Friday 7 January 2011

Fancy a game of Hide n Seek?

I am about to be well and truly whipped if Heady Ladybug Kerry reads the whole of my blog post ...

Do you fancy a game of Hide N Seek?

Little Jack does, and he is such a cutey, I have had him since he was released last year from Ladybug Crafts Ink, but no matter how many times I inked him up and coloured him, it just didn't look right!, so when Kerry asked us Ladybugs if we could make her some samples I set myself a challenge to do just that! I actually started this card just before Christmas but then my mean nasty OH made me clear the table so we could have Christmas dinner LOL

Soooooo

I chose the papers, made the layout, then inked up little Jack. I for the first time ever, managed to colour him in and actually like how I coloured him!


I took (a very blurry!) close up of the image, I have coloured him using a mix of promarkers and copics, then inked in blue around the edge of most of the circle and sponged the image to give it a sky effect. Then I used a green ink pad to edge the bottom of the image and sponged over the grass so it has a patchy feel. I have used glamour dust on the dandelion clock, the ladybird and the centres of the flowers.



I left the card without a sentiment, but went with a simple number 4 (sentimental numbers) which I stamped in the same Green ink as the grass and then edged again in green, I did slip a little so there is a small smudge but it adds to the effect! 

And do you know what .... I am actually quite proud of my effort ... but Shhhh don't tell anyone as they might think I have a tiny ounce of confidence! LOL 

I will be back tomorrow with a cutey little girl who like Jack has never been coloured, but I also used a new technique! yay go me! 

So there you have it, my first ever card using Hide and Seek Jack!

I'd like to enter this project into the following challenges:
Crafty Purple Frog - New
Creative Cottage - Something New
Bunny Zoe's - Sparkle & Shine
Woodware USA - Something New
Moving Along With The Times - Old/New
Sarah Hurley - New beginnings
M.A.W.T.T - Ring out the old, Ring in the new!

24 comments:

Kerry said...

LOL...it was worth the wait Tams! See...you do flabulous work :-D I love how you did the grass and me thinks a step by step tutorial is a must. Maybe for next week? Love this card and isn't the pp perfect! Love it!! xx

Lisa Jane said...

Its fabulous Tams - and the colouring is brilliant.
I love it!!
Does it meet our challenge theme at MAWTT - using OLD and new stash?
Lisa ;)

cowboydutrem said...

Nice! Love the owls paper, so great with this image!

K said...

WOW! all that hard work definately paid off :)

Sue U said...

Wow, fabulous card, great for a little boy. Love the papers and WOW, fab colouring of Jack :-) Sue xx

theboelemas@aol.com said...

Fab card Tams and I love that image. x

Pami said...

Fabulous Tams!! I love what you have done with the inking and colouring! Pami x

Angie - Bumble Bee's Craft Den said...

Lovely card Tams - those papers are gorgeous.

Karen said...

WOW Tams!!! thats stunning!! Your colouring is better than bought pre-coloured ones. Kerry's right, a tutorial is in order :) xxx

Addams said...

Lovely card, great image!

Nancy said...

So cute!! Thanks for playing with us this week at Woodware USA!

lindyloo said...

oohhh so cute love the layout you have used too thanks for joining us at the creative cottage hope to see you again linda x

Pami said...

Should have said earlier, thanks for sharing with us at MAWTT this week! Pami x

Sue said...

Hi ya
aww gorgeous card, super image, fab papers & design,thank you for joining us at The Creative Cottage this week, hope to see you next time, sue,x

dragonllew said...

Fab card love the image and the sponging looks great

Patsi said...

beautiful card, I love the image and the colouring. Thank you for joining us at Sarah Hurley this week. Patsi xx

Sarah said...

Gorgeous card Tams, what a fab image x

CT19720 said...

Great image, and perfectly coloured, love the papers and layout you have used x

Anita said...

It's perfect Tams! I love how you did the grass and your papers are perfect.

Rachel Hope said...

Awww, so cute!! Thanks for playing along with the Woodware USA "Something New" Challenge! :)

Brenda said...

What a cute card!! I hope to see you join us again at Sarah Hurley challenges!

craftygranny said...

beautiful card and what a fab image.

kaos said...

such a cute image! and a great card!

Thanks for sharing with us at the Crafty Purple Frog!

kaos

Unknown said...

gorgeous card! thanks for joining us at Sarah Hurley Challenges this week

Sarah x