Monday, April 21, 2014

Hello Dear Friend {Card Concept, Art Impressions & Seize the Sketch}


Good morning friends! Today I am sharing a card I made for a couple of challenges. The first challenge is Seize the Sketch! We have a great sketch for you to try, and I hope you will come and play along with us!!! I am also playing along with the Art Impressions stamps...they have a Girlfriend's challenge on where they want two or more "people" on the card front. I am also linking up with the Card Concept and creating a card in the "Clean and Layered" style. We are looking for umbrella's for the Card Concept...come and play along.


One of my favourite things to do is colour. When There She Goes stamps closed up, I was pretty sad and pushed colouring to the side. Luckily for me, I have had the chance to get my Copics out lately and later this week you will see MANY more coloured projects from me. It is so soothing being able to colour. My friend, Karen Day, has turned me onto AI Stamps. I actually have a few in my stash from a couple of years ago and it is so nice to play with them again.


A great way to add some interest to your card is to paper piece a part of the stamp and then have it stick "outside" of your main image. My umbrella is paper pieced and then popped up on dimensionals to give it a more realistic look.




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16 comments:

  1. Love your card Lesley and your coloring of those girlfriends is just perfect.
    Thanks for joining our current challenge at Art Impressions.

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  2. Love this card. What a fun way to send some encouragement to a friend!

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  3. Oh my goodness, this is so cute...I love it!!

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  4. TERRIFIC card Lesley!! Great coloring and I love the polka dot umbrella!

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  5. Such a fun card...love those gals:)

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  6. Awesome card! Love your colors, paper piecing, a clean design. Beautiful blog too!

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  7. This is so fun, Lesley! Popping the umbrella out of the frame REALLY makes the whole design pop! And yay for colouring :) It always amazes me how long I can spend colouring, but there is something therapeutic about it for sure!

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  8. Lesley, this is priceless! Those 4 brightly colored gals would brighten any grey day! Adorable. Love how you pieced the umbrella!

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  9. I really love this card!! What an awesome way to cheer up a friend! Fabulous!!!
    hugs, Sharon

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  10. Gorgeous! I love Art Impressions stamps and you've created a fab card here!

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  11. This is lovely, that image is so fun and brilliantly colored :)

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  12. Lesley I love this fun card! What a great group of girlfriends, colored perfectly, and I love their patterned umbrella too!

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  13. Lesley this is so awesome I love this image. Excellent colouring!

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  14. Leslie this is darling!! What a cute image and colored so beautifully! So glad you played along with us at The Card concept! :)

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  15. This card definitely makes me smile - those 4 fabulous women are beautifully coloured and work so well with your umbrella and sentiment combo - so clever!

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  16. Don'tchya just love these fun images?! I have a couple AI ones also that I should dig out - you've just inspired me friend! Gorgeous card! xoxoxo

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Thank you for stopping by! I appreciate the time you took to leave me a little stamping love!!
Lesley :)