Monday, October 11, 2010

I was in a primary colour mood last night and so created a bright, cheerful birthday card that I can keep handy for my son to use for one of his friends.
The first step was colouring the birthday bear (such a cutie from Doodle Dragon Studios) with Copics, then adding some Glossy Accents to the letters and balloons. I printed off a second image so that I could cut out the box and front balloons and pop them up for extra dimension.

I chose the current sketch challenge from Midnight Madness for my card design:

I challenged myself to use no design paper - instead I took plain cardstock and dug through my (too large) collection of embossing folders. Then I added a border punched with a Martha Stewart border punch. Finally, I created 2 embellishments by cutting one column of loops (cut with the border punch) and adding a brad in the centre. The final result is a bright, fun card with lots of energy.

Challenges:
Midnight Madness - sketch
Creative Belli Blog - numbers (I dug out an embossing folder of numbers for the bottom left panel)
Fab n Funky - use a digi image
Stamp Something - something punchy (border punch used for 2 borders and embellishments)
Create 4 Fun - use a digi image
Doodle Dragon Studio - masculine (birthday card for a boy)
Pile It On - 3 things (used 3 embossing folders)
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10 comments:

  1. marshaOctober 11, 2010 at 5:34 PM

    This is just adorable! I love the image and the bright primary colors. Thanks for joining us for this week's Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge and I hope you will come back and play again with us next week!
    Hugs,
    Marsha
    MMDT-GD

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  2. GinnyOctober 11, 2010 at 7:03 PM

    too cute, love all the embossing, thanks for joining us at DDS

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  3. Lovely LindaOctober 11, 2010 at 7:25 PM

    Awww shelley - this is delighful! I love that image and your fun bright colours! What a great take ont his weeks sketch! I am loving this!! Thanks for joining us at the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge this week - we appreciate your support! {{{hugs}}}
    Linda MMSC Design Team

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  4. Maria MatterOctober 12, 2010 at 9:39 AM

    adorable Shelley, love the colorful background!
    Thanks for playing with us @ Creative Belli!
    hugs & blessings!

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  5. joyOctober 12, 2010 at 4:14 PM

    Great job - love the emobossing numbers! Thanks for participating in the Creative Belli Challenge.

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  6. Emma HOctober 12, 2010 at 6:42 PM

    Great card, thanks for playing along with Fab N Funky!

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  7. AnnikaOctober 13, 2010 at 1:09 PM

    What fun, happy colours and cute image!!
    Thank you for joining in our Something Punchy theme at Stamp Something this week and good luck!
    Hugs
    Annika

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  8. Tee McNeil ArtOctober 13, 2010 at 6:41 PM

    Very cute! Love the bright colors!

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  9. AnnaOctober 15, 2010 at 2:32 PM

    Adorable! Thanks for joining us at Pile It On.

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  10. Lelia PierceOctober 17, 2010 at 8:53 AM

    Very cute! Thanks for playing along with us at Doodle Dragon Studios!

    XXX

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