Sunday, November 1, 2009

High Hopes challenge 51 ~ snowflakes

Good morning everyone, & happy Sunday!! I'm so glad I was able to join in this week's High Hopes challenge .....to use SNOWFLAKES!! Funny thing is, I made & posted Friday's card before I ever even looked at today's challenge. Well, darn it all anyway, that card would have worked perfectly, lol!! That'll teach me to look at the challenge at the beginning of the week, rather than the day before!!




So I did another card! After finding this Basic Grey paper in my stash (from the Mistletoe & Pear pad, a limited collection from last year that I believe was only available from Michael's), I decided to use the beautiful Herald Angel. She's colored with Prismas & gamsol, with LOTS of glitter on her wings & horn. I cut her out using the Nesties Labels 2 dies. Did some stitching....added some ribbon to cover up the lousy stitching....& added the snowflake in the corner. The bottom 2 layers of flake were made with the Nesties snowflake dies....& the top blue layer was punched with the Martha Stewart Arctic snowflake punch. I then sprayed the whole flake with Iridescent Gold Glimmer Mist.

****sorry for the bad pics......still trying to get used to my "new" (old) camera****




Hopefully you can see the glitter in this picture.....




...and the gold Glimmer Mist in this one.....the snowflake is sparkly pretty, just like a real one. Ok, so most real snowflakes aren't green & blue, but they do sparkle!!


Be sure to check out the challenge & the other Divas creations on the High Hopes blog. If you make a challenge card, be sure to link it in the comments section so you can be eligible to win a High Hopes goodie!!





Here's a picture of my goofy kids yesterday before we went Trick or Treating. Matthew is supposed to be Mickey Mantle....that's who he had to dress up as for school on Wednesday so I guess it was good enough to go T or T'ing. Half his costume is missing, but I told him that was fine because we had to wear our winter coats & hats!!! Oh my freezing goodness, it was cold! I'm glad ours was during the day...most of the communities around here had theirs at night. There was not enough hot chocolate in the whole town to warm us up when we got home!! But they had fun! And I hope you did too!! Can you believe it's November now???? And so the crazy holiday season begins........

Have a great Sunday.......I will be back later to pick a BLOG CANDY winner!!!!

15 comments:

Tracey said...

A gorgeous card Michelle!! Love it!!

Your kids look great! It was a little cold last night but we made it through here too! xx

Jeanette said...

This is just gorgeous Michelle! I love your fabulous coloring and the glitter! Such an "angelic" card!
Hugs Jeanette :)

Tara said...

Such a gorgeous card Michelle, the image is adorable and now that I've seen that wonderful snowflake I just NEED the dies, lol!!
Hugs Tara xx

Nikki Fairbairn said...

Stunning card Michelle, Your colouring is fabulous and love the sparkles, Love your snowflakes and stitching detail, Hope your having a great Sunday, Hugs, Nikki x

6 wacky women said...

Gorgeous card, Michelle.
I just love the colours and all the glitter. So beautiful!!

Karen x

Denise Marzec said...

Oh my, another GORGEOUS card! Love those papers and your amazing coloring.

Thanks for sharing the pic of your kiddos, too!

Sheila said...

Love the card, Michelle. The colors, the sparkle, everything's beautiful.
Cute Halloween pics - we too had a cold but fun time - made the hot chocolate even better.

Ila said...

I love this Gorgeous card!!..pretty papers...snowflake and Super Cute Angel!!
The boys looks Spooktacular!!..we started getting snow in the afternoon...everything was white by evening...but it has just about all melted today...Yay!!...Hugs, Ila

Candy said...

Hi Michelle,
You have created another wonderful card! Love all the sparkle :o) She is very pretty.
Hugs, Candy

Jocelyn aka JoBear2 on My SCS Gallery said...

Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous Michelle! Love the stitching, the colours and all that sparkle & glimmeriness (is that a word? Well, it is now!!)- just so beautiful. Love that High Hopes Angel - have to get that one for sure!
P.S. The photos look great to me and I can see all the detail really well.

Jacqui - Crafty Cardz - The Freebie Gatherers said...

I think your card is just beautiful.. well done.. you have some wonderful cards xx

Dianne said...

What gorgeous colors!!! If there was any bad sewing, which I doubt, you've covered it up really well :) I think I NEED those snowflake dies!!! Kids look adorable...
Dianne

Karen J. said...

So beautiful!!!! Love the stamp and how you used soft coloring and of course the glitter. Amazing...

Cheryl said...

Your angel is lovely and your boys are handsome!

mycardz said...

There you go again! More colored snowflakes!! I love em. Definitely will be trying this! I love your card. Your coloring is so awesome, the blues are sooo pretty! Love these stamps too. And, I definitely agree...too little $$$$!! :)

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