Thursday, November 4, 2010

Cherubic Blues


Welcome to the November Flourishes Pre-Release Challenge!  It's your opportunity to join the Design Team in creating something beautiful, and you could be the winner of all of this month's New Releases!  This month we have a lovely mono-chromatic color challenge of pretty icy to deep blues.  

I pulled out a set that was actually designed for Valentine's Day...but I think it works beautifully for Christmas too!

This is from the set Angelic Love , and the sentiment is from the set Holiday Greetings .  I've colored the pretty Cherub up with Copic Markers (B0000, B00, Delphinium collection and B12 and B34, plus E00, E21 for the skin).  


I loosely based the layout on the Mojo Sketch for this week, but it sort of took on a life of it's own!   And I've gone back and forth in my head on whether it's too much or not!  

The shapes are Labels 14 Nestabilities.  Above is a detail shot on the satin bow, and the pretty embossed snowflakes and pretty pearl snowflakes from Zva.  


And above I hope you can see the shimmer I added with a Sakura Gelly Roll Clear Star pen.  I added it to the angel wings, and all the edges of the nestie shapes and the sentiment flag.  

Head on over to the other fantastic Design Team members and see what they've done with these cool blues today and then join us on the challenge!  Use FLLCNOV10 when you upload and link to today's post on the Flourishes Blog!


Recipe:  Stamps:  Flourishes - Angelic Love, Holiday Greetings;  Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Whisper White Craft Ink;  Paper:  Flourishes Classic White Cardstock, SU! Brilliant Blue, Bashful Blue, Memory Box Dewfrost Designer Paper;  Accessories:  Big Shot, Labels 14 Nestabilities, Sakura Gelly Roll Pen Clear Star Pen, Zva Snowflake Pearls, Blue Satin Ribbon, Bow Easy, Glue Dots, Dimensionals, SU! Snowflakes Embossing Folder, Copic Markers

19 comments:

Jodi Collins said...

This is just GORGEOUS Christine! LOVE the layout and the stamps you've used, and I ADORE those pearl snowflakes!!

Dawn B. said...

This is so pretty Christine. I would have never thought to use this set in blues.. Love the snowflakes.

Anonymous said...

Holy smoke that's a fabulous card Christine.

Mary Mac

Beate said...

Christine, I love how you turned this angel into a winter card. Beautiful!
Hugs and smiles

Julie Koerber said...

Christine, LOVE the way you added the labels die as a topper to your card. The lightbulbs are going off left and right! :-) Beauty of a card my friend!!

Marisa said...

Love how you layered the nesties and the snowflakes are fabulous :)

Renée said...

LOVE those colours, Christine! Gorgeous card :)

Emily Keaton said...

This is absolutely gorgeous, Christine!! Those pearl snowflakes are FAB :)

Leslie Miller said...

All those beautiful blues and the sweet angel, topped off with the gorgeous satin ribbon -- heavenly!

Stampvanwinkle said...

Christine, This is just lovely and definitely not to much. I love your beaded snowflakes and the layout is awesome. Wonderful work.

Stacy Morgan said...

So darn sweet and pretty. I just love this set outside of Feb. Looks wonderful and sweet.

Heather Rogers said...

So pretty! The blues work so well for this set. :)

Linda Carson said...

Oooooooo quite heavenly! Love the different shades of blue!

Laura (scrapnextras) said...

This is adorable and beautiful all at the same time! Love those snowflakes!!!

stampqueen said...

Very pretty - love all the shaped layers!!!

Denise Marzec said...

Ohhhhhhh, Christine. I love those blue pearls and the gorgeous satin ribbon. So soft looking!

Chris Olsen, Glowbug said...

Oh how pretty Christine!! I just love your layering of the nesties and your blue is stunning!! Gorgeous coloring and design!!
hugs,
Chris

Joan Ervin said...

Ooooh, Christima...love the darling image and your soft blue color is sooo pretty and elegant!!!

KarinsArtScrap said...

this is a sweetie too, just beautiful.

greetings karin