Featured Creation by Teresa

It's November 1st already!  Hope everyone had a safe & fun Halloween.  Since it's the Day of the Dead celebration time in Mexico, I'd feature a beautiful card by Teresa Morgan to get in the mood today.

Isn't she gorgeous?  I love how the bright pastel tones of pink, blue, and green, grounded by the purple and black.  The final look is an elegant mystery with contrast of youthfulness and maturity, life and death, light and dark...   You can read more about, and see more picks of, this lovely creation by Teresa on her blog post right here.

Teresa's beautiful card features the Las Calaveras digital stamp, which you can find here on Etsy and here at my web site.  This beauty comes in at 1800 x 2400 pixels, that's 6 x 8 inches or 15.2 x 20.3 cm at 300 dpi in JPG.

Teresa receives a digi of her choice and a custom blog badge with today's date for being the featured crafter today.  I am open for submissions of your work with AW digi or rubber stamp images anytime throughout the year.  Feel free to add your photos to the special album at our FB group HERE.

We're coming to a close of our ATG challenge at Aurora Wings Challenge.  Challenge will end at 11:55 pm EDT US Saturday, Nov. 5 (3:59 am GMT, Sunday, Nov. 6). Still time to join!

And we have a new monthly contest at our FB group.   November's theme is "Nature's Bounty" - basically anything inspired by food - veggies, fruits, baked goodies, holiday food - and their shapes, colors, aromas, etc.  Lots of possibilities.  Feel free to interpret the theme in your own, creative way.  Thinking outside of the box can give you a big payoff!

Featured Creation by Teresa

Hi, everyone!  Hope you enjoyed last weekend's double new release here at AWSB!  This week, we are back with a new Crafter Feature for this lovely Tuesday.

Well, day by day, in the northern hemisphere, we are feeling the temperature cool off more and more, and seeing leaves turning reds and yellows even at lower elevations.  In my garden, the show is now left to the chrysanthemums and cosmos flowers after all the summer-blooming plants have stopped blooming.  There are a few last roses, but Mother Nature is getting ready for the winter slumber!  I love gardening and I love flowers, so I'm sad to see the flowers go...

So today, it was Teresa Morgan's beautiful card that caught my attention.  Her card features the 'Petals in the Wind' image, and the fairy does look as if she's being blown by the winds and about to disappear into the mist of autumn.

Isn't it lovely?  I love the soft pastel colors throughout, and also her loose approach to coloring that is perfectly in keeping with the line art style here.  It's amazing how kraft paper (and other toned papers) can give such a distinct and beautiful look to a coloring.  You can read her blog post and see more pics of this project at this link.

"Petals in the Wind" is available at AW Etsy and at AW web shop.  It comes in JPG at 2100 x 1500 pixels (7 x 5/17.8 x 12.7 cm at 300 dpi).  With so many color possibilities, this image has a wonderfully versatile style for many occasions and seasons.

We just kicked off a brand new, fun color challenge that is perfect for Halloween, at Aurora Wings Challenge Blog yesterday.  Each new challenge usually runs for 2 weeks (I say "usually" because it sometimes goes for 3 weeks when a month has five Mondays.),  so you still have lots of time to create a colorful project to join us. We'd love to see you there!

I would also like to remind you that our monthly FB group contest for October just started on Saturday.  Over at the group, our theme is "Pink Ribbon" in honor of the Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  We'd like everyone to come out in support of our mothers, grandmothers, sisters, aunts, nieces, and friends, who have been affected by breast cancer ... and of course, fighters and survivors!

And one last thing.  Have you seen the new gift-with-purchase Sprite?  The Autumn Sprite is still being offered as a gift with purchase through Sunday, Oct. 9!

In order to qualify for this offer, please make sure that your FINAL total, after you apply the discount code (if choose to use any), comes up to $10 USD or more.  That's all!  The rest is handled automatically -- your GWP digi will be sent to your email that is on the record within 24 hours. (Most cases will not take that long.)

Featured Creation by Teresa

Hi, everyone!  Welcome to another crafter feature post here at the AuroraWings Showcase Blog!  We've been seeing a lot of snow lately, and even here in the desert west of the Rockies where I live, we finally had our first little bit of snow. :D  Luckily for me, it was one of these light dustings that make everything look pretty, but melts away before noon and driving is not a problem.

In the mood for the beauty of snow, this creation by Teresa Morgan (She's a regular here in Crafter Features, and has recently guested at the AW Challenge Blog.), using the "Snow Queen" digi, called out to me today. :D

Isn't this a lovely card?  I love the balance between beautifully colored image with lots of details and the CAS design on the rest of the card.  The lace to the left echoes all the details in the image just enough.  The main image, printed on a colored stock (kraft), is a perfect base for highlighting, and the resulting image is magical.  Her pale, flawless skin, icy blue hair, and the fur coat all look so magical!  You can read more about this beautiful creation in right here in her blog.

"Snow Queen" is available as a 300 dpi JPG digi, 7" x 5"/ 17.8 x 12.7 cm (2100 x 1500 pixels) at AW Etsy shop here and at the AW web shop here.  The original illustration was inspired by the famous fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen - one of my childhood favorites.  The digi version is formatted for greeting cards, but the original version had a little more details, under her, of roses and bees (references that those familiar with the story will pick up, no doubt  ^_^).

On Friday, we have our last DT showcase of 2014, of a new release digi, coming up.  I say the last of the year 2014, because we'll be back in January 2015 with more showcases, but the Showcase DT will go on a Christmas holiday for the month. :D  I will continue to post crafter showcase and toss in some coupon codes, so please keep checking back. ;)  Meanwhile, here's the "Choose Your Code" offer that's good through the end of this month.

As always, these codes are for digi purchases ONLY.  Please separate your transactions if you wish to buy coloring books and other physical items that require shipping.   This offer is good at both of my shop locations.  Just a reminder: If you're using the AW web shop at the www.AuroraWings.com site, please know that your download link will only stay active for 24 hours after transaction.  So be sure to shop when you're ready to download right afterwards.

Featured Creation by Teresa

Hi, everyone!  Glad you can stop by to check out a new crafter feature today.  I had to take a break all of last week due to bronchitis (no fun...).  Things pretty much came to a screeching halt. ^^;  I'm happy to be back on track and bringing more features.

Today, we have a stunning... STUNNING creation by Teresa Morgan.  Not only this one features one of my favorite digi "Lily, Lily" (Well, that's the original title of the work... The listing of the digi version probably has a long descriptive title that's different.) , I love the way she colored the image with transparent colors and with lots of white left to create a beautifully dreamy vision.

Isn't it stunning?  So feminine and exquisite.  Just gorgeous all the way around!  This was quite a personal make for Teresa for a good friend of hers.  You can read more about the back story on her blog here.

The digi she used in the project seen here is "Woman with Masqurade Mask in Lily Garden" (I told you it has a long descriptive title on Etsy..., but originally titled "Lily, Lily".)  This one comes a little larger at 6" x 7" or 15.2 x 17.8 cm (1800 x 2100 pixels at 300 dpi JPG) to make it easier to work on all the fine details.  Available at AW Etsy shop here and at the AW web shop here .

Hope you enjoyed checking out Teresa's beautiful creation today.  Till next time, happy coloring!