Sunday 5 January 2014

A Heart Filled Warning

Greetings. Today us guildys spent the day putting away all the winter festival decorations that were once adorning the Guild Hall. I was busy in the lower storage caverns rearranging things so we could fit more crates in when a flash of pink caught my eye. I held my candle up and spotted the source - two tiny love sprites were playing tag in the storage cavern. These creatures don’t usually appear until closer to the Festival of Hearts, so it was odd they would let themselves be seen this early.

This card was created for the Just Some Lines January Challenge that is happening now. Our new theme this month is Favourite Colour Combo. I chose to use pink and brown as I love how these two colours look together.

I started this CAS card by colouring the Just Some Lines “Emo Alek and Amber - I’ll Catch You” image using Prismacolor pencils. I left the pencil unblended this time for a more sketchy look. I then used the brand spanking new Tim Holtz Bubbles stencil that my lord husband gifted to me during the Winter Festival to create the background (he also got me Worn Lipstick Distress Ink, which was the pink colour I used). This earned me +100 polka dot exp points. Last I stamped the sentiment which is a Unity stamp.

On the inside I used the Bubbles stencil again and stamped the sentiment using the Lawn Fawn “My Silly Valentine” set.

Of course I had to make the envelope match so it got the Bubble stencil treatment as well.

This card will string itself up in the following challenges:

The two flittering creatures noticed me staring at them and stopped their game.
“Darkness descends. The Festival of Hearts is in danger. Beware, Guild Master,” the female one breathed. And with that, the two sprites disappeared. What a way to begin the next trip around the sun.

~ Guild Master Crystal ~

18 comments:

Marjo said...

Super cute card! Thanks for joining us at Simply Create Too
Hugz Marjo

Anonymous said...

oh this is such an adorable Valentine card!! Love all the spots! Thanks for playing along with us at DRS Designs!

wannabcre8tive said...

This is so adorable. I love pink and brown together. I like the use of the bubble stencil. It looks great. Thanks, for joining us in the Speedy TV Inspirational challenge.

DianeMoneyGoolsby said...

Hi, Crystal: cute card. Thanks for entering our Challenge #52 - "Anything Goes"

Diane
Simply Create Too Design Team Member
http://DianesDigitalDesigns.blogspot.com

Ingrid Mason said...

A CAS card with a Big message ....so perfect for that special Valentine. Your colours are gorgeous and the cute image and sentiment work so very well together Crystal. Good luck in our extended challenge. Ingrid xx ( OSAAT Team )

Hazel said...

A really cute image and super card. Thank you so much for joining us at OSAAT. Hazel x

crafty-stamper said...

cute card and image as Creme eggs and hot cross buns are on sale why not the love sprites appearing early ?-thanks for joining us at OSAAT
Carol DT x

Lola said...

Brown and pink is one of my favorite combos too! And these two are so cute in your CAS style! Thanks for sharing with us this week at Catch the Bug!

heidy said...

What a lovely card ,thanks for joining CCT this week!
Hugs Heidy

Gail said...

Thank you for entering the MFP challenge using a stencil -

Gail said...

HI Crystal - I prefer to send these type of comments through an email but I cannot find your email on your blog I wanted to let you know that the rule for entering any Marks Finest Paper challenge are a different creation for each challenge [up to 5 uploads per challenge] - in other words your lovely card here can only be entered in one of the challenges and not multiple challenges offered at MFPaHC - have a lovely day.

nwilliams6 said...

What a precious image! Love the extra cool bg you did on this! Thanks for joining is in the MFPSpeedyTV Inspiration Challenge!

Tracey said...

Such an adorable card! I like using pink and brown together too. It works so well. Thanks for playing along with us this week at OSAAT, hope to see you back again soon.
Hugs, Tracey (DT)

maria f. said...

Such a fun card - and perfect for the inspiration photo - Thanks for joining the fun at Simply Create Too!

Min said...

Super cute!

stampingbowd said...

Awww! Super cute! love your stenciled dots! Thanks for playing along with Speedy Fox & Friends challenge!

Debs said...

Super cute card - sweet image and I love the bubble background.
Thanks for playing along at AGOAC this time.
Good luck.
Debs xx

Sue said...

A very cute card. Thanks for joining us at One Crazy Stamper this month.

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