Tuesday, February 07, 2012

Smile for the Camera!

Today's card shows off CC Designs sweet little Swiss Pixie Camera Birgitta. ain't she cute?!!
  
I've used a digistamp, but they are available as rubber too, for those that prefer.  Fab'nFunky challenges have "Use a Digi" for their challenge this time... I'm in, easy for me I LOVE digis!  Lisa has a little challenge running encouraging us to use our uninked or unused digis, so I'm entering (finally, Lisa!) over at Waste Not Wednesdays
Sketch 'n' Stash have a Free Choice Sketch challenge running at the moment, where you can choose any sketch from their catalogue... I chose this one: 
Sugar Creek Hollow has "Vacation at the Beach" as its challenge this week, I hope my card is shabby-chic/primitive enough to qualify, as it was when I saw their theme I remembered having this image :-)  
I've used my Copics for the skin and Prismacolor pencils to colour the rest of the image, actually I coloured it months ago when I was away on holiday, and just got around to using it.  I added gloss to the sunglasses and the camera lens.
The papers are from Basic Grey's Lauderdale pad, The Crafty Pad wants us to use Fresh Spring Colours, this sure qualifies, so I'm entering there.  The textured cardstock is from DCWV.... I think.  I punched the horizontal strip with an EK Success Slimline Daisy Scallop punch.  The image panel is cut with a Classic Oval Nestabilities die, the mat is cut with a Scalloped Oval Nestie.
I finished the card off with some little butterfly brads that I recoloured with Copics then added some glitter to, some Card Candi and a little gel "Smile" sticker tag that I've had for YEARS!
The inside of the card uses elements from the front... don't they always, lol.
Divas By Design have Anything Goes, as does Allsorts Challenges and Papertake Weekly, so I'm entering those challenges.
That's it for today's card, you can always see loads of inspiration at the All That Scraps Blog, I'll be back in a day or so (aiming for tomorrow, but you know how it goes!) with the card I made for our friend Dave's birthday last Friday - it's cute too, but in a completely different way than young Birgitta here, lol.  Hope you drop by to check it out, until then, Happy Crafting, Donna

14 comments:

catherine said...

Beautiful card and such lovely colours. The image is gorgeous
x catherine

Margreet said...

Stunning card with great coloring....thanks for joining the Divas...hope to see you next week again!
xxx Margreet

~@ngie~ said...

awwwwwww this is gorgeous.... I love the image & the way you've coloured her hair... infact I love your colouring technique too... the papers etc are all perfectly matched :)

Thanx for joining in with us over at Sketch N Stash... Good Luck :)

Hugz Angie xXx

CraftyC said...

Your card is beautiful Donna, the colours are gorgeous!
Clairexx

Fleur said...

Gorgeous card, love the image and colours
Thank you so much for entering our FREE & EASY challenge at ALLSORTS this week, good luck & hope you’ll join us again!
Hugz Fleur xXx

Wishcraft said...

Ooh love it, she's SO cute! Fab colouring too, and I love the colours you've used. Thanks for keeping me company on my little challenge hun :o) Lisa x

Chrissie said...

An adorable card and I love the 'summery' papers too (just what I need as we have about 5 inches of snow here at the moment)
Thanks for joining in with Sketch N Stash.
lol Chrissie xx

Debbie said...

Aww what a lovely card, super sweet image and great colouring. :)
Thanks for sharing with us at The Crafty Pad challenge this week. :)
We have a DT call out too if you would be interested :)

Debbiexx

Payne Holler Cards said...

it's adorable! love these colors!
thanks for thinking of us and playing at Sugar Creek Hollow (-:

febe said...

Lovely color combo and an adorable image on this beautiful card. Awesome!

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Patti P. said...

I love your lace flower border and the butterflies with this adorable image. Beautiful inside, love doing that!
So happy to see you at Sugar Creek Hollow, tfs.

Patti SCH/DT

~♥~The Navy Wife~♥~ said...

Oh look at this darling! And those 2 cute butterflies are just gorgeous! Thank you so much for sharing and playing along in the Spring Colors challenge at The Crafty Pad this week. We also have a DT call on the moment if you are interested in applying :)

Anonymous said...

Absolutely gorgeous Donna! Love the image, papers and layout. Thanks for playing along with us at Papertake Weekly this week and good luck!
x

Andie's Space said...

Hi Donna,
What a gorgeous little cutie. I love your colouring & your perfect choice of papers. This looks wonderful. Thanks for joining us at Sketch N Stash.
Hugs,
Andie xx