Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Holly Edges with an Angel

Hello everyone, I hope your day is going well.

I have a design today using the beautiful Holly Edge from Chocolate Baroque's new Christmas Edges and an Angel from Gothic Angels stamp sets.


The background is Seedless Preserves and Festive Berries Distress Ink using the Acrylic Block technique.   After it dried, I flicked a little water over it.   I stamped the Holly edge and sentiment with Seedless Preserves Distress Inks.  I embossed the pretty Angel with silver and coloured her with Inktense pencils.   I cut her out, attached to the background and added glitter to the bottom of her dress, wings & halo along with the pearls on the background.


Thanks for stopping by,
Cheers,
Shirley

28 comments:

Karin said...

wow gorgeous card, love what you did with the pearls and I love the warmth of the colors! Groetjes Karin x

Wendy said...

Wonderful rich colours and I love the little pearl swag, beautiful! xx

Valerie-Jael said...

Gorgeous card, and love the holly edge stamp. Valerie

chrissie said...

Wonderful, striking coloured background and delightful use of the stamps

Chrissie x

Annette P.-L. said...

Beautiful card! Wonderful composition with the little pearls!

Unknown said...

Wow, this is just gorgeous, rich red and that angel is beautiful...great project Shirley.xxx

Sue's Crafty Corner said...

Stunning Shirley. I love the rich deep red you've used for the background and those beautiful pearls added to the border.

Sue x

froebelsternchen said...

a stunning piece! artsy Shirley!

Gerrina said...

Beautiful background and though unusual, the pink works perfect! Love the pearls you´ve used! Have a fun day, Gerrina

Sue said...

Stunning card Shirley huggles Sue xx

Paula (PEP) said...

The pearls make a very striking statement on this & really pull the eye in toward the image. The glittery framing echoes both the pearls & the glittering of the image.
Paula (PEP)

Donna Ellis said...

Shirley! Beautiful! love the holly border on top and at the base of your gloriously colored angelic announcer of good tidings! The pearls add to the richness of the message, and your background is truly eternal and celestial! BEAUTIFUL CARD! hugs, de

Janny Jager said...

Beautiful Shirley with great colors.

Greetings Janny

Sophie said...

Oh, Shirley, da ist dir wieder eine wunderschöne Karte gelungen.
Die Stempelplatte reizt mich auch sehr, die ist sehr schön und vielseitig.

Umarmung, liebe Shirley
Sophie xx

Nan G said...

Gorgeous colors and a beautiful angel.

sheila 77 said...

What you make from these stamps is just wonderful. It's beautifully made and composed.

Jeannette said...

Wow,wonderful card, i love the leafs edges,the backruond colors are amazing.

Greetings Jeannette

Alie Hoogenboezem-de Vries said...

How sweet this angel is Shirley...and I adore the great pearls on the stunning red background

Lindeke said...

Wow, great card! Such beautiful background! Gr, Linda

MaryH said...

Oh my, you will get me into trouble with this CB stuff! I mentioned to the owner at Betty's on Sat, this would be a good line for her to stock. She didn't know about the company. I hope she can get involved with it (then again, maybe not! LOL). This is lovely, and the marbled effect on the background was wonderful. I can't get that effect with the ink block technique. You know I love that angel, and your pearl trim ...wow! Super the way you did the pearl header on this beautiful card. TFS

Eileen said...

So very pretty Shirley ... I love that 'swag' with the pearls... hope you are well ... busy times for us both!
E xxx

Darnell said...

Sensational and serene beauty, Shirley! You've created the perfect background for your sweet angel!! Hugs, Darnell

Anonymous said...

The background colour is so lush - exquisite card.
Wishes
Lynne

Alex said...

Wow, I love this card, Shirley, especially the background! It's a beautiful colour for a Christmas-card! The angel and the holly edge are also fantastic and fit well together.

Greta said...

Absolutely gorgeous! Love the glitter & pearls & the colors you used!

Annie said...

Sooo beautiful Shirley and I love the rich colours. Stunning make

TFS Annie x

Bärbel said...

Eine traumhaft schöne Weihnachtskarte, die Perlen auf den wunderbaren gestempelten Bordüren sind ein ganz besonderes Highlight.

Sandy said...

She is such a pretty Christmas angel and I do love those pearls!
Sandy