Friday, October 22, 2010

Happy Harvest Digital Stamps by Artful Inkables

I love all the fall images I'm seeing on everyone's cards, it's difficult not to collect them all!  I found this cute little crow at Artful Inkables earlier this month and couldn't resist, I did for about 24 hours and then had to go back and make him mine!  

I've had some of the Copic markers in the "toner" family that I've been wanting to try.  I'm not crazy about coloring "black" images because I worry they aren't going to look good and the dark grays are those colors that tend to bleed out of the lines, etc.  I also know that to be good at anything I need to practice and it's only paper for heaven's sake!  So I tried the toner grays on this cute crow and was happy with how it came out.  I used T1, T3 & T5 and was careful not to over saturate my paper, which is Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White.

I had a sketch on my computer screen for this card and my card looks nothing like the original sketch, I mostly liked the idea of the tabs where the sentiment "Happy Harvest" went.  The sentiment was computer generated and cut out with the Stampin' Up! Word Window punch and matted with black.  This crow comes as a set with the Happy Harvest sentiment but there's an apple attached that I couldn't cut around or edit out so I made my own.  The papers are by My Minds Eye that were purchased in the clearance section of an online store this last summer.  I also used Spellbinders dies for the rectangles and circles.

Challenges:
Challenge Up Your Life - Autumn
Crazy 4 Challenges - Autumn 
Baby Bud Designs - Halloween/Autumn 
Stampin' For The Weekend - Halloween/Fall 
Stamp Something - Use A Digital Image 

9 comments:

Marilyn said...

Great card Jan... love the layout, the papers, embellies & your coloring is perfect.

paige said...

Your coloring is superb Jan! Fun and cheerful card!

Carrie said...

i love it. great mix of papers and such a cute little image

ThePurplePlace said...

Awww...! Hi Jan,

This is a very sweet and fun little card. I love the images and your colors is wonderful...you have now inspired me to use more of my T Copic Colors !

Thanks also for taking part in our VERY FIRST challenge at Baby Bud Designs! We are very happy to have you!

Please be sure to come back on Friday for a something special and a brand new challenge!!

Happy Crafting,
Lis
Baby Bud Design Team Member

Alissa said...

This card is soooo cute Jan. I love that image and those little tab embellishments you made on the left!

Mary Anne said...

beautiful coloring on the birdie, great simply awesome card.. thanks for joining our challenge at babybuddesings
Mary Anne
"bbd"

Unknown said...

This is way too cute.

Erin... said...

So Stinkin cute!! love it! Thanks for sharing your digi with us at Stamp Something this week! Hope to see you again soon!

grandmalee said...

Great job on being named one of the top five over at Stamp Something Challenge for their blog hop! Keep all of those wonderful cards & goodies coming!!!