Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Peace on Earth

Isn't that a great wish?  Peace on earth?  I've been listening to a great song by Casting Crowns for the last couple of weeks.   Listen to I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day!  It touches my heart in a way I can't explain.  (Casting Crowns does an amazing job with a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.  Great song!  Anyway, that is what inspired this card.  Mo's has this great image Ragged Angel.  She is so sweet.


I colored this beauty with my Prismacolor pencils.  I'm pleased with her skin again and the colors.  I've used some colors I haven't used before and I like the vintage feel of them.


The papers are from MME.  I love their papers.  This collection is called Lost and Found.  I found mine at Hobby Lobby.  I used mine up, I'll be going back for more very soon, like this week!!  The back right panel is embossed with my Cuttlebug embossing folder "Snowflake".  I distressed all the edges by running them over my brown ink pad.  I added some twine, it has a rustic feel that I thought went well with this image and the papers.  The flowers are from Wild Orchid.  I just received a new order and I can't wait to play with them more.


I printed the words from the original poem and made a tag.  I think its a great size to be used as a bookmark. 


Here's the inside.


The top panel shows off the gorgeous design papers.  I printed all the sentiments from my computer.  I don't know what color I ended up using, but its somewhere between a brown and grey.  A little softer than black.  It goes with the image, the song and the feel I was going for.



Here's the writing panel.  I had to show off the companion for the design paper.


The back shows off the design paper and my custom stamp.

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

Cute Card Thursday - Anything
ABC Christmas - Anything
Pixie Cottage - Sketch
Papertake - Favorite Color
Ribbon Carousel - Twine
Digi Tuesday - Winter Wonderland

I guess that's about it.  Thanks for stopping by and taking a peek.

Blessings & Hugs

Michelle

8 comments:

  1. What a great card! Even the in side is pretty! Glad you joined us in Mo's Challenge.

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  2. Beautiful card!
    Many thanks for joining in the Cute Card Thursday Challenge this week!
    have a fabulous, crafty day, Debxx

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  3. Beautiful card! Thanks for playing the DTC this week!

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  4. Such a lovely card design! I'm so glad you could join in out challenge this week at Mo's!
    Hugs,
    Dorcas

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  5. This really is wonderful, Michelle! Great coloring on the image. Thanks for playing at Cooking It Up with Katie this time. Remember, you can enter a total of 3 times throughout the month of December. Merry Christmas.
    NanaConnie DT Chef

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  6. Beautiful card!
    Thanks for joining us at the ABC Christmas Challenge!
    Helen x

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  7. Lovely card! Thanks for playing at The Ribbon Carousel!

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  8. Oh this is beautiful!!!!!!Thanks for playing along with us at Ribbon Carousel!!!!

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