For my card, I colored up the adorable dragon from Sugar Pea Designs, after doing a bit of masking to add the birthday cake. Once I was finished coloring, I fussy cut the image out and colored the whole thing with clear Wink of Stella.
On my card base, I sponged Picked Raspberry and Carved Pumpkin inks over the Geometric Grid stencil by MFT, concentrating on the bottom left corner and fading it out towards the center of the card. I then stamped the sentiment in black ink and popped up my dragon with foam tape. I finished the card with some rainstones.
Thanks for visiting. This is a long weekend here in New Zealand as tomorrow is ANZAC Day. Hopefully I'll get some bonus stamping time in :)
Products used:
Stamps: Blow Me Away (SugarPea Designs)
Ink: Black Licorice Hybrid (MFT), Carved Pumpkin, Picked Raspberry Distress
Cardstock: White, X-Press It
Accessories: Geometric Grid Stencil (MFT), Copics, Wink of Stella, Rainstones (PTI)
Cheers
Karren
Edited to Add: This card was featured as a Sweet Find at SugarPea Designs! This card also got a shout out at Color Throwdown and Time Out
It is cute so much!! I like the dragon's theme.. I wish I had any rubber stamps of dragons to play with..
ReplyDeleteGood luck!!
I love the background you have created and the copic colouring is amazing! Such a sweet card.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely stunning Karren! Love the cute dragon, loads of yummy white space and your inky blending and copic colouring are spectacular! Thanks for sharing at less is more this week. Sarah x
ReplyDeleteWow, I love this card. Your colouring is faultless and the stencilling in those bright colours looks amazing.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing with us.
Anita x
Less is More
WOW, Karren, such a lot of challenges combined in one fabulous and very cute card!!!! I absolutely love that stencil you used and the bright colours are so lovely and cheerful!!! The little dragon is sooooooo sweet!!! Oh, I really like this a LOT!!!!!
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Hugz
Adorable! I love the dragon, and the background is absolutely perfect and really finishes the card well. Great LIM entry!
ReplyDeleteLove this little dragon, beautifully coloured. The background is really super too. xx
ReplyDeleteSuper CUTE!!!!
ReplyDeleteWhowda' thunk that sweet dragon would be the focus on the grid colored background!! Love it!! So glad you joined us at CTD!!
ReplyDeleteoh this is just so cute!!! love the way you inked up the background!!
ReplyDeleteThis is absolutely adorable, Karren! I love your stenciled background and the dragon is just too cute! You did an amazing job combining challenges, too!
ReplyDeleteSuch a cute little dragon, and so perfectly colored! Great fuzzy cutting job also.
ReplyDeleteSo cute!
ReplyDeleteYour card really stands out especially with the pink and orange background which I love. Great colouring on the cute dragon too.
ReplyDeleteKarren, this is such a fabulous card! LOVE your creative use of the colors on the BG grid! Thanks so much for joining us at Color Throwdown!
ReplyDeleteThis is just LUSH! Loving your background too
ReplyDeleteKathyk
That is so stinkin' cute. Love cute dinosaur, the humor and the fabulous color combo~
ReplyDeletebeautiful card - love it
ReplyDeleteFabulous! I love the ombré background and that sweet dragon! Thanks for playing along Seize The Birthday :)
ReplyDeleteThis is such a gorgeous card! I love the sweet image you've used and the background is awesome!
ReplyDeleteWow, this is such a fabulous card! Love the background so much and your colouring is awesome! Happy crafting, Maike
ReplyDeleteThis is so adorable!! Your coloring is exceptional and I love the bg and your color palette. Very fun card! Thanks for taking TIME OUT and joining our challenge!
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet mage, Karren and I love the inky background too! Great to see you at Less is More :)
ReplyDeletethis is so fun!!! thank you for playing along with us at simon says stamp wednesday challenge!
ReplyDeleteFabulous background which turned into a wonderful card! Thanks for joining us over at Seize the Birthday! It is always a pleasure having you in our gallery Karren!
ReplyDeletewell done on combining all those challenges, love the inking through the grid stencil and the image is too cute, well done!
ReplyDeleteWhat a stunner Karren! I particularly like the blending behind that oh so adorable little dragon. Great masking for the cake too.
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining us at Less is More.
Sharon xx
Your dragon looks great Karen, beautifully coloured. But for me that background steals the show - what awesome inking and blending, it looks amazing!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for joining us
Anne
"Less is More"
I love this card. Beautiful ink blending and such a cutie dragon. x
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely adorable.
ReplyDeleteThe stencil you selected with that ADORABLE! dragon make for one tremendous card!! You grabbed my eye in the Seize the Birthday gallery!!
ReplyDeletePatti
What amazing colouring!
ReplyDeleteThis is totally terrific and perfect for our challenge this week!
Thanks so much
Chrissie
"Less is More"
I love it when a card fits into so many challenges!! This is so fabulous and love that sweet little dragon. Your colouring is always perfection and I love how you stenciled the background colours. Its perfectly fussy cut too and I'm so happy you shared it with us at TIME OUT!!
ReplyDeleteWow! Came here from Time Out! This card is brilliant!! :)
ReplyDeleteSuchi xx
Congrats on your win at Time Out...well deserved with this fabulous card!!!
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