Downrightcrafty: Red and Green Must Not be seen at the Winter Wonderland

Good morning to you all in the land of blog

Today sees the beginning of the next challenge at the

Team Marianne are in the hot seat this week and the very talented Marianne herself has chosen this weeks theme of

Red and Green Must Not be Seen

With this theme I think it is really self explanatory and really could not wait to get started, as you all know by now I just have to make a Christmas card each week so I still follow along with the challenges even though our team is not working this week

We are sponsored this week by Stitchy Bear Stamp shop

So here is what I came up with

The base colour and contrast on this card is gold mirror card, the papers are in creams and beige but sorry cannot remember the make they are quite old. I have used the MS punch on both the back layer and the top for a layered look. The lace ribbon is threaded with some more gold ribbon with a bow tied in the middle.

The image has been coloured with copics using the

E43, E41 E40, E53, E51, E50, E11, E00 and E000

The puffy falling snow and the fluff on their jackets is liquid appliqué

Do pop over and see what lovely inspiration Team Marianne have created for you

I would like to welcome all my new followers and hope that they enjoy my creations. I wish all my entrants good luck in my candy, I have been struggling to comment on some sites. If you have not already joined my celebration candy you can do so here

I would also like to thank all my lovely visitors who take the time to leave such lovely comments you all are so wonderful, thank you :)

I would like to enter this creation into the following challenges
Moving Along with the Times - Christmas in July
House that Stamps Built - Christmas in July
Little Red Wagon - Christmas in July
Celebrate the Occasion - Christmas In July no red
Deep Ocean - Cards
Sweet Stamps - Christmas In July C10
Tuesday Throwdown - Christmas In July
Christmas Inspirations - Monochrome
CMC - colouring pleats or ruffles
Our Creative Corner - Christmas In July

Hugs and Enjoy the rest of your day
Kate
xx

28 comments:

Curly said...: Wow how gorgeous is this I love the colour theme, it really is one gorgeous card,
Hugs Bridget :0) x; 8 July 2011 at 09:34
Suzi Mac said...: Beautiful card Kate, love that image and your snow effect is fab, gorgeous colours fora Christmas Card.
Hugs
Suzi x; 8 July 2011 at 09:48
Lisa Jane said...: oh wow this is gorgeous .. love the image and the fluffy "fur" is fab as well the beautiful colour combo
Thanks for joining us at MAWTT this week
Lisa x; 8 July 2011 at 09:57
Hazel (Didos) said...: Ah this is super, what a great card,what a wonderful image its so cute, thanks for playing on MAWTT this week with our Festive Challenge, Hazelxox; 8 July 2011 at 11:34
McCrafty's Cards said...: Beautiful card Kate, this is one of my favorite images and I love the colours you have used.
Kevin xx; 8 July 2011 at 11:53
Adrian said...: OMG! They are so stinkin' cute! Thanks for playing @ CTO!; 8 July 2011 at 13:24
Marianne's Craftroom said...: You are so good playing along with our weeks as well as your own. This is gorgeous. Love the soft look to this card. Marianne x; 8 July 2011 at 19:10
Lynda said...: Beautiful card Kate - I love the rich gold and white combo.

Love Lynda xxx; 8 July 2011 at 20:09
Melissa said...: Very pretty, love the detail on the coats, you did a fantastic job on the challenge, thanks so much for joining CTO!; 8 July 2011 at 20:42
girlia said...: Adorable. Adorable. Adorable. Thanks for playing with us this week at CTO; 8 July 2011 at 20:55
coops said...: gorgeous card kate.i love the image and your colours and details are stunning ;D

xx coops xx; 8 July 2011 at 20:57
Linda said...: Hi Kate the colours you have used on this card look very elegant the card is just simply beautiful love Linda; 8 July 2011 at 23:03
Patricia St Martin said...: Kate, Love your little Eskimo's they are so cute and you did a wonderful job. The liquid applique' works so well for the snow and any fur parts. Very nice. Thanks for joining us at Color me Creative Challenge.
Hugs, Pat; 8 July 2011 at 23:42
Brook said...: Oh, I just love it! Wonderful card! Your colors and coloring are perfect and I love the liquid applique you added. Thanks for playing with us at the CMC Copic Challenge.; 9 July 2011 at 01:12
Iris Barbas said...: Hi, Kate!

Beautiful work as always!!

Hugs, Iris; 9 July 2011 at 03:02
Lucianna Dilsaver said...: I just love the Gold and all your details, really beautiful card! Thanks for joining us this week @ CTO :); 9 July 2011 at 22:03
DesignerDiva said...: This must be one of the sweetest images I've seen! Just beautiful

Thanks for sharing it with us at MAWTT and good luck with the challenge

Merry Christmas (lol)
Laurie xx; 10 July 2011 at 00:09
Sally said...: Love the image Kate and the great colours. Also love the effect of the fur trim on the Eskimos clothes.
Have a good day
Hugs Sally xxx; 10 July 2011 at 08:13
GiGi said...: WOW! This is SO PRETTY! I love the soft colors and the fur on the eskimos! Thanks for playing at CTO!; 10 July 2011 at 14:25
Tusia Lech said...: The "fur" is fantastic! Great card!; 10 July 2011 at 15:59
Arline said...: Ooh this has such a luxurious feel to it! Love the fur!x; 10 July 2011 at 21:24
Anonymous said...: Kate this is adorable..what a beautiful image, great job with the challenge.

thanks for playing with us at CTO..

Ivette_DT; 11 July 2011 at 00:26
ladyjanet_56 said...: Love the colours you have chosen for Kai the whole card is just so .... gorgeous. Janet; 11 July 2011 at 21:36
mamapez5 said...: I just love this image, and you have coloured it so well. A beautiful card. Kate x; 12 July 2011 at 23:24
Anonymous said...: Gorgeous card! Love the colours, so pretty! and love their fluffy bits te ehehehee :0); 13 July 2011 at 22:07
Aim said...: Wow... What a super sweet card -- Darling image, wonderful details, lovely design... :)

Thanks so much for sharing your talent at Celebrate The Occasion!! :)

Amy :) at www.lovetocrop.com
Celebrate The Occasion DTM; 18 July 2011 at 05:42
Minna said...: So beautiful! I love the image and colour combo you`ve made:) Thanks for joining us at Deep Ocean challenge:)
Hugs,Minna; 18 July 2011 at 08:07
Louise said...: Hi there:)

This is utterly amazing! Love it that you used non traditional chrissy colours! (great challenge ;)) Amazing with the gold toutch and the "3D" snow is an awesome detail :)
Stunning!

Thank you so much for joining us at the DOC this fortnight :)
Welcome back!
Hugs; 18 July 2011 at 18:20