Saturday, November 19, 2011

Elzybells Rudolph and Robin - Season's Tweetings


Hi blogging friends Free Smiley Courtesy of www.millan.net  

Here is another card I made using my all-time favourite Christmas image by Elzybells - it's just so adorable!!   It's a shame that Elzybells are no longer around as I really love their stamps.


The image was stamped onto watercolour paper and coloured with Faber-Castell and Derwent Inktense watercolour pencils.  I added some Kindyglitz red to the reindeer's nose and Cotton White Fun Flock mixed with Crystalina glitter along the snowline.

The sentiment is also by Elzybells and is from a clear set which has no name on it. This main image panel is up on dimensionals.

The snowflakes stamped around the image are from a Studio-G clear set and were stamped using Versacolor Laurel Leaf pigment ink.  I heat-set the snowflakes with my heat-gun then added some Frosted Lace Stickles to the snowflake centres.  Here is a wee close-up - you can always click on the pic for a larger view:



The burgundy panel was embossed using my Snow Dots embossing folder.  I decided to punch the ice blue cardstock with my Icicles punch, but now it looks a little lost against the dp background - oh well - it was a nice idea........maybe I should have added some stickles to it to make it stand out?  Too late now as I would probably make a mess!

I kept thinking I needed to add a ribbon somewhere but in the end thought it best to leave it off.  I find it really hard to not use ribbon on a card - it just doesn't seem to feel right somehow but I don't know why!!

Challenges:

I am entering my card in the following challenges -

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge - Challenge #109 - Snowflakes

Winter Wonderland - Awwwwww, what a cutie - any cute Christmas image

Thanks so much for stopping by - I really appreciate it at this busy time of year.

If you are in a hurry, you can always click on the "Reactions" at the bottom of my post.

Jocelyn


Card Recipe:

Stamps:  Elzybells Reindeer and Robin, Sentiment - Elzybells clear set (name unknown), snowflakes by Studio-G VS5701 clear set

Ink:   Versafine Onyx black

Designer paper:  Echo Park Wintertime - Snow

Accessories:  140lb watercolour paper, small round paintbrush, Faber-Castell + Derwent Inktense watercolour pencils, Stampendous Cotton White fun flock mixed with Crystalina glitter, Designer Dries Clear adhesive (for flock), Kaiser Ice blue SB774 rhinestones, dimensionals, Frosted Lace stickles, heat-gun, Cuttlebug, Cuttlebug Snow Dots embossing folder, Spellbinder Circle + Scalloped Circle Nestabilities, cardstock: ice blue, burgundy

Punches:  Martha Stewart Icicles edge

11 comments:

Marion said...

How cute are these little guys? Loving your colouring Jocelyn. It is superb! That sentiment is also just so cute and so fitting! Who wouldn't want to receive a card like this?

ShazInOzCardsCalligraphy said...

ah so very gorgeous and lovely to play with Jobear - gotta love the greeting! thanks for sharing! Shaz in Oz.x.

CRAZYCRAFTSHED said...

Hi Jocelyn
A gorgeous card love the image and colour's thankyou for joining us this week at CraftyCatz
Hugs Dianne xx

Janette said...

Such a sweet and lovely card, thanks for sharing it with us at CraftyCatz this week.xx

Anonymous said...

I love this card, very cute! It made me smile. Everything goes together so well: the colors, the dp, the embossing...

The Crafty Den said...

Hi Jocelyn, what a gorgeous card. I love the cute image and your pretty details. Thanks for joining us at winter wonderland challenge this week. Hugs, Denise x

downrightcrafty said...

A gorgeous creation thank you so much for sharing it with us at the Winter Wonderland
Hugs Kate xxx
ps I have some candy if you are interested :)

Elizabeth Allan said...

Adorable with a capital "A". I love the patterned papers you pair with your designs!

Sally said...

Love the reindeer, such a cutie. Great card. Thanks for joining us at Winter Wonderland this week.
Hugs Sally xxx

jenny said...

What a gorgeous colour combo! Love the papers you picked for the cute reindeer image :)

Jenny xx

Sarah said...

This was probably one of the first stamps that made me fall in love with Elzybells!! So cute. Great choice of colours and papers. I think I need to reach for some Elzybells stamps again!
Sarah xx :0)