I was originally going to go with a completely different kind of image and try to stick close to Shannon's papers and colors and sketch, but then I remembered that I had this SU Holiday Blocks set which was a hostess special. The jingle bell is one of the two stamps I've mounted. I colored the bells with the Metallic colored pencils and gamsol. I had to practise on a couple, but finally got the coloring to a place where I'm really pleased with it. I wanted to add glitter but just couldn't figure out how without ruining it. Since my stamp images were square, I had to do squares instead of circles. I used different background papers from the DSP set that Shannon used and my greeting was computer generated. I also used a silver metallic ribbon.
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Sun, Sep 21, 2008 @ 4:07 PM
Wow, Kathy those bells are so realistic. Beautiful work!
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Sun, Sep 21, 2008 @ 7:42 PM
what gorgeous bells.. this is a beautiful card.. love your folded corner piece!! wow!
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