Hello everyone. Yesterday (and the day before) we had some really gloomy
weather and I decided to "hide" in my craft room for a little bit and I made a
card for the Double Trouble challenge. Along with their regular challenge, their "twisted sister" asked for pigs and I thought why not dust
of one of my cute pig stamps and make a card? I've had this stamp for a few
years now but only used once before.
For Double Trouble's main challenge they are asking for (at least) 3 layers, 2
colors from their wheel (I chose Magenta and Teal) and one image. Plus Use
something old instead of new.
The little Pig is a stamp by Penny Black, Piggy Love 2549K. This stamp
is no longer available but occasionally will show up on eBay or Etsy. That's
how I found mine a few years ago :) I used Versafine Onyx for stamping and Faber Castell Polychromos
pencils for coloring. It's been fussy cut to add to the sketch. On the
background I used an inky paper I found in my box of extra backgrounds where I had used a
coordinating ink. I decided to add some stamping to this background using a My
Favorite Things Birthday background stamp. The tiny "Happy Birthday" is from a
mini greetings set also from My Favorite Things (both no longer available as
the company went out of business).
I found the stars in my box of die cut pieces (this particular star die is an
oldie from Whimsy Stamps). They were a great matching color too so decided to
add them. Two enamel dots finish off the card. Oh, and the card front behind
the image panel was embossed using a cuttlebug folder which I've had for a
very long time. I think I did really well using old things :)
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I don't usually follow sketch challenges much anymore as I prefer simple
designs and not too many layers but this one seemed simple enough. Linked
below.
Challenges I'd like to share with:
- Can You Handle the Pressure - Embossing Folders
- Cardz 4 Galz - Embossing
- Craft Rocket Challenges - No Designer Paper
- Crafty Animals - Animals
- Crafty Gals Corner - AG Opt. Hearts
- Cut It Up - Birthday and at least one die cut
- Double Trouble Challenge -3,2,1 Recipe with something old and a pig
- Heart's Quest Celebration of Love - Birthdays etc.
- Krafty Chicks - Birthday
- Little Red Wagon - Animals
- Paper Rock Scissors - Paper and/or scissors (I used both)
- Paper Shelter - Embossing
- Pattie's Creations - AG
- Penny Black Saturday Challenge - PB stamps
- Simon Says Stamp - Cute
- Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Make your own background
- The Paper Funday - AG
- Try a Sketch On Tuesday - sketch
Thanks so much for visiting!
20 comments:
Love your cute little flying piggy and fabulous colouring.. Thank you so much for joining in with our challenge at Little Red Wagon, hope you will play again..
Luv CHRISSYxx
Adorable 😍
Such a cute card! I love the colors.
OMG how cute is this and excellent coloring! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Can You Handle the Pressure challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.
Darlene
DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS
Can You Handle the Pressure Co-Owner
Great card Ellie, what an adorable pig!
Liz xx
Very fun and cute card Ellie, and great colour combo xx
I love how that little pig is almost floating up towards the sky with his balloons. Its a good design and your colour choices are lovely as is the background embossed layer. Thanks for sharing at Double Trouble.
Love this colour combo it makes for a really modern feel to the card. I've never seen that PB before!
OH what a cutie!!! Thanks so much for participating in our PAPER ROCKS SCISSORS challenge!!! I appreciate that you play along and I enjoy visiting your blog!! Have a happy crafty day!! Deanne at A Little Bit O’ Paper
Who says pigs can't fly, all they need is a lot of helium. Adorable and fun card. Love your interpretation of the sketch and use of colors and dimension. Thanks for sharing with us at Double Trouble, TSOT and why not add to Critter Crazy for another chance at our DTC random draw.
Spectacular card! Love the colours and your image is beautifully coloured. Thanks for joining us at Krafty Chicks Challenge this past week for our BIRTHDAY theme :) Hope you join us again soon.
Diane - DT KCC
Dreary weather is the perfect excuse to craft! I did that one day this week too. I had some new products to try out and had lots of fun. Your piggy card is adorable.
What a cute image and I love how you colored it! Thanks for joining us at Pattie’s Creations Design Challenge.
Good Luck,
Pattie G
Artist
This is such an adorable birthday card, Ellie, with the cute pig and balloons! Thanks for sharing with us at Try a Sketch on Tuesday!
Oh My, how adorable! Thanks for playing along at The Paper Funday Challenge and we hope you'll play again soon.
Donna xx
Paper Funday Challenges
Beautiful Blossoms Challenge
Pick 3 Challenge
Inspiration Station Challenge
Super cute card. Love the little piggy, the stamped all over panel and the embossed panel for some texture. Thanks for joining us at Try A Sketch On Tuesday.
sue n.
What a super cute card!! Love the adorable image you used and great take on the sketch!!
Thanks for joining us at Cut it Up challenge!
Have a great day.
Gerda
Ellie, what a fun birthday card! It has everything - texture layers and humor!! Thank you for sharing your creativity with TSOT and Double Trouble.
-Donna
Hiding out in your stamp room when it's a gloomy day is the best! Your card turned out so cute and I love that happy pig holding balloons. Thanks for sharing this at Double Trouble! :)
Pigs do fly!!! SQUEALS!! This is an adorable birthday card! Thanks for sharing it at HQCOLCB!!
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