Saturday, December 1, 2012

Trimming the Tree

Happy Holidays!

Have you seen the great Saturated Canary Stamps available at 7 Kids College Fund

For this Christmas card, I used Trimming the Tree by Saturated Canary.


I decided to use Prismacolor Pencils to color. To give you an idea of how I think, let me explain why. I planned to use Distress Inks to watercolor, but used Staz-On on X-Press It paper. Unfortunately, X-Press It paper is not good for watercoloring, and Staz-On is not good for Copics. Rather than change over to Memento ink and waste paper, I thought "what can I use?" Ah Ha...Pencils. I blended the pencils out with mineral spirits. It was a nice change of pace. I need to remember those pencils.


The large rose was created using Tim Holtz Tattered Pine Cone die.



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The paper I used has a lot of glitter, so I opted to add glitter to my image to keep the theme. I used Stickles for her top and bow. 

I hope your holiday season is fabulous!

5 comments:

Christina C. said...

What a beautiful job coloring and showcasing this lovely SC image!
Love the fabulous papers and stunning details....a truly extraordinary creation!

Sparkly Engineer said...

The vintage feel of this card truly strikes a Christmas chord.

Sandy said...

Beautiful - love the colors!! The lace bow and charm go perfectly with this image. Your frosted flower is also pretty. All the colors just do so well together!
Sandy

Debs said...

a beautiful card..thanks for sharing with us at Saturated canary Challenges..hugs Debs x

Loopylou. said...

oh my goodness! wowzers how stunning is that? the colouring is just jaw dropping yummy!
this is a stunner of a card Julie.
Thank you so much for sharing your card with us over on the SC challenge blog
hugs Lou xx