Wintry Holly

Here's a quick blogging of a card made for a Challenge at Papercraft Planet on Michelle Perkett's group. The image is Holly, the Christmas friendship fairy, from Michelle's Etsy shop. Jana provided a fun sketch to use and I chose wintry colours for my card. Both DPs are from Artylicious CDs, they are edged with a silver pen. The pen blotched all over the place when I was edging the large piece; I decided it was a great effect and left it alone :). The sentiment is from Elusive Images, silver embossed onto vellum. Fairy is coloured with Copics and has Flowersoft "fur" edging her robe. The background uses the palest shade of purple in Copic.

Magical things come in tiny packages

Michelle Perkett has opened a Challenge Blog, with the first challenge to follow a sketch made by Carlie Mays. I've made a very quick and simple card with a free image that Michelle kindly made available on her PCP group.

This is a totally digi card, the background snowflake DP is from a CD by Artylicious, the stripe is from a Bearly Mine Creations cd. I originally coloured the image with Sakura Gelly Roll pens but didn't like the colours so I cut out another tiny packages, coloured with Copics and popped it on top with foam pads for dimension. Ribbon and gems are from stash.

Another to add to the flock of angels

Here's another of those beautiful angels from Michelle Perkett, this is the Holly Angel again, done in non-traditional colours this time, what do you think? Image is coloured with Copics and a silver marker pen, the background is painted with Distress Inks in Weathered Wood and Dusty Concord. Background paper is a magazine freebie, sentiment and the scalloped card are from Craftwork Cards.

I've made this card for three challenges:
A Spoonful of Sugar - non-traditional Christmas card
Allsorts Challenge - Purple
Cute Card Thursday - swirly girly

Michelle Perkett Blog Hop

I've made a card for a fun blog hop using a Michelle Perkett image called Wishing Star Angel. If you arrived here from Debb's blog then you're in the right place. If you've just arrived here by chance then the start of the hop is at Michelle's blog and you might want to head back there so as not to miss any of the fun. To take part, we all had to make something using the image and also to make a wish for someone. My wish is for my family, especially my children, to have good health.
I really enjoyed using this image, I just discovered Michelle's digi-art this week, goodness this digi thing is addictive with its instant gratification :). Wish Angel is coloured with Copics on a watercolour background, matted onto gold and navy card. The two DPs in the background have wording that fits the image, the "Peace" sentiment just sneaks at the angels' left side. Stars are cut from gold card with Spellbinders dies and the sentiment is an old clear stamp I've had forever. Now it's time for you to hop on over to Crystal J's blog, you're nearly at the end of the hop :). I hope you've had fun and enjoyed seeing all the angels. Don't forget to makeyour own wish, will you?

Holly Fairy

There seem to be wonderful new digi-artists to discover each day. Another new-to-me is Michelle Perkett, who has made beautiful rubber stamps for some time that I coveted, but which weren't easily available in the UK. Michelle specialises in detailed, glamorous angels - this one is the Holly Fairy, though I think she's more of a poinsettia fairy :).

I've followed the sketch for Sketch & Stash, who want new and old stash listed: New stash is the image and the card candy (bought at the NEC). Old stash is the Stampin Up papers I've used and the watercolour paints that I used for the background.

I'm also entering this card is Stampin' for the Weekend's Challenge, which is to use the traditional Christmas colours of red, green and gold. I like the way the traditional colours still work with a less than traditional image here.

Image coloured with Copics on a watercolour background, Stickles, Glossy Accents and Flowersoft "snow" added. Papers from Stampin' Up, card candy from Craftwork Cards.