Thursday 9 December 2010

"Artic Steed"

Good Morning Ladies, I do so hope that its not as cold near you as its been here the frost has been so bad that its looked as if its snowed and I was even cold in bed the other night so I had to go and get another duvet to put on top as I just couldnt get warm, mind you in the morning we were as warm as toast.
Todays card for Mos Dream Team is gorgeous image called "Artic Steed" and you will find it here Ive printed it onto white card then coloured it with my copic pens then used my Nestabilitie Die No.8 to cut it out afterwards I used the die to draw around for the mount, and this was done on some blue pearlescent card, the sentiment is one of the new Whimsey ones which I bought from Nikki here and I have printed it onto white card and then used one of the double ended tags to cut it out.
The base card is a 7"x 7" white card and for my first layer Ive used a piece of blue pearlescent card and two papers from Kay Miller Downloads and this one is called "Artic Antics" and the first paper is an all over snowflake pattern on a blue background, on top of this I have laid a white paper with a border of small snowflakes in a 6"x 6" size and positioned it in the middle, then down the middle Ive used two organza blue ribbons and attached them to the back of the first layer, then stuck my mounted image in the middle. I then tied a ribbon bow and threaded a pearl brad with a flower spacer in the middle then stuck it above the image.
To finish of I have created two snowflakes which I have dipped in crushed glass glitter and stuck them at the bottom on the left hand side, and the mounted sentiment to the right hand side but stuck it to the card with two pearl brads.
Ive also entered it in the following Challenges:-

25 comments:

Rach said...

A beautiful card Shirley, love the image that you have used and the pretty papers.. I know what you mean about the cold... brrrrr.
wrap up warm hun.xx

heidy said...

Hi Shirley,oh what a beautiful card!!!
Well its not freezing here at the moment but it's still cold.
Hugs heidy

brenda said...

Stunning work Shirley, sorry post is short, still the eye issues !

B x

Doreen said...

This is such a gorgeous card Shirley the image is stunning.xxx

Elaine L. said...

Beautiful card, Shirley! I can feel the chill just looking at it. Thanks for joining us in Mo's Challenge.

Shirl said...

Great image Shirley. I love Polar bears. Lovely embellishments.
Hugs, Shirl x

Bella´s Bastelecke said...

This is such a gorgeous card Shirley the image is stunning..........

Hugs
Judith

Janette said...

This is brilliant Shirley, love the image and papers, your colouring is fab.....take care and stay warm.xx

Jane said...

Delicately beautiful xx

Christine said...

Hi Shirley fab image gorgeous colouring & those DP's are lovely..lovely sunshine but still VERY cold at north east coast..stay safe n warm

smiles Christine xx

Anonymous said...

a gorgeous card Shirley-love it
Hugs
elma

Rosis Stöberseite said...

Shirley, a very nice card that the temperature outside is again. For us it is icy and lots of snow.
Hugs
rosi

Sue said...

Hi hun
aww a totally gorgeous card hun, fab image, lovely papers & embelies, sue,x

Josephine said...

Another gorgeous card. Beautiful image, although it puts me in mind of Pullman's 'His Dark Materials' series!

I wish I knew how you cut with nesties leaving an overlap (like on the polar bear's leg). I never seem to cut neatly enough before placing the die.

Dorcas said...

Hi Shirley!
Terrific job on this! Love that arctic image!

debby4000 said...

Love your gorgeous card Shirley.
luv
Debby

Heidi said...

What a beautiful card Shirley, love these blues, my fave, fantastic colouring on her jacket, lovely colours. I have a little something for you on my blog, hope you like it and haven't got one yet. Mainland MagicHugs Heidi x

Riet said...

What a gorgeous card Shirley.

Hugs Riet.x

paola said...

A lovely card! thanks for joining us at Mo's
smiles
Paola

coldwaters2 said...

Gosh I hadn't realised that I had missed so much, this is gorgeous Shirley what a great image and so love the colours.
Hugs
Lorraine x

Barbara said...

Beautiful card, Shirley, and it definitely looks as chilly as we are experiencing here in sw Missouri tonight! I really love the image and you colored it beautifully.

Barb

Patty Sue 2 said...

I have to study this one a lot more! Coloring white and making it look white is tough and look how fantastic you did this. WOW! You amaze me!

Spyder said...

This is a fabulous card, love all Mo's images.
((Lyn))

Spyder said...

me again...I'm still trying to work out how you cut out with your Nesties, but left his paw...I noticed you did the same on my lovely card, with the little elf's hat and the Christmas baubles he's holding
((Lyn)

Vicki G said...

WOW! Gorgeous!