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Sunday, February 26, 2012

Winter is back…

Hello my friends. It has been a chilly weekend here in Southern Ontario, and today is most certainly the day to stay home and reconnect with you all out here in blog world.
We are having the very good fortune of enjoying one of the most mild winter seasons that I can remember. However, old man winter seems to always take the opportunity to remind us from time to time that he is still in charge and can make things completely miserable whenever the urge hits him. By that I mean he can throw everything he has in his arsenal at you all at the same time. The funny thing is though, we had the heads up or a fair warning by our so called meteorologists that a “powerful winter storm” was heading  in our direction last Thursday. It was suppose to hit hard and wreak havoc overnight Thursday into Friday, and that a significant amount of winter chaos would take place over a 24 hour period. So I’m thinking, great, just in time to ruin two important events on my agenda this weekend; my sister’s birthday dinner on Friday night and a dear Uncle’s funeral on Saturday morning. For all intents and purposes, this so called “powerful winter storm” was anything but powerful, pretty lame at best, but it did still manage to make driving conditions dangerous. I was not able to travel Friday and was not able to be with my sister on her birthday, but thankfully the roads were clear enough for travelling on Saturday and I was able to get to my uncles funeral. I tell you though, in my next life I so want to come back as a weather girl because who wouldn’t want to have a job where you can be wrong 90% of the time and actually get paid for it. Seriously!
Now, not to tick old man winter off or anything I decided to colour a card especially for him.

I used my BV toned Copic markers to colour the image and tried to keep the colours soft but at the same time tried to maintain some depth. This beautiful little image totally screamed out for bling and you can see it in more detail in the below photo.
The cardstock that I used is a mix of Coredinations foundations and Bazzill’s textured. The darker background paper is from DCWV’s, The Far East Mat Stack.  I used a Fiskars heart border punch, then added ribbon and a bow. The image itself was die cut into two different sized ovals using my SB oval die. For the finishing touches I added a touch of stardust stickles here and there, some pink and purple chalk to distress the edges of the ovals and a Stampin’ Up rhinestone gem on the ribbon bow. The “Make a Wish” sentiment was printed using my computer, traced over using a Lavender Atyou Spica pen and then cut out and matted.
I hope you liked my card today, and I really hope that old man winter isn’t too ticked at me for saying so many negative things about him. I really do wish though that spring is around the corner because I can’t wait to get out into my garden, which just happens to be another passion I have. So until we hook up again, please take care and thanks for stopping by :)S

11 comments:

  1. WOW Sandra!!!! Your card is FANTASTIC!!! I love your colouring and the way you stamped on two different ovals!!! And I'm not sure it would be fun to be a weather girl... I was hanging around with them for a couple of months and it was pretty boring being always wrong, lol!!! No, seriously, they look at the clouds 50% of the time, not my cup of tea!!! Hugs, Brigitte

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  2. LOL Sandra...I guess you're right about being paid to be wrong 90% of the time...they're not very accurate here either :) LOVE this beautiful card...your colouring is stunning! Thanks for sharing it with us at The Outlawz this week :)

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  3. Beautifully colored! If you're the weather ordinary, just think of the hate people will be spewing at you! You're too nice for all that!

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  4. Oh my ladies, thank you for such lovely compliments about my card, and for some excellent advise. I will pay heed to your warnings and not come back as a weather girl, lol. See, it takes a community to help raise a family and better still acts like an excellent sounding board for us big girls too.

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  5. This is totally beautiful! I love your coloring and the way you did her cold breath with the glitter. Very pretty and Winter-y card! I found you via The Outlaws Follow Me Forum! I will be back for sure! I am now a follower.

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  6. Gorgeous card, Sandra! I love all the bling.

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    1. Hi I found your blog at The Outlawz
      and now I'm a follower. Your card is
      just lovely.
      And if you want to visit me....

      http://pyssligasussie.blogspot.com

      Hugs
      Sussie.

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  7. Oh beautiful work! I found you through Outlawz and am now following you:-)
    Hugs
    Michele

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  8. Absolutely stunning! Love the color! The image is coloured perfectly! I feel blessed to have seen it in person!

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  9. Once again, there isn't enough words to say how beautiful your work is. I love the bling and the way you made the wings glitter. Great job!!! Your coloring is perfect! I hope that I can learn to do the shading and blending like that one day.

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    1. Trust me when I say you will Becca! I took started by taking online classes from Suzanne J Dean's online classes/Colour Me Creative. I also constantly watch other artists (primarily Copic colouring)and watch their tutorials as well. I eventually brought myself to where I am today by adopting bits and pieces from all my mentors and then adding my own flare. I still have a great deal to learn and you are so kind with your compliments. Thank you for that. If you ever want to ask me questions directly I would be more than happy to help if I can...my personal email is svdow@hotmail.com Thanks for stopping by :)S

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