Christmas Bestie

Hello Everyone,

today I am working on my Christmas Cards, and found this adorable Christmas Bestie worked great for one of the cards I wanted to send.

Today, I colored this bestie with red, pink, peach, and green Prisma Colored Pencils.  When I added the pink for her fur, I thought it was a little bold, so I added some peach color to help blend it down to a more reasonable color.

I had a specific thought process in mind when I started this card, but, as it often happens with me, my ideas are out of my talent.  I am close, but not what I originally wanted.

When I added the pink flowers, there was to much "brightness" for Christmas with that much pink, so with the help my of Best Friend, she suggested I add white ink to make the flowers look snowed on and lessen the bright pink.

I completed the card by adding a white ribbon with a silver and pearl button and thean a few falling snowflakes.

I hope you like it!

My Besties Christmas Blog Hop

Welcome to the My Besties Christmas Blog Hop!  Are you ready for some fun and special Christmas eye candy?  Each person on the hop below has some wonderful inspiration for you to create some Christmas projects!

  

In this hop we want to introduce to you the new My~Besties Winter Jolie!  A few of us have a project showcasing this adorable digital stamp.  She's also available in different formats:

She's also available as Printable Tags and 3D Decoupage:


Please leave a comment on each stop for a chance to win:
ONE WINNER, will receive a Bottlecap Sheet Download, Gift Tag Download, 3D Sheet Download AND  5 Digi Stamps of their choice.
You have until December 3rd to leave your comments.

Time to Hop!  Here is the full lineup of Christmas inspiration.

Scrapbook Stamp Society 

Tonnie -  (UK DT) 

Rosie -  (Spanish DT) 

Engelchen Hobby -  (Aussies DT) 

Antoinette Garza Tristan -  (UK DT) 

Valou Allard -  (SSS DT) 

Carla -  (Spanish DT) 

Lidia - (Spanish DT)

Bonnie - (3D DT)
Andrea

Yolie -  (Spanish DT)

a Snow Fairy

today for is another one of my Christmas card.. this is image by Sherri Baldy… that the first time I saw it I knew I had to have her…you can find this a Scrapbook Stamp Society
I colored her with copic markers.. and then put her on some fun designer paper… then added dies by Cheery Lynn and Memory box.. the added some sparkly fluff to her hat.. just for fun…
thank for stopping by
Debbie 

Holiday Cards in July

Warm Wintry Christmasy Greetings in July to everyone! 

For complete information about these 2 cards, tips for the techniques, and to see close-up photos, please visit my personal blog here.

A 5" x 7" Easel Card made with greens and browns

This card features one of the newest Besties Images. I'm calling her Yukon Lovey because she is still unnamed on the website. She looks like a "Yukon" type girly girl with her cap, muffler and fur lined boots. But if you **need** her, just click here for a quick purchase.

How sweet Yukon Lovey looks in her fur pieces (of course, they are not REAL animal fur), but these are so soft, warm and cuddly. Using SNS Dimensional Glue and SNS Twinkling Clouds Flocking, the fur really does stand out quite a bit (and has a touch of sparkle, too!)

She is such a girly girl, isn't she? Totally cute, and proud to be displayed in all her finery on a Christmas Card. 

Card Two:

A friend dared me to create a card which would fit in a regular envelope and accept one first class postage stamp - so I accepted her dare, using the same image. Yukon Lovey is colored identically, except browns were substituted for the blues in the the halo around the image. This is also a 5x7 (A7) card - and fits in a standard envelope and uses a single 46¢ stamp.

Stamp Credits:
Sherri Baldy's "Yukon Lovey" Besties IMG848

Thanks for stopping by today!
hugs,
Donna