Here Comes Elzybells

Sing it with me:

Here comes Elzybells...Here comes Elzybells...Right down Elzybells lane!!!

Isn't she just sooooooooo adorable! I know I said I didn't need more Christmas cards, but, this sweet image has been stamped for over a week now just waiting to be coloured, so I HAD to turn her into a card. 

My Be Merry paper from My Minds Eye was still on my desk so I used it again since the colours just seemed perfect. The sketch is from Jen del Muro's weekend Sketch For You To Try. This card ended up a little busier than I would have liked, but I needed to cover up a boo-boo. 

The image was stamped with Memento black onto Gina K pure luxury cardstock and coloured with copics. After it was all coloured I cut it out with nesties...then the boo-boo happened. The paper moved while I was running it through my big shot during the 'embossing' cycle and it ended up all askew. 

I had to hand trim all around the nestie to get rid of most of the evidence, then I cut another nestie (the same size) of pomegranate as a layer. 

I could still see some of my boo-boo around the edges of the white so I decided to zig-zag around the image with my Sew Mini (it's been a little neglected lately anyway). The sewing pretty much covered up the rest of the boo-boo, as long as you don't look too close. LOL!

I finished off the image with some liquid applique on her hat, coat and boots for that 'faux fur' look. I also put a good helping of diamond dust on the snow line for some sparkle. 

I ended up sewing around the other panels on the card too (that's where the busier than I would have liked came in). The solid colours are the same as yesterday's card, Pink Pirouette, Purely Pomegranate, Wild Wasabi. 

Hopefully Elzy will bring a sleigh full of goodies to you too!

Thanks for stopping by!

Karen