This beautiful and amazing horse stamp by B&J's Art Stamps was gifted to me by Princess Judy Palmer recently and I was so happy I found some extra time to play with it over the weekend. Since my husband and I are both avid horse lovers, I made this card for him for Christmas. I stamped and clear-embossed the image on watercolor paper, coloring it with a combination of watercolor crayons and pencils. I fussy cut the image and placed it on another water-colored background, creating a wreath to go around his neck with some fussy-cut holly leaves and red gemstones in 3 different sizes. I added some red and green chalk-colored banners on the side that were stamped with a Merry Christmas sentiment. The image panel was die cut with a Lil Inker stitched rectangle die to give it a defined border. If I'd have remembered to leave some white stockings on his legs, this horse would look exactly like the one my hubby once owned :)
Thanks again for your generosity PJ - I know my husband is going to be very surprised and happy with this Christmas card this year :)
I'm sharing this with the Cards in Envy - celebrate the season challenge.
Thanks for stopping by and make it a great Monday!
Carol
What a lovely horse stamp, great for making a Christmas card for your horse-loving husband. xx
ReplyDeleteAmazing horse and the wreath you made for him looks amazing! Your hubby will blow up with this card! Youhave fussi cut the horse so well and painted a so lovely background!
ReplyDeleteFabulous work!
Merry Christmas!
Oh Carol, I do love this card and I know your hubby will too! You have colored your horse so beautifully and I just love the wreath around his neck. Your scene you placed him on is perfect. Yes, I'm sure hubby will love this Christmas card for sure! Hugs, Brenda
ReplyDeleteBeautiful stamp and your colouring is gorgeous..xx{aNNie}
ReplyDeleteWhat a really lovely horse and I just love how you stretched the stamp to make it a holiday stamp with that great wreath!
ReplyDeleteBeautifully crafted card, and how clever to turn it into a festive creation, I'm sure hubby will love it xxx
ReplyDeleteOh I love this card! So amazing!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful card! I so love the horse stamp and the meaning behind this special card for your hubby! Your coloring is fabulous on this, Carol! He is going to love it! TFS and hope you had a great Monday! Hugs~
ReplyDeleteThis is a great card I have several people who would love to get this .....MERRY CHRISTMAS .................lIS
ReplyDeleteA fabulous card Carol, such a gorgeous image and lovely watercolour background.
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What a lovely gift to receive. I really like the way you colored it and placed the garland sweetly on the horses neck. Indeed he will love this card!
ReplyDeleteOh how fun! I love that you made this horse into a Christmas stamp. I knew this was the perfect stamp for you. Enjoy your holidays!
ReplyDeleteThat horse is really stunning and you've done a fabulous job with the scene and I love the bits of holly you've added around his neck!! So fun and creative! HUGS :)
ReplyDeleteThis is lovely! I really like that stamp!
ReplyDeleteWow! What a beautiful card. I love all the background, the horse and his wonderful holly collar. Thank you for joining us at Cards in Envy! ~ Marilyn
ReplyDeleteGreat horse stamp! This is such a great card. I am sure your husband loved, it.
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