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Saturday, 17 January 2015

...and all the angels sang for Him..

 
Hello, happy Saturday, hope everyone is enjoying the weekend...and not snowed in! There's no sign of snow here...yet! Long may it last, I like the look of fresh fallen snow but could do without the inconvenience...and as for icy footpaths and roads...!
Just sharing a card I made using Angel a beautiful image from The East Wind. This is a first for me...a Christmas card in January, but I love this image so much I wanted to use her again, so I did in triplicate! I layered the image 3 times (another first, I'm so proud of this achievement being a bit of a numpty where technology is involved!), so now I have a choir of beautiful angels! I coloured them with pencils, using blue, grey and black shades, then added Wink of Stella to their wings, so lovely and sparkly IRL shame it doesn't show in the photos!
 
I die cut the image, distressed the edges and matted it onto a piece of dark blue cardstock which I had previously stencilled and stamped. I added some die cuts and tiny gems to finish. The sentiment is hand written, it comes from a Christmas carol my children used to sing when they were at primary school (many years ago!)  which remains a favourite of mine- 'On a starry night'.
Thanks for calling by
Chris
x
 
Challenges
alphabetchallenge x for experiment- new technique
craftycatz new beginnings (technique)
theeastwind winter blues
inky impressions monochrome
scrap-creations new (technique, wink of stella)
sweetstamps winter blues
throughthepurplehaze anything new to you
 
 
 
 

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21 comments:

  1. Jan 17 January 2015 at 14:09

    Fab card Chris xx Jan

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  2. Julie17 January 2015 at 14:29

    Fabulous, you always amaze me with your hand written sentiments, hate to think of how many attempts I'd make before giving up! Beautiful indeed, x

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  3. Tracey T17 January 2015 at 14:43

    So clever! I don't think I would have the patience to layer the images, given my fairly limited knowledge of these things! Love blue and white for Christmas cards, too. Sleety stuff coming down here at the moment and yesterday's snow is slowly disappearing. More in the forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday, though, apparently! Stay warm xx

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  4. mixamatoasties17 January 2015 at 15:21

    Fabulous card. And that is one of my favourite carols too. Guess what I'm singing now!!!

    Susan xx

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  5. Chrissy17 January 2015 at 17:10

    WOW!! Stunning Chris. Love the merged image to make three and gorgeous colours and dies...beautiful. You are so clever.

    luv CHRISSYxx

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  6. butterfly dream cards17 January 2015 at 18:37

    Absolutely beautiful...

    Fiona DT
    TTPH

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  7. chrissy xx17 January 2015 at 19:09

    FABulous colouring Chris..I LOve your merged image and they way they 'spill' over the dies..
    LOve your sentiment.
    Happy to see you making Christmas card too!!
    Chrissyxx

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  8. Kathleen17 January 2015 at 21:03

    This is gorgeous Chris and stunning colouring, beautiful image and a good start to your next years CC's.

    Kath x

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  9. Penny17 January 2015 at 22:25

    Really beautiful, Chris! I love the "choir" and how you colored each! Love the design, the fab background and all the wonderful die cuts--you know me and die cuts, lol! I am very impressed with your lettering, too! :^)
    Hope you are enjoying this weekend. Husband is being a sweetie and cleaning the floors with an electric machine, but it is soooo noisy! Went outside to escape, but somebody is running something noisy out there today, too! Guess that's what I get for lazing about, huh? ;^)
    Hugs, Penny

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  10. aussie aNNie18 January 2015 at 11:24

    Beautiful....Love this lovely detailed creation....xx
    {The Journey is the Start – my personal blog}

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  11. Julieanne..aka pinkjools18 January 2015 at 17:10

    Hi Chris...What a beautiful card.....Gorgeous image...Joolsx

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  12. Maarit at Violets Corner18 January 2015 at 17:23

    Fabulous card, the image is a stunner with it's beautiful blue colour.

    Love and hugs
    Maarit

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  13. Sue18 January 2015 at 17:43

    Absolutely love this Chris! hope you finally got your birthday card sorry it was posted late but I've had a bad hubby xxxxxxxxxx huggles Sue xxxx

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  14. Cindy19 January 2015 at 04:23

    Beautiful card. Fabulous coloring. Thanks for joining us at Crafty Catz this week. Cindy-DT

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  15. PaperDaisies20 January 2015 at 02:27

    What a fabulous card. I love the technique you have used. Thank you for sharing your talents with us over at Crafty Catz. Hugs Nina

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  16. Anonymous20 January 2015 at 11:49

    This is gorgeous Chris I love The East Wind images and how clever you are to merge them. Great job.
    Rose xx

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  17. Desire Fourie20 January 2015 at 14:48

    Wow stunning Chris with an awesome colour combo. The blue grey and black is so striking and there is lovely movement in the design.
    Hugs
    Desíre
    {Doing Life – my personal blog}

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  18. M DelValle20 January 2015 at 15:09

    Beautiful card!! Thank you for joining us at Inky Impressions!

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  19. Rebecca Bradshaw20 January 2015 at 18:24

    So beautiful! I love how you've used this gorgeous image and your fab dimensional star.
    Rebecca.
    x

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  20. DonnaMundinger21 January 2015 at 20:16

    Your gorgeous angel choir is beyond beautiful, Chris! What a fabulous idea using the image 3 times. Thanks so much for joining our Winter Blues Challenge at TEW. xxD

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  21. Bettina L.30 January 2015 at 19:19

    I absolutely love this. Such a clever idea to use the angel three times in layer and the outcome is absolutely gorgeous. Thanks for playing at The East Wind and good luck. Hope to see you back the 1st for a new challenge. Bettina DT Member at The East Wind xx

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