Let me tell you, Phindy has some of my all time favorite Christmas images but my biggest love of them all must be that little girl with the polar bear. It just makes me all gooey and nostalgic!
I have always felt that this image was calling for watercolors but my printer ink bleeds with water whatever fixative or heat setting I try. SO - I printed on pearlescent card, sprinkled embossing powder on quickly and heat embossed. Now pearlescent card is NOT a perfect surface for watercolors but after a lot of twiddling around I managed to get a half decent result. I used a mixture of Twinkling H2O-s and non-branded palette of pearlescent watercolors.
The wonderful sentiment is from Eat Cake Graphics, cut out with Nestabilities long ovals. Then I added some lace from my stash and MM felt snowflakes attached with brads. After a bit of hmmm-ing and aaahhhh-ing I coated the snowflakes with glass glitter as well. There you go, very snowy effect! lol
Papertake Weekly - Shiny, Sparkly and Special
Pile It On - Cute and Cuddly
My Time To Craft - Toooo Cute!
ABC Challenge - Unused stash (I've had those mosaic tiles and snowflakes for ages and have never used them!)
Thanks for looking and happy crafting!
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Annika
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33 comments:
Ух ты!!! это просто чудо!! Великолепная открытка, сказочная красота!
WOW Annika! This is absolutely stunning! The image is awesome, and you colored it beautifully! Love all the detail you put into this! That chunky glass glitter is the perfect touch...looks very snowy! Love it!
TOTALLY fabulous, Annika. Your coloring ROCKS! I have the same problem with watercoloring digis and haven't really found a solution either, but you did great with this! That glass glitter is so lovely - the snowflakes look terrific!
Annika, my friend, this is absolutely GORGEOUS! "Half decent"?! OMG-wish my cards were half decent--Love the papers and the embellies, too. You are amazing!
Annika this is just completely and utterly perfect, I LOVE LOVE LOVE this. The colouring is just awesome, Northern lights on the horizon, all of it. Sigh! Turning green with envy here
Oh I love, love, love this Annika..... what a scrummy festive card and soooooo beautifully coloured!
Hugs Tara xx
sweeter than sweet! LOVE that image!!
Awesome Annika- the sweet ribbon is so cool too!
Stunning. What a beautiful image. Love the snowy effect you have made, just perfect. :)
This is phenomenal, Annika!!
What an amazing card! The image is sooooo cute!
Thanks for joining us at PIO this week!
Hugs, Arianne
Wonderful! I dont have a words!
gorgeous card - thank you for joining in MTTC challenge this week x
This is, quite honestly, just about the most beautiful Christmas card I've ever seen! WOW!
Oh My Word!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No-one can compete against this stunning card,Perfection!!! x
This card is absolutely gorgeous!
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Kim
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Incredibly wonderful card..I'm going to check out Phindy's Place I adore that image. Your cards & coloring are amazing.
Ooohh, so pretty! I {heart} the image, lace and snowflakes!! Thanks for joining us this week at PIO! :)
Wonderful, adorable card Annika.
luv
Debby
Beautiful card, it is so sweet, thank you for joining us at Crafty Cardmakers x
Beautiful card, love your colouring. Anesha
Annika this is stunning! LOVE the glass glitter snow! The colouring is perfect!
So, when do ya wanna swap dogs? I'll wrap Brodie up and post him over to you anytime! LOL!
Awesome card. Real piece of art! Thank you for joining us at "PIO" this week!
hugs Nana
Oh Annika this is such an amazing card. Love how you have coloured the image, it gives a feel of an Old Fashioned Christmas. Love it. Rosie x
your so right Annika its really has a vintage nostalgic feel to this image, beautiful christmas card...gorgeous colouring
Mina xxx
OMG! Annika, your work is beyond stunning! This is gorgeous and I love everything about it!!
stunning work!!! thanks so much for playing along with PIO.
Trish
oh my gosh.. this is absolutely gorgeous! Amazing how you created kind of a 'painting' out of a 'simple' stamp! Wow wow wow!!!
{hugs} Sylvia
Gorgeous card! Thank you for playing with us at Pile it on!
I love Christmas any time of the year. This is a lovely creation.. with sparkle
Thanks for joining in with PTW
Caroline x
Fabulous Annika and I agree about the image, it's so beautiful as is your colouring, I love the effect you achieved with the pearlescent paints. Thanks for joining us at DU2DS. Chris :)
This is absolutely gorgeous, Annika!! Wow...I just love all the detail you add to your cards and I really love how you have colored this image. Everything about this card is just perfect!!!
half decent result?!?!?! are you kidding me... this is as gorgeous as it gets! love it!
Thanks for playing w/ us at Pile It On!
-- dalis
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