In case I haven't shown you the sketch yet, here it is.This time I decided to use this SEI dsp. I'd been wanting to try it and this seemed like the perfect time. Again, I cut out the tree and used Nestabilites Labels Four to cut her out. I also embossed the larger size to frame her in red. I used Liquid Applique again on the trim of her outfit and this time threw on a little Stampin Up Dazzling Diamonds. She's so much fun to colour!
This week's Bellarific Friday Challenge was to make an all white card. Only the image could be coloured. This definately required some thought, but the snowflake cuttlebug embossing folder seemed to pull everything together since I didn't have any white dp! The image was coloured with copics and then layered over Leaf coloured glitter cs and then another layer of white. The CTMH Twinkle brads matched perfectly and of course I had to add some glitter to the outside of the embossed cs! And for the final touch I added some Glossy Accents to the buttons. I have to start using that more often. I could actually make a few of these, since I didn't have to fool around with coordinating dp's and colours and designs.........Yes, I think I might do a couple of them. Maybe with the Polar Bear Circle??!!
Just a quick post today - I'm happy I was finally able to use this Vintage Christmas set from CTMH. I embossed the image with Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Powder in Aged Mahogany - too bad you can't feel it! It's a very gritty rough texture, like sand paper. I also used Vintage Photo Distress Ink on the edges of the image and the CTMH Mistletoe dp. The brads and the poinsetta are also from the CTMH Mistletoe set. I am entering this card in the Paper Sundaes Challenge #45 - A Sketch and The Crafty Pad's Challenge 98 - RED and GREEN.
Here's a cute little card I made last night. I picked up the Fancy Pants dp one day because I just loved it and put it aside. Then one day I started playing with my Stampin Up Water Color Crayons and an aqua painter and the Snow Friends stamp set from CTMH, and after mixing a couple colours came up with this really cool reddish/burgundyish colour. I was only playing around and I didn't even use water colour paper as it was just supposed to be a rough go but I ended up loving it so much that I kept it the way it was and eventually realized it went great with this dp. When I began to put it together I chose the blue snowflakes in the dp to coordinate with a cardstock and came up with the Brocade Blue from the Stampin Up Rich Regals paper collection. I then did some faux stitching around the dp with the white gel pen and tied that into the scalloped square. Of course I had to add something sparkly so I pulled out the Diamond Stickles and outlined the square. I popped up the stamped image with some dimmensional stickers and once I got to the sentiment inside, I decided to try a very subtle pop and used some Glue Dots glue lines on the white paper to give it a very slight lift from the blue cs. I have to admit I wasn't sure at first about the blue cs but it all seemed to come together and I kept it fairly simple (partially because I didn't have any ribbon to match, lol). I like it!! I'm going to enter this in The Crafty Pad's Challenge #97 Christmas Sparkle as well.
Hi there - how come everytime I make a card it becomes my new favourite?? This one is soooo sparkly and blingy!! I used Waterfall Stickles, Stampin Up Dazzling Diamonds and a little bit of Heirloom gold Perfect Pearls mixed with water in a spritzer. I chose this dp because it's blue and I love the snowy squalls and I wanted to enter it over at Paper Sundaes for Challenge #44, Pick Your Sundae Toppings (Punches, Embossing, Ribbon and the colour Blue). I used three of the four! I'm also entering this in The Crafty Pad's Challenge #97 Christmas Sparkle. The CTMH stamp set came with the blog candy I won from Monique over at For the Love of Paper. I believe this is card number 11 of the 20 I need for Christmas. Getting there.......
Presesenting Jinglebellabella!! This was sooo much fun!! I'm entering this card for Bellarific Friday over at Stamping Bella's Bloggabella and also over at Paper Sundaes Challenge #43 Let It Snow. I finally got to use some of these great sparkly buttons I picked up - can't remember what brand they are though. And this is the first time I've inked up a Bella Stamp I beleive! Of course I had to add some glitter to the tree. I also used a technique I learned from Amy Rysavy by cutting out the tip of the tree before using the nestabilities to cut out the image! That is something I'll probably use a lot. Did you notice the glossy stipes in the dp and the snowy accents on her outfit?? 
