Thursday 6 September 2018

Ice and Crystals!

Good Evening to You All, I hope your day went well and that you're settling into a relaxing evening.

We have had quite big showers today, and whilst in the town, I was wishing I had a scarf on, it was quite chilly. It will soon be gloves and boots time.

Thank you all for the lovely comments on my last card and I hope that some of you take part in the BBB Challenge. Thank you too for all the suggestions on my query regarding colouring digital images.  Florence, suggested using a fixative on the ink as it was something that worked for her, so I gave that a go as I had a tin of fixative for using pastels and it had indeed worked on an image I was water colouring today.

M card today is coloured with Prisma Premier Colour pencils;
 This beautiful image is from Aurora Wings, and I tried to use cool colours  in shades of grey and blue, with a little purple and pink. I painted on Star Dust to give a bit of sparkle. I took inspiration from the fabulous DT on the Aurora Wings Showcase Blog.  I was near scaly eyed  colouring this as there is so much minute detail to the image. I then matted it on to blue card and silver and paper from First Edition and black card. My lovely swirly dies are from SU.  I was quite pleased with how this turned out, I just love these fantasy images.

So that's me for now, take care of yourselves and see you soon,
I would like to enter my card into https://aurorawingschallenge.blogspot.com/2018/08/challenge-70-sketch-challenge.html

37 comments:

Marlene Atkinson said...

Wow Kate, this is a gorgeous, gorgeous colours and image. Marlene

Maria - Ivyleaf Crafts said...

WOW Kate what a stunner of a card its amazing xx

Karen Petitt said...

Absolutely stunning! You've rocked this image Kate and now I have to go look at their digital stamps xx

Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...

Wow! Amazing card!! Fab image and your colouring is just perfect! Flo's suggestion is great! Thanks for sharing! Lovely design!

Jannet said...

Wonderfully brilliant colouring Kate, so elegant and stylish! It is getting so much cooler now, and it seems to be happening very quickly too.Take care xx

Lisa said...

Wow, this is so stunning!! What a gorgeous image!! I absolutely love how you colored her!! It's so amazing!! Have a great day!! Big hugs :)

Lisa
A Mermaid's Crafts

aussie aNNie said...

WOW Kate Love this and your colours are icy and nice...brilliant use of pencils. I have too lately been using mine seems a waste just sitting in the drawer...xx

MaryH said...

It's a lovely image, Kate, and your pencil coloring is just amazing. So smoothly done and blended so well. I love the way you've used the mats and layers. It's a beautiful card. We're hoping for a bit of rain over the weekend. It is a _bit_ cooler some days, but the humidity is so high, you don't notice that it's in the high 80-s instead of the 90-s! TFS & Hugs

Wendy L said...

Very beautiful card Kate.
I,m sat here this morning in a thunder storm, dog nearly sat on my lap he cant get any closer, he gets abit scared. I,m hoping it brings some cooler weather but we are coming to UK next week and I will enjoy the cool down.xxxx

Jane said...

A WOW from me too...😍

meg said...

Stunning image and colouring Kate, must have taken ages with all the fine detail, love the layout and die cuts.

Tante Kiki said...

Your card is gorgeous!!
Congrats!

dutchess said...

A beautiful image, and beautifully coloured Kate....a stunning card....
It’s rained here again yesterday a bit annoying as my washing was nearly dry and it’s now turned very autumnal...even put my Jim jam top on last night to read my book in bed.....not complaining it’s been a brilliant summer....xxxx

Lorraine said...

A gorgeous card Kate, lovely image and colours
Lorraine x

brenda said...

She is the most beautiful image Kate with a really whistful look to her and the cool colours compliement her so well.

B x

Margarets designer cards said...

Wonderful card, beautiful image

Linda Simpson said...

This is stunning Kate, love the gorgeous image.
Hugs
Linda xxx

Anne said...

I can only say what has already been said Kate, this is beautiful
I imagine it's much more sparkly in real life too than it appears

I have a cardigan on today... first time I think since May :)
Anne x

Flo Langley said...

Gorgeous card Kate. That is a lovely image. Beautifully coloured. Yay! so pleased the spray worked for you.
Hugs to you both, Flo xx

rachel said...

This is such a fabulous image Kate and you have coloured it beautifully. Glad you got your fixative to work - I stopped using digital images about 2 years ago as I got fed up of images smudging! And the printing out I was finding a bit tiresome too! Lazy aren't I? Hugs rachel x

pam said...

Stunning card you created Kate, beautiful image and your colours are fabulous.
Hugs Pam x

Marianne's Craftroom said...

She is lovely and I love the icy colours. Yesterday was gorgeous but much chillier today and a couple of showers. I do love Autumn and would rather wear boots than sandale

Jennifer Johnston said...

Wow! love this card Kate, so beautifully coloured
and such a gorgeous image. Hope you have a
lovely weekend.
Love & hugs Jennifer xx.

cotnob said...

A fabulous card Kate, such a beautiful image and great colouring - this is gorgeous.
Pauline - Crafting with Cotnob
x

Diane said...

Absolutely stunning coloring Kate, gosh what a lovely design.

Hugs Diane

Mrs A. said...

Wow this is fabulous. I love your colour combination and your colouring is fantastic. Much cooler today and showers on and off. Managed to get to the shops and back in the dry. Hugs Mrs A.

Mac Mable said...

So very beautiful and fabulous cool shades of colouring. The image is stunning and so is your card. Feeling cooler today and 'nearly' had to put socks on! x.

Sue said...

WOW, Kate that image is gorgeous, and you have colored her up beautifully. What a fabulous card, so very pretty.

Hugs
Sue

DIMI said...

Hello dear Kate!
A fabulous card and stunning colors too!
I always admire your wonderful work!
Wishing you a lovely day and a September!xxx
Dimi...

Rita said...

Hello my Dear Friend. What an absolutely beautiful card. The colours really give it an aura too. Love it. Winter weather is on its way and the nights are drawing in. Time for knitting again. Hope to see you Soon. Hugs Rita xxxx

DonnaMundinger said...

Oh so fabulous, Kate! Brilliant work with the pencils on this gorgeous new image. The die cuts gives such movement and fits the current sketch so beautifully. I do hope you enter it in our challenge Truly gorgeous work! xxD

https://aurorawingschallenge.blogspot.com/2018/09/mid-challenge-inspiration-post-for.html

Valerija said...

Simply adorable !!!
Valerija xx

Laine said...

This is lovely. You have made this beautiful image shine. Thank you so much for sharing with us at the Aurora Wings Challenge.
Laine - DT

Dawn Sirdefield said...

Oh my word, Kate this is just so beautiful. I love the colours and the layout and the fantastic take on the sketch. Stunning work. Thanks for joining in with our Sketch challenge at Aurora Wings. Good luck.
Dawn DT xx

scrappymo! said...

Having a wee catch up on your blog. Thanked you on the previous post about the fixative top you mentioned hear. Reading too fast to think, methinks,..sorry about that.

This card is gorgeous. Love the image and lovely colouring.

Mitzi Sato-Wiuff said...

What a gorgeous coloring in cool jewel tones, Kate! Stunning take on the sketch. Love the swirly die cuts for the added visual motion. Thank you for joining us for the sketch challenge at Aurora Wings. Mitzi xx

MRS DUCK said...

Hi Kate
Wow, stunning colouring.
Glad you have found a solution to your colouring problem.
Ang x