Friday, January 10, 2014

Winter Wonderland

Hello all!
Not sure that 'wonderland' is the term that many of you out there would use to describe the past week of weather - what with storms and flooding in parts of the UK and the freezing arctic weather which visited Canada and a huge chunk of the States but that's our theme for the new challenge over at The Outlawz Alcohol Markers DT .
     So why not head into the warmth and get creating?  We have a great sponsor this month - Aurora Wings, designer Mitzi Sato-Wiuff and she has generously donated a $10 gift certificate for the winner as well as gifting us lucky DT members with an image each to use.  For my card this week, I used my image, Kawaii Fairy - I coloured her with Copics and there she sat while I racked my brains for an idea.  I knew I wanted to do something white to give a wintery feel and then I remembered a card I had seen on one of the blogs I follow  - here , always full of lovely ideas.  I loved the wreath card and wanted to do something similar so using my Cameo, I cut several leaf shapes and a few twiggy bits and assembled them into a circle on the card background, adding the fairy with some foam dots to raise her above the wreath.

                    I feel the need to point out the horrible splotchy bit on her forehead - I have no idea what happened there :(




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19 comments:

Carla S. said...

This is stunning, Dawn! I love the icy colors you used on her and the bling! Fab diecut background!

sandie said...

Hi Dawn, wow this is superb! The colouring is fabulous and I really like how you have kept all the dies white so we really focus on the image, thanks for joining us at ATSM and ATCAS x

Penny said...

So gorgeous, Dawn! I love w/w designs, and this is a superb one! Love the fairy, your coloring, how she pops against the design, and your die cuts. Oooh, la, la! ;^)
Hugs, Penny
Have a great weekend!

Linda Palmer said...

Love this darling image and the beautiful layers to this card. Love your coloring and the pop of color on all white bg. Beautiful card.

Patricia St Martin said...

All those beautiful die cuts to create that wreath for the background are wonderful and the effect you tried to bring out with the icy look you did an awesome job. You picked the perfect colors and the fairy image is just perfect and she pops right out,
Hugs, Pat

Loll said...

Hi Dawn. Beautiful image and your coloring is amazing. Love all the white die-cuts for your layered backdrop - really does look like a winter wonderland! Thanks for joining us at ATCAS. Loll

stressfreestamping said...

What a pretty image! Your coloring is just beautiful and I love how the background is just layers of white. She really pops and looks amazing! Thanks for joining us at ATSM. :)

Sandra said...

Brrrrrrrr she makes me feel colder than I already am up here in the great white north! Indeed you obtained that icy cold effect and I must say she is one stunning fairy. You've capture everything you wanted to achieve and your pondering was well worth it. That background is amazing, this one is a real stunner Dawn, gorgeous work.Tootles :)S

Payne Holler Cards said...

She is beautiful...and love all the white layering! Brrrrrrrr....

Angie said...

Very pretty card love the image! Thanks for joining us at Crafty Girls Challenges! Angie-DT

Vicki Dutcher said...

Pretty colored fairy! She looks fabulous against the white bg

Tracy said...

Oh wow the wreath pieces really make the image stand out. Great texture! Beautiful even with the splotch. :-) Hugs!

Nonni said...

Stunning card. The image really pops against the all white background, great idea. Thank you for joining us at ATSM this week!

Danielle Vincent said...

Wow - gorgeous card. Maybe its a birthmark on her forehead :o) Thanks for joining us this week at ATS&M.

nwilliams6 said...

Love the all white bg with super layers and die cuts - they really frame up that pretty image so well. Your awesome coloring and the bling are lovely on this pretty image. Another totally wonderful card my friend! Hugz!

Anonymous said...

Lovely card. Thank you for joining us at Crafty Girls this fortnight xx

Cathy P said...

Wow, your shading is gorgeous on this card. Just stunning. Thanks for playing along with our Anything Goes challenge at Color Me Creative.
Cathy xx

Deepti Stephens said...

Gorgeous! Love the coloring.. Thank you so much for playing along with us at ATSM. Good luck.. :)

Karen said...

Gorgeous card! Your coloring is spectacular. Thanks for joining us at CMC.

Karen