Monday, November 10, 2008

Once Upon a Time



Happy Monday everyone! Whew, this card was certainly a labor of love! :) It took me forever to make this one, but I'm pleased with how it turned out. I just can't get enough of these images from High Hopes. I made this card for this week's High Hopes Challenge. Our challenge this week was to use sparkles on our card.

I first stamped the stone wall onto Georgia Pacific cardstock and colored it in with copics. I then masked it and stamped the castle right above it, and then stamped the castle two additional times onto separate paper and colored it in with copics. I layered the castle three times with dimensionals so that it really pops. I then colored the sky and grass with my copics to finish the scene.

Next, I stamped the princess and unicorn, colored them with copics, and cut them out. I added stickles to the unicorn's horn and to the princess's dress, shoes, and crown. Next, I created my card base (which measures 5x7) out of SU's Rose Red. I layered Always Artichoke on top of that followed by my design paper from DCWV's Once Upon a Time stack. I used SU's ticket corner punch on the corners and placed pearls (from Michael's) in each corner. Next, I mounted the scene onto Rose Red followed by Always Artichoke and then mounted the scene onto the card base with dimensioanals. Next, I layerd the princess and the unicorn onto the scene with dimensionals. There are so many dimensionals on this card! :)

For some finishing touches, I used a cuttlebug die cut for the two floral corners of the image (I cut them out of SU's So Saffron cardstock). I also added Primas.

I would love to hear what you think. Thanks so much for stopping by. Hope your week is off to a great start. More tomorrow :)

Hugs, Christine :)

18 comments:

Nicole Bailey said...

I love it!
I love your coloring work-it's just perfect. I love all the little details. I love how you added so many stamped images on one card. I just love it!
TFS>

Nikki Fairbairn said...

Gorgeous card Christine, you have created such a great little scene. Thanks for joining in our challenge. Hugs Nikki x

fishlips said...

What a masterpiece...what dimension... Stunning colors.... Amazing just AMAZING!!!!

Annie said...

just gorgeous! I love the little picture you have created with the HH stamps, and of course all the sparkle! hugs, annie x

Linanna DESIGNS said...

An absolutely stunning card Christine! lovely colouring and gorgeous image. Hugs Linda x

Christyne said...

Your little princess is SO cute! TFS.

BLJ Graves Studio said...

This is so pretty! I love how you used several stamps to create a whole scene. Great job! TFS

Danni said...

You do such an awesome job with these images!! Another great card!

B said...

Wow! I love the coloring and all the details that went into creating the gorgeous scene! Great job!

Rach said...

stunning such a fantastic card, hugs rach.xx

Crissy Armstrong said...

Fanatastic scene card! I love the beautiful layering you did. This is gorgeous!

Marnie said...

Oh man that is cute I love her!

Melissa said...

Very cute! I love your coloring. Great job!!

Kathi said...

Wow!!!

Lot of work, but it's totally worth it.

Gorgeous!

Gina Lindsay said...

Love the scene you created!

Jeanette said...

I've been looking at all your gorgeous creations! You've been busy. They are all beautiful (as Usual) but this one is so detailed! Amazing! Hugs Jeanette

Anonymous said...

Wow! This is a fantastic card! Thank you for playing along!
~Lacey

Amy said...

Oh, you are just too good Christine! Your little scenes are excellent!

...and they lived happily ever after.
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