Tuesday, June 22, 2010

At the Horse Show




Hi everyone and Happy Tuesday! :) I hope you are all having a wonderful week. I have a super quick post for you today. I decided for my card today to ink up this adorable image by Elisabeth Bell for Susana's Custom Art and Card Design. This particular image is called At the Horse Show and I think she's just adorable. She actually reminds me a lot of me as a little girl. I probably had every Breyer horse ever made :) My Great Aunt Lydia used to crochet me horse blankets for my Breyer horses. I also used to ride competitively in horse shows. I loved horses (until one day I had a really bad fall, haven't been up on one since). I just finished an awesome book called The Lost Hours by Karen White. It was SO good and was actually about a horseback rider who had a really bad fall so I could definitely relate. I recommend anything by Karen White, I'm just pouring through her books, I think they are absolutely fabulous!

Anyway, back to the card. I colored the image with copics and then cut the image out using my nestabilities. While the image was still in the nestability, I sponged around the image with SU's Bashful Blue ink. I next created my card base out of SU cardstock (Chocolate Chip and Bordering Blue). The design paper is from MME (Bella Bella collection). For some finishing touches, I added a bow, dew drops, Primas, and roses from Wild Orchid Crafts. What do you think?

Well, that's it from me today. Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you have a wonderful day and I'll see you back here soon.

14 comments:

Angela said...

THis is so pretty!!! 2 of my favorite colors together!! That DP is just gorgeous and I lvoe the added dew drops!!
Hugs:)
Angela

jimlynn said...

Just a precious card! Reminds me so much of my granddaughter right now. She's in love with horses. Do all little girls go though that stage! So pretty.
Lynn

Crystal said...

awww Christine this is BEAUTIFUL!!!! I LOVE LOVE your layout, image, and these colors..My neice would go CRAZY over this image she loves Horses.....Have a great day!!!

Anki said...

This is just lovely! Love the colours you've used. Sorry for being a bad blog-visitor lately - but too many things on my plate at the moment. Longing for vacation and it's just around the corner :-) Kramis - Anki

B said...

So pretty! Lovely DP and love the dew drops!

Cindy Haffner said...

Ohhh ADORABLE!!!

bumblebee creations said...

Oh my goodness!!! What an awesome card! I am going to have to check out that stamp!!! I think my brother still has 100's of Breyer horses!!! My mom had a special room in one of her houses made with shelves just for all them!! Great Job!!

marsha said...

Gorgeous Christine! I love your colors and your layout, I love the image - used to raise these critters!
Hugs, Marsha

cabio's craft corner said...

The sponged background looks like airbrushed. It's very cool Christine. Pretty image coloring and a lovely card!!
Hugs,
Cabio

Monica said...

Love this card! The colors are so pretty and that image is adorable!

Silvie Z said...

This is STUNNING, Christine! Love the layout and the colors you chose for you card are gorgeous! So adorable!
Hugs,
Silvie from France

Marlene said...

Oh my gosh - this is gorgeous!!! I haven't seen this image before. CUTE!

Lyn S said...

Beautiful image, Christine! Love your layout and the colouring is just perfect!

Maria Matter said...

what a precious image and again your coloring is just awesome Christine!!!
HUGS!!!

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