Saturday, 27 November 2010

Winter Fields

Hi guys. So have any of you (in the UK) had snow yet?  We have had a few flakes falling but nothing of any substance yet!!  However for our region they are forecasting blizzards for Tuesday and Wednesday so we have been out and bought snow shovels and rock salt in preparation!!  Which of course will mean that we won't see a single snowflake now that we are all prepared!  Even without any snow it is absolutely freezing here as the current temperature is -1c - thank goodness for our log burner!

So with snow (and cold temperatures) in mind I thought I'd show you one of the cards we made at The Craft Barn last Saturday using one of the new Christmas releases by Sarah Kay.  Isn't she sweet?  This one is called Francesca in the Winter Field and being that she is so lovely I had to have her!  The background papers are by Prima and Bo Bunny and the ivy and snowflake stamps are from the Snowflakes and Candies clear stamp set by Personal Impressions and the wording is from Woodwares Must Have Xmas Words.

The image was stamped using black Memento ink and coloured using Copic markers. (Sorry can't give you the colours as this was a class card!)  The brown snowflakes were punched using a Martha Sewart edging punch from the Snowfall set.

All products used on this card including the ribbon and the self-adhesive pearls came from The Craft Barn.

Here's a closer look at the colouring for you.  As you can see I opted to create a snowy ground by adding touches of blue here and there with the grass tufts peeking up through the snow.

Hope you like it!

12 comments:

Craftnut said...

Lovely card kay xx

Sarah K said...

Abosolutely beautiful xx

Sarah K said...

Absolutely beautiful xx

The Little Stamper said...

Love the card Kay, and I particularly like the muted colours on this one.

Sharon x

Lou said...

Hi! Kay do i love this-it is gorgeous and such a pretty image.
Love the blue/red and soft colours together.
We have snow,just a good inch and George was out in it at 7.30am bless him.
Hope you are having a nice weekend,hugs Lou.xx

♥Gemma♥ said...

Gorgeous card hunni and that is 1 very sweet image :o)
hugs and xxx

G Peplow said...

Hi Kay, love your card, she's so pretty and the colours are soft and really complimentary. We have no snow yet and that's just how I like it! I'm not a grump, just not very happy in the cold:0) xx

Sarn said...

So sweet! Lovely card, as usual!

craftymum said...

this is beautiful Kay
hugs sarah x

Julie said...

Another stunning card Kaye. xxx

lisa said...

What a gorgeous card, Kay. I love the colours, really unusual.
We had a good covering of snow on Saturday and another 3 inches yesterday evening so we're sending it your way now.
Keep warm
Hugs Lisax

Bluefairy4U said...

Hi Kay, hope you are well. Really enjoyed your class.Not so much snow in Putney/Wandsworth, it seems we have missed the big snow ball. Lovely card, wish mine was as good -joking, I think I made a good job in the end. Love your new technique also the technique with the brown ink. Hugs JO.xxx