Winter Watcher Version 1

Greetings and Happy Tuesday! TTIC is off this week, so I wanted to bring you my very first card using Sweet Pea Stamps! They are Ching-Chou Kuik’s amazing artwork and ALL of these stamps are simply beautiful. The stamp I have is called Winter Watcher. And, being that I am a cat lover, this stamp is quite meaningful for me!

I kept the card itself simple, because I wanted the image to of course be the focus! And how could it not be??? It’s just gorgeous! I colored it in with my Spectracolor Pencils. And I quite like the end result!

Click on any of my photos to see them bigger!

I am especially happy with the cat’s eye and the cape. I used a cardstock with a lot of tooth this time, I wanted to give it a lot of texture, but my next version (which I already started) uses a stock that is much smoother. I hope to have it done tonight…

Now please head on over to the Sweet Pea Stamps Blog for some magical inspiration! You will be wowed!!!

Comments

Laura B said…

Beautiful! Great job on the coloring, the cape looks awesome!

hugs,
Laura

December 29, 2009 at 9:52 AM

Erica said…

WOW WOW WOW! This is beautiful. You have outdone yourself!

December 29, 2009 at 11:14 AM

Anonymous said…

this card most definitely rocks! you did a great job alison! hope you had a wonderful holiday and i wish you and your family a happy and healthy new year!

xoxo
sarabeth

December 29, 2009 at 7:22 PM

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