Sunday, August 15, 2010

Clean & Simple Sketch 103

Yay! I have made the time do some creating today — and not sat looking blankly at my stamps wondering where to start (which seems to be happening a lot lately). The inspiration for this card came from the Clean & Simple sketch challenge.

I've had a few baby cards to make recently, all girls so far! For this card I pulled out my favourite baby stamp set Bundle of Joy. The images always look so cute when water coloured. I stamped the giraffe and bear in black Stazon ink on water colour paper. Once dry, I used my markers to apply some colour, then washed over it with an aqua painter. I gave the bear some buttons using couple of Pretty in Pink brads.
The sentiment is a stamp called Sweetness Unlimited which I inked up with pink and brown markers. Bundle of Joy is unfortunately a retired stamp set, but Sweetness Unlimited is in our new catalogue.

The colours are Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose and Chocolate Chip. I will have to try out a blue version some time (or maybe yellow)!

9 comments:

  1. I love this Shelly! The watercolouring is fabulous, as is the colour combo. I'm sure the receipient will love it! :)

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  2. What an adorable card...great coloring and the animals are so sweet...perfect baby card!

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  3. OMGosh, this is one of the SWEETEST baby cards! Love your take on the CAS sketch challenge - TFS

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  4. GORGEOUS! I love your coloring as well ;-)

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  5. This is just adorable!!! I can't stop looking at it...so, beautiful!

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  6. This is so perfect. I love the brads for the bears buttons. And I love the way you make the watercolour technique with the aqua painter sound so easy. (My aqua painter is on its way!)

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  7. This is so, so cute !! Great job !!

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  8. Terrific colouring! Love how you've shadowed those adorable images.

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