Wednesday 11 October 2017

A Cautionary Tail

Oooh it's almost Halloween! My favourite time of year and a great excuse to break out the darker images. I love fantasy, so naturally mermaids are one of my often-used image types. These are mostly rather beautiful, cute, girly images though so not the best for a Halloween card.  But Mitzi at Aurora Wings is fantastic at darker images and she has some mermaids that are perfect for this genre. I've used 'Secret Kisses' coupled with a quote I found, which fitted the image perfectly. 
Product list:

  • Cream card blank
  • Core'dinations cardstock
  • Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Stormy Sky & Dusty Concord
  • Memento Dew Drop - Tuxedo Black
  • ProMarkers - Aubergine, Plum, Purple, Black, Violet, China Blue, Blue Pearl, Cardinal, Ruby, Lipstick & Warm Grey 1-3
  • Wink of Stella - Clear

It's always difficult showing the sparkle in a straight card photo, so I've taken an angled one in the light to show the Wink of Stella a bit better.  I applied all over her body and tail.


I am entering my card into the following challenges:
  1. Stamps by Aurora Wings (FB) - Make It Creepy
  2. Stamps by Aurora Wings - #58 CAS
  3. CASology - WK270 Odd
  4. The Ribbon Girl - October Card Challenge
  5. Not Just Cards - Anything Goes
  6. World Wide Open Design Team - #26 Anything Goes


15 comments:

  1. Wow that is amazing colouring of this image. Lovely work. Thank you for sharing with us here today at World Wide Open Design Team Challenge and best of luck with your entry.

    Annette DT Registered Owners/Admin for World Wide Open Design Team Challenge

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  2. WOW! Gorgeous coloring of Secret Kiss and what a perfect sentiment, Nicola! Yummy background, too. Gives me shivers just looking at it. Fabulous! Thanks so much for joining our CAS challenge at Aurora Wings. xxD

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  3. Whoa...love the added sparkle! ♥

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  4. This is stunning Nicola! The image is gorgeous and your colouring is stunning! I love everything about it! Thank you for sharing with us at the Ribbon Girl, good luck and I hope you will join us again.
    Hugs
    Gina xx
    https://www.ribbongirl.co.uk/catalog/

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  5. Gorgeous coloring on the Secret Kisses image, Nicola! I love how gloriously sinister she looks in dark jewel tones. Sparkles definitely add to the magic! Thank you for joining our CAS challenge at Aurora Wings. Mitzi xx

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  6. Hey Nicola!! Such awesome detail. I love colors. Beautifully done. Thank you so much for playing with us this week at CASology.

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  7. OMG Nicola!!! This is stunning!!!! I love how you used such dark beautiful colors but still kept it soooo lovely!! This is a stunning coloring of this image!!!!! BEAUTIFUL!!!
    I'm so sorry for being sooo late on my commenting but thank you so much for playing with us at Aurora Wings Challenge Blog!!

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    1. Thank you so much Sara.
      And no worries, I know what it's like having to keep up with commenting :) x

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