Hello Friends, How was your weekend?? Any thing exciting going on in your life??
I know that you all can really appreciate what it takes to make a card or a cover and you all understand the language. I feel blessed to share this with you. This fashionista is a cover girl…. actually…. she made the front cover of the Penny Black Catalog 2011.
I love working with this fashion gal and I LOVE her jacket and boots. I colored her with Copic markers & the XPress it paper. The texture on the pants was created by using the blending solution on a rag then dabbing it on the pants. The bow on her jacket was cut from the top of the present stack and added to the back of her jacket . ( I cut off the present stack and inserted the lantern) The lantern and the fashionista are original sizes.
And this is her cover debut and here’s the PDF. The other two lanterns were enlarged and I snipped off the lantern’s handle then added half of a paper clip for a more dimensional. The large harvest moon was a Spellbinder circle, distressed and stamped with this “Retro Pattern”.
My arm was pretty tired after distressing an entire 81/2×11 sheet of card stock..lol
A few days ago I mentioned that I use this transparent set all the time…do you believe me now?? The snowflakes were stamped in white ink on the background.
Thought you may be interested in the colors on the lanterns. The theme of the cover is “Take Light Where Ever You Go” I was up late one night putting the finishing touches on this cover. An old episode from Oprah was on and she was talking to Ellen. Oprah was telling Ellen how she’s such a happy person and that she takes light wherever she goes. BINGO!!!!!!!!!!! That was the perfect sentiment for the cover …. can you believe the timing?? What a compliment from Oprah. Really makes me think do I take light where I go?? What does this sentiment mean to you?? I would love to hear your thoughts. Thanks for letting me share this cover story with you. Hugs, Kathy
P.S. Here is a card I made with her and the present stack. This stamp is great for Birthdays too.
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Day 7. All Finished
New penny black is in stock!!
Mimi the mermaid in a fish bowl
What a gorgeous cover! TFS!!!
“Taking light wherever you go”, to me, means that I’m allowing Jesus’ love to shine through me w/every person I interact with. If I claim to be a Christian, then people should see His light in your life every single day. But that’s just my humble opinion… 🙂
Congratulations Kathy – this is a fabulous cover for the Penny Black catalogue.
Hugs, Clare x
she’s gorgeous, Kathy! congrats on your cover!
Wow Kathy, amazing artwork. Love what you created. Can imagine how long the distressing must have taken! Hugs to you.
stunning artwork. This will be an amazing cover. She can illuminate the world for others and bring light into their lives!
Amazing, just AMAZING, Kathy! No wonder this was chosen to be PB’s front cover!! 🙂
Gorgeous. You are an amazing artist!
Congratulations this is just amazing:) Sandra H
Kathy, congrats on a great cover. She illustrates how you take light where ever YOU go!! I was given that compliment recently and it made my day.
Gorgeous cover art, Kathy! Your post reminds me of the children’s song, “This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine”; we all have it, the key is letting it out!
Check out my blog to see how I’ve been spending the long holiday weekend.
blessings to you, sweet friend!
Fantastic post all around!
I love all your detail like the bow & switching the present into a lantern. As for the shading of the lantern – it just glows. The detail & thought you put into your creations is phenomenol. I wish I could just share how excited I get reading through your posts. Thank you so much.
Paula (PEP)
This is gorgeous! Congratulations on the cover! Your colouring is always amazing so the cover is so well deserved!! 🙂
I OWN the Christmas catalog and it truly is a work of art! No one else can do the cover like you. You not only “take the light”, but you share it with others. Love ya, K!
Too cute for words, love the colors and the design!
Hugs
Tammy Louise
Woow Kathy.. it’s definitely one of your masterpiece!! love love love the lighting colors and fabulous sentiment just comes up in a perfect time. I really love the message behind your card. It’s just like opening the fairytale book, each is always telling a story, awesome job Kathy! miss u! xoxo, Fika 🙂
HUGE congrats to you, You Cover Girl!!! How amazing is this cover….and the timing of Oprah’s sentiment came in while you created this beautiful masterpiece! I don’t think I intentionally “carry light” wherever I go, but I try to lift others’ spirit up with my actions and words (sometimes both) and that makes me happy. Love ya, bc!