Saturday, 17 January 2015

Inspired by ... Kristina Werner

Hooray! Another card and another blog post.!

As soon as I saw this card that Kristina Werner created for her Holiday Card Series 2014, I knew I wanted to create something similar. So here it is:


Since I didn't (yet) have the image stamps that Kristina was using, I looked for something similar and found these cute Xmas critters in the Tiddly Inks online store. I did manipulate the digital images to remove the black borders around the images. I decided to use my new Spectrum Noir colouring pencils, since water colouring these images still seemed too daunting. Colouring with colouring pencils and the white blender pencil turned out to be fairly easy and fun. I also like that each set contains 3 shades of each colour, so that there's no guess work involved. The sentiment stamp that both Kristina and I used is from a set by Simon Says Stamp.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:


I guess we all have plenty of NBUS (hmm, maybe I should change the name of my blog to Marianne's cards and lots of never before used schtuff LOL) and the lovely Darnell is challenging us all to start using it.

It so happens that Darnell is also guest designing at CASology, where this week's theme is ... NBUS

ATSM - 127 Make your mark
Jingle Belles - Bring in the new
Merry Monday - Christmas critters
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20 comments:

  1. Darnell17 January 2015 at 23:32

    Your coloring is really spectacular, Marianne! You've showcased these adorable critters in the best possible way with your design influenced by Kristina!! Thank you so much for playing in our joint CASology and NBUS Challenges this week! It's been the most fun!! (I think it is AWESOME that you are #100 in the gallery at CASology and #400 in my gallery!! Email me, please! My email addy is on my profile page.) Have a great weekend! Hugs, Darnell

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  2. Gail L18 January 2015 at 02:01

    What a great card!
    You did a lovely job of getting those 4 images on there!

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  3. Karen M18 January 2015 at 03:48

    Your card is adorable and I love all those cute critters! Thank you so much for joining us this week at Atsm:) Hugs xx

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  4. Joyce18 January 2015 at 07:07

    This card is perfectly colored and just darling. Those critters are so adorable. Thanks so much for playing along at CASology this week.

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  5. Lori Turner18 January 2015 at 08:21

    Marianne - this is so awesome! I love all these critters - thanks so much for joining in on the fun at Merry Monday this week xoxoxoxo

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  6. brenda18 January 2015 at 10:05

    Hello Marianne,

    What a very striking card, your colouring is sheer perfection and the design of your card really does compliment the images and the red border reflects the hints of red.

    Hope you have a lovely Sunday.

    B x

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  7. Angela Walters18 January 2015 at 10:30

    Great job using the coloring pencils. Your card is super cute! I like the polar bear the best!

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  8. Barbara18 January 2015 at 10:53

    Great card, I love it! Have to think of something similar as well...

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  9. Bananastamper18 January 2015 at 14:34

    Super cute card and fabulous colouring!

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  10. Rahmat18 January 2015 at 15:39

    Lovely card and great coloring, and I like the CAS feel. Thanks for joining us at ATSM.

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  11. Dana18 January 2015 at 15:52

    Fabulous card!! Your coloring with colored pencils is amazing!! Thanks for playing along with at Addicted to Stamps and More!!!

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  12. Wendy18 January 2015 at 17:01

    Marianne, this card is perfect and I just love each one of your cute critters! Great coloring, too! Thanks for playing along with us this week over at Merry Monday! :)

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  13. Bonnie18 January 2015 at 17:46

    Love, love, love this, Marianne! Such cute critters and I love your coloring! Thanks for sharing with us at Merry Monday!

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  14. Unknown18 January 2015 at 20:10

    I remember that card from Kristina and loving it, too. Your take on it is excellent! I love that you fiddled with the digital images to make it fit your design! Great job!

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  15. lauren bergold18 January 2015 at 21:05

    lol, i think we could ALL add "NBUS" to our blog names, fair and square! :) :) :) but you've made a gorgeous card with your goodies, which proves you really did NEED those!!! magnificent job! thanks for "bringing in the new" with us at JINGLE BELLES! ♥

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  16. SmilynStef19 January 2015 at 00:25

    Cute cute cute ... love those fun little faces ... awesome coloring too ... thanks for *bringing in the new* with us at jingle belles.

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  17. Tracey McNeely19 January 2015 at 06:33

    These little guys are so cute Marianne! Thank you so much for sharing with us at CASology!

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  18. deb duty26 January 2015 at 15:38

    I love that card by Kristina too! Love your version and it's nice to see how it looks with different critters!

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  19. Annie29 January 2015 at 15:22

    Hi Marianne - thank you for popping into Humbug Hall - you're right something is stirring!! We're just putting the finishing touches to things - quite a few cobwebs to remove and the silverware needs a good fettle, but we should be back in action by the beginning of March hopefully. Keep your eyes peeled cause both me and Max would love to see you joining in our challenges with your fab creations.
    Ann xxx

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  20. Benzi30 January 2015 at 19:17

    Marianne, this is just an adorable card. I love each image and they are all colored so pretty. Your card is so clean and crisp. Love it!

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