Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Michelle Perkett Studio Back To School Challenge

Hello, it's challenge day over at Michelle Perkett Studio!

This week is Marion's Michelle Perkett Studio Mermaids challenge and they've chosen Back To School for the theme.  Michelle split the design team in half and Marion and I are the design team (The Mermaids) coordinators and alternate the challenges week to week.  

How about this darling Michelle Perkett Studio image called "Hugs Before School"?  I think this is such a cute digital image and I couldn't wait to color it and make a card.  The big dog kind of reminds me of Clifford the Big Red Dog, can you tell I have young kids?  ;)  My two youngest are in week 4 day 2 of back to school so we have gotten back into the swing of things.  Early mornings getting kids fed and ready for the day, packing lunches, doing the homework after school, etc.  I'm so thankful for my husband Rick, he's a tremendous help with all of this!

My cute Hugs Before School image is colored with Copic markers.  The Copic marker color combos are YG11, YG13 & YG17 for her skirt, BG10 & BG11 for her shirt, R22, R24 & R27 for her backpack and the dog is E50 & Y21 and I used a touch of Stampin' Up! Crystal Effects on the dogs nose for some shine.  Kind of odd colors together but I have this October Afternoon paper pad called Report Card and those are the colors in the papers.  What better papers to use for a Back To School Theme than Report Card! 

I hope you'll join us over at the Michelle Perkett Studio challenge blog for the Back To School challenge this week!  To play in the challenge you need to use a Michelle Perkett Studio image, there are so many cute digital images at her Etsy store and new images arriving all the time!  Here's a link so you can take a peek and be inspired!
Challenges:
  Michelle Perkett Studio - Back To School
The Character Cafe - Dimensional Glaze
Frosted Designs - Back To School
Paper Cutz - Anything Goes
Stamp Something - Digital Challenge
Aly's Sunday Challenge - Get Dotty

20 comments:

Marilyn Webb said...

Hi Jan
LOve your card, the dp's go so well together!! Amazing coloring job, she looks already for school!
hugs Marilyn

Julie said...

A gorgeous card Jan, perfect backing papers.
Julie x

Claire said...

Beautiful card Jan, I love those papers, they're just perfect with Michelle's gorgeous image
Claire xx

Marion Kuipers-van Eijsden said...

Jan, I love how you colored Hugs before school! So bright and clear! And the DP is so great!!!
Hugs
Marion

Laura said...

I think this image is so adorable too.TFS

TinaB said...

What a beautiful card! Thank you for play at The Character Cafe xx Hugs Tina xx

Unknown said...

Jan, your card is great. Those papers really make it back to school!
Shelley :)

Michelle said...

I love your card, Jan! Awesome coloring of my Hugs Before School image and I love the fun papers!:)

Tammy said...

So adorable Jan! I love all the different papers!
Tammy x

Tami said...

Thanks for playing at Aly's this is so cute:)

grandmalee said...

Another beautiful coloring job to go with this awesome layout! I really love your hair color techniques as well as the rest of your coloring!

Ellis said...

Great card you've made for the challenge, thanks for stopping by at my blog! =)
Hugs, Elenor

Karen Howard said...

Gorgeous card, I love this image!!!

Barb Craft said...

Awwwww... this hugs image is just tooo stinkin' cute!! I am lovin' it!! Thanks for sharing it with us at Frosted Designs!!
barb :)

Fink said...

I am not sure my post went through so doing it again! This is so cute! I am sure that my girls were hugging the doggies before they left today! Love the design and thanks for joining us again at The Character Cafe!

Kendra said...

Great back to school card and I love that cursive paper... gotta find some I think! Thanks for playing along with us at TCC this week :)

Carrie said...

Very cute, love the bg paper.

Helen Dooley said...

This is so cute! Thanks for playing along on PCC.

Pattie G said...

Jan, I love this card and the way you colored Michelle's Hugs before school image.

She's a Color Queen said...

This is just perfect!! Love the paper choices too!