Monday, January 21, 2013

Poor Edwin!

Happy Tuesday Friends!


Hope you are all doing well.



Today is:

  MAGNOLIA-LICIOUS INSPIRATION CHALLENGE

Our very sweet and talented CHRIS
is our Hostess for January and here is her
INSPIRATION PHOTO:


I saw a lot of possibilities with this picture.

It was really hard to decide - so I went
with blue, the trees and the cold.

Here is my card:


Poor Edwin - he must be so tired of falling down!

As you can see I have used a lot of blue
but I did get some clouds and a couple of
bare trees in there.

SKI  EDWIN WITH SNOWFLAKES #117
is from the "2012 Christmas Story Collection.

I really scuffed up all the edges of my card with my Zutter Tool.
Then edged everything with Tim Holtz Walnut Stain.

I used Magnolia Clouds die as well
as Magnolia Border Lace Die.
I also used Marianne Die for the trees.

I put SU Dazzling Diamonds for the snowflakes
and course Glitter for the snow.
I also used Sparkly Fluff for his hat :o)
I used SU Tempting Turquoise Card Stock
and Nit Wit design paper.

Here are a few more pictures:




Oh! Did you notice the tag in the upper right corner?
Another tag die from Magnolia, with seam binding.





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Thank you most kindly for looking
at my cards. I love that you do :o)

Love, Candy xo


COPICS
Skin: E01, 00, 000
Cheeks: R30, 20
Hair: E31, 29, 25
Pants: B39, 37, 34
Shirt and Hat: BG09, 05, 01
Boots: E29, 25, 21
Ski's: E44. 42, 41





Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Happy New Year!

I hope everyone had a good Christmas.
I wish you all a wonderful 2013.

It seems to have been ages since our last Challenge.

Today is our first Colour Challenge of 2013
and our very talented CHRIS
has the CHALLENGES for January.

Here is her picture of Colours for TODAYS challenge:


*PLEASE* REFER TO THE INSTRUCTIONS

Chris has a great message to explain just how to do this one!


Here is my humble card:


I have used all the colours Chris has mentioned
plus a cold looking light blue/ grey sky for the "cold factor"

You will see the taupe, grey, beige and dark brown she has
asked for.

I have used an older Tilda to get the effect of a cold winter day.
She is from MIDWINTER TILDA # 355
FROM THE CHRISTMAS DREAMS COLLECTION 2011

Papers are from Basic Grey - Cappella
Tree and frame die
TH Antique Linen ink

In the close up you will be able to see the
hint of yellow I added to the other colours:


First I cut out the die in Cryogen White ( my favourite colour
to use Copics' on )
Then I cut it out again in the light blue / grey.
I had to put all the little pieces I had out of the
blue/grey paper back like a puzzle to 
fill in between the stems. The
only large pieces were the bottom two.
Maybe some of you can think of an easier way to do this??

I put Dazzling Diamonds ( SU ) on branches of the tree
for ice and put tiny dots of glue behind Tilda all over
and sprinkled in on again for snow flakes.

Then I used Flower Soft ( Polar white )
on the left side of the tree trunk and on the top
of the branches, and onto Tilda's hat, shoulders, raised hand
and feet and also along the bottom for snow.

The dark brown colour was added by the use
of the Snowflakes from Make it Crafty, which 
also got the Dazzling Diamonds.

The hint of yellow is of course her lamp
and the reflection onto her coat :o)


In this photo it is easier to see
that I have used the TH distress ink
on all the papers, die cut and snowflakes.


I wrote the sentiment myself and
cut it out with
Magnolia ticket dies.

I hope you like my card.

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Thank you so much for visiting me 
and leaving kind comments that
I love to read :o)

Love, Candy


COPICS:

Tilda's dress, socks, hair bows: W00, 1, 3, 5
Face: E000. 00, 01
Cheeks: R20, 21
Lamp: Y17, 15, 13
Hair: YR23, Y23, E35
Coat, shoes: E44, 42, 41
Hat, mittens: E34, 33, 31, 30