A Silhouette Image

I love silhouette images.  I think they are romantic.  Did you just say you also think that they are romantic?  Thank you.  I thought I was crazy to use the word romantic to describe them.

Having said that, I don't have a lot of silhouette images.  I am very inclined to start a collection!  When I saw the Christmas stamp set released by Stampers Anonymous, I knew that I *need* it!  LOL. 

I have made a simple Christmas card with the silhouette image as the focal point:

The background is simple - I stamped a big polka dot background stamp with Versamark then heat emboss it with clear powder.  I then used four distress inks and an ink blending tool to add colors.  Those colors are Broken China, Tumbled Glass, Iced Spruce and Shaded Lilac.  I love that purple in between the blues and gray.  For the main panel, I used the same distress inks and employed the wrinkle-free distress technique on watercolor paper.  It's the same colors but much more subtle.  I added some silver stickles on the ribbon of the wreath but the picture probably can't capture that well.
I can't forget to mention that I love that sentiment - for the longest time in history I have been looking for the sentiment "Merry Christmas" printed vertically.  Isn't it nice and special?

The sketch is one from Atlantic Sketch Challenges.  The original sketch looks like this:

My card is also entering the following challenges:
A Gem of a Challenge - Christmas is coming
Crafting Calendar Challenge - All things Christmas
CHNC - Bling it up
2 sisters challenge - Christmas without red or green

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