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:

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

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  2. Great colour and I love the image.

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  3. beautiful job Holley!!
    Love the image

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

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

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  6. 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.

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  7. 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.

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  8. Wow Holley, this is beautiful!!

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

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  10. 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

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  11. Oh this one is gorgeous!!!
    Hugs Nataliya

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

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