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Friday, July 16, 2010

Michelle Perkett Sketch/color challenge#38

Hi ladies! I guess I'll start with the close-up since that's the order these came up in. This is for Michelle Perkett's Sketch/ color challenge. I've used this adorable image from Michelle called "Abby and Walter's Birthday Wishes". There's a link to Michelle's on my sidebar so you can visit her blog to see all the beautiful inspiration and artwork from Michelle and the fabulous DT. Okay...the whole picture! I cut Abby and Walter apart and resized them and the balloons for placement on the card. Walter is attached with dimensionals as he looks on at Abby's yummy cupcake. I used a big sequin behind the candle and blinged it up a bit with yellow stickles. She's having a "Bright Shiny Birthday"! I doodled two of the balloons with little flowers and polkadots just to change it up a bit. They are attached to SU gold cord which is glued behind Abby and tied to Walter's tail. The ballons themselves are attached with dimensionals. The coloring was done with copics and gel pens.

This is the sketch for the challenge. You could either do just the sketch "or" the colors (Turquoise, cream, sand,chocolate) or combine both. My entry is a combination of both.
DP...PTI.Chocolate Remix, S.U. Sweetpea Designer Series., and DCWV Retro Stack.
cardstock...S.U.
Two little gems...stash.


17 comments:

  1. Wow!! What a fabulous card!!! I love this. Going right into my folder of FAVORITE bookmarked cards!!!

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  2. Oh, this is beautiful. I just love how you've colored Abby and Walter and your balloons are great. Thanks for joining us at MPS.

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  3. OMG...this is so gorgeous. I love this color combination. So many great details and colored to perfection. Wicked awesome, as we say here in the northeast:)

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  4. Hi Kathy
    This card is drop dead gorgeous, the color combo is amazing, I love all the detail, and those balloons, great job!!

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  5. Oh My Gosh Kathy, this is absolutly amazing! I love the way you colored Abby and Walter. Thanks for playing along with us again this week.

    Hugs
    Pattie

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  6. Oh Kathy...I just love this!!! Amazing job on the coloring. Your such an inspiration. Hugs.

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  7. OMG, Kathy, this is amazing!! I love all the detail on her hair and her dress and balloons!! A beautiful entry!! Thank you for joining us the week, Kathy!!:)

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  8. WOW Kathy!! This is GORGEOUS! Well done on using both elements of the challenge. Your colouring is beautiful :)

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  9. Oh wow, what a gorgeous colouring, love how you've done her hair and the balloons!! Of course it's my favorite colour scheme as well - teal and gold - yum!
    Hugs
    Annika

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  10. Hello again!

    Another great card! I love this color combination and the layout is perfection! :<)

    Wishing you a wonderful week!

    Barbara Diane

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  11. Kathy your card is gorgeous! I love it!!

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  12. Hi Kathy
    This is so awesome!! I just love how you colored this stamp and put it all together with all the embllies. The extra ballons are just perfect....Great card
    Hugs Jean

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  13. Hi Kathy! this is GORGEOUS!! I love how you colored the image, and those papers are too yummy!!! great card!! Hugs!

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  14. Kathy, You won the challenge at Michelle Perkett Studio Challenge. Congratulations...

    Hugs
    Pattie

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  15. This card is absolutely beautiful! The color combo of blue and brown is my favorite! I can't stop looking at this card!

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  16. OK, I'll try this again...the last one disappeared on me!
    Congrats on winning the challenge! This card is absolutely fabulous! I love what you did with the balloons and how you showcased Abby...beautiful! Great work on matching the flowers on her dress to your DP and also to the balloons. Very detailed! Thanks for thinking of another use for that sunburst for the candle! Your bling is perfect as is your coloring of Walter. Fabulous all of the way!!!

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  17. Your card is so beautiful; I love the doodles on the balloons, the sequin behind the candle, the whole composition!!!

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