Saturday, March 3, 2012

You and Me

Here's a stunning image from Sweet Pea stamp's artist Merdith Dillman. She comes from Plate #98. She's just amazing. I colored her in reds with a light tan highlights. I had some beautiful printed paper from American Crafts that went perfect with the coloring. That turned this card into a love theme card.I used some sparkly cardstock behind the image, but could have also taken some plain cardstock and used some spritz on it to make the background sparkly. Then I added some beautiful roses and a chipboard heart. I added some transparent decor that say "you & me" and will give this card to my husband for our upcoming anniversary.

Here's a close up of the image I added a very light hint of blue on the feathers of the wings to give the shading but to still keep the coloring very light and airy. I think this close up also lets you see some of the shimmer on the background paper that is very visible when you see the actual card in person.

Project Materials: Cardstock (Paper Temptress, American Crafters); Rubber Stamp (Sweet Pea Stamps); Ink (Memento); Die Cuts (Lifestyles); Flowers (Recollections); Adhesives (Pop dots, Glue Dots, Ribbon Glue, Glue All); Chipboard (Studio 8); Mesh (Hobby Lobby); Color (Copic Markers); Saying (Hobby Lobby);

14 comments:

Tammy said...

Wow Holley, super card! Love the image and your use of embellishments!

Hlora said...

Great colour and I love the image.

jessica said...

beautiful job Holley!!
Love the image

Glennis F said...

Lovely card Holley, and a great image,that you have coloured so beautifully

cebelica said...

Wow, this image really is very beautiful. Your card turned out great. I'm sure yous husband will love it! Hugs! :)

Bhawana said...

hi Dear, how was ur day.... I had a loooooong day today. visited loads many places, walked miles and took loads of pics.....

You select a images and around it bdo so mant things n card becomes magical.... n hey did u posted something for that tear paper technique.

Rhonda Miller said...

What a great card. TFS.

Sue in CT said...

Oh how stunning! I really love this card. (Then again, I pretty much love all your cards.) This is an amazing image whick of course your coloring of it is what really makes it stand out. I noticed you mentioning Sweet Pea Stamps and Sher mentioned them too so I went there last week. I won't tell you how much I spent but I can't wait until they come. (When my DH saw it in the check book he asked me what it was and I told him and blamed it on Sher...LOL). I just hope I can do them some justice and make cards as beautiful as you do.

Stacy H-W said...

Wow Holley, this is beautiful!!

Debbie Buckland said...

that IS a breathtaking image. Love it. Great colouring too

Trish said...

Hi Holley, Yet another lovely sweet pea image which you've turned into a fab card. John will surely love it. TFS
Hugs,
Trish x

Love crafts forever said...

Oh this one is gorgeous!!!
Hugs Nataliya

Svetlana said...

Great coloring!!!

Promosyon said...

Its beautiful and fantastic card. Its colour is bright and image is also nice. Its really lovely card.