Whimsy Wonderland ~ Polar Bear's Christmas Tree

Hey there crafty pals. I'm waiting for the light to brighten on this grey day, so I can take my pics of the finished rainbow fairy card, so thought I'd share 'something I prepared earlier' with you. I just LOVED colouring this image up. I used techniques I'd learnt from a previous class by Mindy Baxter, to create the snow mounds and sky and I'm so delighted with how it came together.


This was actually such a simple image to colour, but I really loved how a few extra strokes could create such a Winter Wonderland around him! I kept the card design very simple to allow the colouring to take centre stage. Just a bit of sparkly red card to mat the image and some lovely starry paper to finish.


I mounted the image panel on foam, so it sits up from the starry base paper for a bit of dimension as it's otherwise a very CAS design. I love how just a simple bit of height, can create such a nice finish.


The sparkle on the card, showed up best in full sunlight, which the pic above shows nicely. The star and tinsel were covered in sparkle and the red glitter paper shows nicely in this shot too. I also added with a white gel pen, lots of little snowy sparkles all around the bear, in the sky and on the snow mounds. This shows best in reality, but you can see a peek in the pic above.


I just LOVE Crissy Armstrong's enchanting images, there's a sweetness to them that I just adore and this wee bear, really captured my heart this Christmas. I am waxing nostalgic for our cooler London Christmases! Oh how my littlies loved the snow! So I hope our English pals are enjoying the snowfall in London now!


I'll be back again soon with another crafty adventure. But in the meantime, do go check out all the gorgeous January New Releases at Whimsy Stamps. The main release has loads of fabulous items, stamps, dies and other goodies and our Digital New Release is one of the largest to date! Sooo many gorgeous new images to play with! See you all again soon, hugs xoxo







Challenge Entries:
Cute Card Thursday: #566 ~ Critters
The Paper Girls: #168 ~ Sparkle & Shine
Crafty Gals Corner: #183 ~ Make It Sparkle
Colour Crazy Challenge: #2 ~ Anything Goes
Fashionable Stamping: #143 ~ Anything Goes
Crafty Creations Challenges: #383 ~ Anything Goes
Aud Sentiments: #219 ~ Anything Goes + A Sentiment

Comments

What a lovely image Wends and you have really made a beautiful card, beautifully coloured using it. Love the sparkle you have achieved
Blessings
Maxine
Elaine Stark said…
This is just adorable. Thanks for joining Aud Sentiments challenge. Elaine
Very nice coloring of your bear and scene, a lot of depth...adorable and fun Christmas card.
mixamatoasties said…
Awww. So cute. Love him.

Susan xx
He's adorable! Thank you so much for entering our challenge at Crafty Gals Corner Challenges this week. Be sure to join us next time too!
Blessings,
CGC DT
Scrapbookingmamaw {My Blog}
Crafty Gals Corner Challenges
Deb said…
Beautiful card Wendy, your colouring is amazing, you did a fabulous job with the background scene, love it all!
Many thanks for joining us at Cute Card Thursday this week!
Debxx
brenda said…
What a really sweet Christmas creation for our 'Friends' theme at Allsorts challenge, thanks so much for joining in.

B x
Elizabeth Hart said…
Such a sweet card and a great job on that polar bear. Thanks so much for joining us this time at the Crafty Creations Challenge. Love seeing your work, Elizabeth (DT)
Hi, a beautifully designed Whimsy card, beautifully colored. Thank you for participating in the Fashionable Stamping Challenges.
Many greetings
hanne

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