank you for sharing and for the blog hop :)
Very fun and unique Christmas cards! Great work.
Beautiful! Thanks so much for sharing on this fun extravaganza!!
Beautiful cards - the first is stunning - love the depth of colour and the metallic embossing. It is truly a small work of art!
Great cards! Yes, the silver and gold do go together! Love it!
Such great cards! I really like the marbelizing one
Wow - your marble panel watercolor is ahhh-mazing!
That first swirl card is so awesomely cool - it's like modern art :D
I love the Joy card! Very much my style!
Thank you for the wonderful cards. I love how cheerful they are.
I love the way you painted the marble stamp.
What a difference in the two color schemes, but both are just wonderful. Well-played! Thanks.
Lovely cards. That marbleized stamp is fantastic!
Wow! Such different styles but both are beautiful.
Ingrid
Love, love, love your cards.
Both great cards. I love the effect of the marbleized stamp.
Interesting first card. Thanks for sharing both cards.
both cards a very nice but the second one is more my style. Very nice!
I love how you used both of these stamps!
Love the modern look, very pretty!
Great cards!
The colours in the first card are just lovely! Quite a different combination but just so perfect together, I think it's the gold that brings it all together! Just as perfect is the second card
Both of your cards are wonderful, as always Virginia! I think the first is my favorite because it's nontraditional and the sentiment is so understated. The colors and design are gorgeous! It is so unique in a lovely way!
I love love love the joy card
WOAW. So was not ready for that marbelized first card. Very different. Very creative and unique. The 2nd card totally different and also unique. Thanks for showing a variety of ideas.
Your cards are beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing
so unexpected and cool!
Love these cards, Virginia! The added gold on the marblelized card is genius and I love the way your used the stamps as a background on the second card.
Fun
I love these cards. Simply said.
Your first card is a WOW! It looks like a hand-painted work of art! Your second card is quite happy. Thanks for the inspiration.
I love that marbelized stamp!!!!
What wonderful cards!
Great cards! Love the first image so pretty with the beautiful colors you picked and the small sentiment. Great job!
Two beautiful and very creative cards! I love the gold embossed border on the first and the gorgeous colors on the second. Thanks for the wonderful inspiration!
As soon as I saw your first card, all I could think of is the word ART! It's beautiful, it should be framed & put on a wall (just wish it was my wall lol!). Thank you so much for sharing your talent with us!
First card is so neat looking and your second card is very beautiful!!!
Lovely cards :)
2 totally different cards. Love them both!
Virginia your cards are beautiful!! I really love how artistic the first one is. 😊
Fabulous cards!!! The watercolor piece is stunning!
What lovely cards, the first one is quite unique and the second card is so soft. The colors used are so pretty and well done.
Both cards are fabulous, Virginia! I really love the first one - so striking and unique!
Oh, wow, Virginia, both cards are gorgeous works of art!!
Both cards are beautiful. I love the marbleized stamp - so many fun possibilities!
Both cards are beautiful and so colorful!
Love the idea of mixing gold and silver together in the sentiment!
I love both your cards but I'm really impressed how you did colored the marbelized stamp image. That would work for so many sentiments.
Lovely cards! Very colourful! 🙂
fantastic cards! looooove the marbelized look in reds and browns! SOOO unique! and the bright colors of your wreath card are to die for! loooooove!
lovely cards Virginia, tanks for the inspiration
I create my own hand-marbled paper, so i'm in love with that first card!
Both of your cards are gorgeous, Virginia, but I especially love the first one. So so pretty!
.....your cards are each a masterpiece. So different, but love your details.
Both cards would bring joy to the receiver. I prefer the more colorful. Would love to try the other one in other colors. thanks
Beautiful cards Virginia!! Love your first card!! Beautiful details!
Both of these cards are fantastic, Virginia, but that first one should be put in a frame!!! What a beautiful piece of artwork!!!
Great cards! The first card, with the marbelized stamp is so unique! Love how you thought outside the box on that one!
Sammibug in Ohio
Interesting and creative cards!
Wonderful cards. I especially like how you coloured the woodgrain.
Both cards are beautiful but I ADORE the way you marbleized that stamp. It is AMAZING!!
Great cards. My favorite one is the second one with the flowers.
Beautiful cards, both of them. The first one is so gorgeous and artsy that I would frame it! :-)
Wow, these are spectacular! Really love the artsy flair of the first one!
These are both awesome cards. I love the way you used the negative space inside the wreath to incorporate your sentiment. My favorite, though, is the marbleized stamp card. I love the color red and brown combo you chose.
Love your colorful cards! Both have such a huge impact and are stunning for different reasons! You rocked it!
Great cards! The marbleize stamp is interesting.
Love this card!
Wonderful cards both! I love the funkiness of the first and the colors and layers of the second.
Wow, Virginia, that first card is so unique. Great color choices and the gold around the edges is the perfect finishing touch. Merry Christmas!
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