Monday, 13 April 2009

Pink Elephant Day...

Time for a colour challenge at the Pink Elephant Challenge Blog and our chosen colours are...

Pink - Pale green and Pale yellow - a stunning combination.

This week we have been sponsored by the Greeting Farm and each member of the DT have used one of the Greeting Farm's digi stamps in their designs for the challenge. I've only discoverd these digi stamps recently and oh my I really love them.

My card features Dorothy and her little Scottie dog - isn't she cute? I coloured her with my Promarkers and I must say the very thick black lines on the digi stamp made colouring the image very easy for a Promarker beginner like me. I need more colours ASAP - particulary a yellow and a pale green as the green on her dress was too dark really for my liking, but ah well they can go on my wish list!!

Using digi stamps also means that you can play around with the size of your image, which (apart from using shrink plastic) is something you can't really do with rubber stamps. I used the image to create simple, but pretty inner for my card.


The inner is actually a double layer - one layer of pink with a punched border and one layer with a computer generated sentiment and the digi stamp reduced in size to adorn both corners.

The ABC challenge has reached the letter I and the theme is 'inners' so my card is also for their challenge. I can't believe they have reached 'I' already. I am determined to do all the letters this time - wonder what we will be given for 'J'?

19 comments:

Anne said...

What a lovely card Ann, it so clean and fresh. xx

Max said...

Very pretty combination of colours and a sweet result which looks very professional with the fancy inserts.

Luv'n'Stuff
Max
xx

Jane (Carroll's Creations) said...

great job

thanks for joining us this week on ABC :)

Hugs Jane x

Jen said...

This is gorgeous, I love the soft colours.
Thanks for joining the ABC challenge this week.
Jen x

Angela said...

Such a sweet card, and lovely coloring of the image...aren't the TGF images so cute...

Beryl said...

Oh great card and I didn't even think of resizing digi stamps. What a walley. Thanks for the tip.
Beryl xx

Trudi said...

So cute Ann, weren't these fun to play with! You did an awesome coloring job!

Sue said...

Oh isn't Dorothy cute , thank you for discovering these I will definitely check these out. The card you have made is gorgeous, love those colours.

~Lori Roop said...

Ann, this is sweetness! Adorable!

Unknown said...

Oh, I love your Dorothy & Toto, Ann. So cute! We've settled in quite well :) Thanks!

Cathy said...

Cute card - love the colour combo and great inside.
Thank you for joining in the ABC challenge this week.
Cathy xx

Helen said...

Fab card - such pretty colours!
Thanks for joining us at the ABC Challenge this week!
Helen x

Gayle Page-Robak said...

Absolutely gorgeous, Ann...what a beautiful card!

Anonymous said...

Lovely card Ann
Ann x

Irene said...

Hello Ann

A gorgeous card, I love the insert.

luv
irene
xxxx

Anonymous said...

Super card. Thanks for joining in the ABC challenge this week.

Anonymous said...

Thats really cute love the card that little dog is so cute too! :0)

Robin said...

This card is so sweet!! I think you colored Dorothy Anya and Toto beautifully! I would never have guessed you were a Promarker beginner! I love how you did the inside of the card too!

Anonymous said...

I love your card the subtle colours look gorgeous together.

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