26 November 2012

Lucia 2012


Hi everyone, hope you had a lovely weekend. A card to share today with the gorgeous new special Lucia stamp, she's really sweet and just how I imagine Lucia would be. I've painted her with distress ink markers amd watercolour markers and painted in my own Christmas tree background.  


I used up a scrap of patterned paper for the background layer and DooHickey die cut flourish so I can't remeber the brand and I decorated with lots of stardust stickles, Magnolia gold berries, paper roses, lace, a wooden snowflake, pearl pen pearls, faux stitching and the peg letter stamps stamped sentiment 'rejoice'.

I'm entering my card into the challenge at Tilda's Town which is 'Anything Goes', Marvelous Magnolia's has a theme of 'Non-traditional colours - Christmas theme' and I'm hoping my mainly navy and cream colours will fit that. The challenge at Cute Card Thursday is 'girls only' so I'm entering that too.

31 comments:

Dena said...

Beautiful Chris! Always a piece of art!!! Love the pearl bits on the tree!!
Hugs, Dena

Sasha said...

Hi Chris,
Lucia looks gorgeous, and your hand painted tree is wonderful! Such a beautifully created Christmas card :) x

Carole Pillon said...

She is so cute and your coloring is still a really piece of art.

Lau W said...

Superb card Chris, your colouring is so fab !
xxx

Anita Houston The Artful Maven said...

You are an exceptional water color artist! Love the tree and fabulous shadow work! Gorgeous!

Sandy said...

So very pretty Chris -- Lucia is gorgeous but I am particularly fond of your Christmas tree. I cannot get the hang of those pearl pens to save my life and there you have a godzillion of them all perfectly done.
Sending heaps of good thoughts your way - Sandy

Paper Profusion said...

Ahh she is a sweetheart. Gorgeous card Chris and your painted tree is fabulous too! Love all the elements. Nicola x

Netty said...

So beautiful, x

Riet said...

What a beautiful card Chris.

Hugs Riet.xx

Jane said...

Oh Chris this is beautiful, your painting as always is superb!
Hugs
Jane

Céline said...

fab card, love your coloring
thanks for playing with us at tilda's town this week
hugs
céline

Julia Dunnit said...

Lovely job Chris, gorgeous colouring.

Fleur said...

Wow Chris an absolute work of art. Amazing!!!
Thanks for sharing with us Marvelous Magnolia, Good Luck
HUGZ Fleur xXx

Kjersti said...

Wow! A fanastic card Chris, and your coloring is stunning!
Sorry for not leaving comments for so long, but now I'll catch up with you:)
Have a nice week!
Hugs Kjersti:)

Julie said...

Wow Chris - this is awesome!! Your colouring skills are amazing and the tree is stunning!! Lovely to hear from you recently - all ok here, busy busy! Hugs, Juliexx

Tine said...

Another stunning card, Chris & I just love the colours of the tree.
Tine :)

Lou said...

Hi! oh this really is so gorgeous,amazing colouring and wow Chris that tree is just perfect- love too all the pretty sparkle/detail.
Hope you are well too,can't believe how Christmas is creeping up and loads to do lol!
Have a lovely week,hugs Lou.xxx

Brigitte said...

WOW Chris!!!!! This is absolutely AMAZING!!! Your work is always so wonderful! Thanks for joining us this week at Marvelous Magnolia and we hope to see you again next challenge. Hugs, Brigitte

Redanne said...

Hi Chris, you are a true genius when it comes to colouring. Lucia is gorgeous and your tree is just stunning. The whole card is stunning, I love it! Hugs, Anne x

Only By His Grace said...

Hi Chris!
Your Lucia is adorable and that Christmas tree sure has the wow factor. Gorgeous card.
Hugs maz

xxxtglxxx said...

Oh my this is beautiful! :) Stunning image, colouring and fabulous design too!

Thanks so much for joining us at Marvelous Magnolia this week,

hugs

xxalisonxx

Julie said...

Your card is amazing! I just adore your tree!

Hugs,
Julie

Riet Kamstra said...

Hi Chris, another masterpiece you publish here. Your coloring is unique and stunning and I love it! Lucia is one of my favorite Magnolia stamps this winter.

Hugs, Riet

Franz♥ said...

I've no other words for your fab painting Chris! Thanks for sharing an other masterpiece with us at Tilda's Town :)

Hugs, Fran.

June Nelson said...

Oh my word!!! just wait till I picks me jaw up off the bottom!!!!! Wow Chris this is so beatuiful, oh your so clever, that tree looks almost real me lovely, love it love it,big huggies June xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

~* Jay Jay *~ said...

Hi Chris! You are sooo very creative girl. I ♥ the Christmas tree in the background and of course your whole card :) Thanks for joining us at Tilda's Town Challenges this week.

Hugs,
Jay Jay

Delphine said...

Oooh... I am deeply in love... Just breathtaking, Chris!!! BIG hugs Delphine xx

My name is Wynneth said...

Your card is so beautiful, amazing colouring and I really love the Tilda and the fabulous tree. Thanks for playing along with us on Cute Card Thursday this week.
hugs
wynneth
x

Merry said...

Amazingly beautiful...love all the colouring detail.

Crafting Queen said...

Really beautiful card.

Faye said...

Wow, wow, wow! X