Thursday 8 January 2009

Cute Card Thursday......


Well good Afternoon Crafters!!!! LOL
I'm full of the joys today - unsure why really!! got up really early and got stuck in to my first card of the day, I think I feel like crafting!!! He He!! Mind you have faffed about a bit on it, not too happy with the colouring background but I'm getting there - maybe one day it will all look good!! If anybody hasn't seen Chris's fantastic colouring tutorial you really need to - it's brilliant!

Chris has inspired me no end to try different colouring! Click HERE to watch.

So this week over at CCT we have to use something we got at Xmas, I have used my new gorgeous green and gold ribbon - (mental note to get some more) that Santa (i.e. ME!!!) brought straight from the shop along the road!!

I have made a conscious effort to try and make my cards more simpler with cleaner edges etc, although I will still make the add a bit here and a bit there cards too!!

This little froggy I got from my lovely bloggy buddy Amanda - he is sooo cute and I loved colouring him. I used watercolours and coloured him very roughly and the background too then added glossy accents so he looks a bit wet but you can't see it in the photos. The flowers were coloured with Sakura pens. I then layered him on to Bazzill and added two embossed panels at the side . Two little brads to finish and Mr Froggy is done!!

14 comments:

Deb said...

fabulous card Dawn, love the frog and your new ribbon is gorgeous, the embossed background is perfect for the froggy theme.

Thank you for joining in the CCT challenge!

Rach said...

Dawn this is awesome. i really like the way that you have coloured your frog image and the background. you have done a fabulous job. hugs Rachxx

Diane.W. said...

Luv that frog!!!! Gorgeous colouring too :o)x

Carolyn Bounds said...

TOOOO Cute!!!! I am loving that little froggie:o)

Hugs!
Carolyn

Powerful Search Engine said...

Lovely froggie and i love the slight colouration of the embossed background. Pascale :)

Hazel (Didos) said...

Love the frog card, it looks great. I must go over to see Chris's colouring demo, Hazel xo

Heather said...

Delightful Dawn Love the colour you've chosen and brilliant work on your background - well done you.
I love that froggie - he looks like he's about to give his 'true love' some flowers and is both shy and embarrassed about it :-)
hugs Heather xx

cats whiskers said...

Think you have mastered thatpainting technique already looks fabulous to me
Hugs Jacqui x

scotspanda said...

WOW hun, love the way you have coloured in Mr Hoppity! I am going to check out that link, I need help with my colouring lol

Love that ribbon too........fab

lotsalove

Amanda xx

Allison said...

lovely card,cute frog
AllisonX

Erum Tasneem said...

Oh my! This is truly adorable! The embossed bgrnd goes so well with the frog!

Sam said...

Great card, love the way you have coloured the frog and the glossy effect.
Sam x

Mary said...

Wow! Great coloring!

mueppi said...

Oh... Dawn
I`m speekless!
What a wonderful card with such a cute image and fab colouring!
Hugs Gisela