Friday 19 April 2013

Bright and Breezy


I think that 'bright and breezy' is a good description of the weather and my mood right now. It's Friday afternoon, the sun is shining but still a bit chilly, and work is over for another week, with the weekend to look forward to.

Continuing on with the general 'brightness', here's a card that I made using unusually bright colours for me (I am much more of a pastel gal as you have probably realised if you are a regular visitor to my blog!)

However, on this occasion, I needed to make a card for a 1 year old boy........hmmm...little boys / bright colours......the perfect excuse I think!

So I decided to stamp up one of my lovely Humphrey stamps, which was particularly gratifying, as I don't know that I will get too many opportunities to use this little fella.

I coloured everything nice and brightly with my Spectrum Noirs and, as luck would have it found a paper which really matched nicely amongst my Forever Friends 6x6 pads, which very rarely get to see the light of day.
I had a lovely time colouring this image and found that the bright colours weren't so scary as I thought. as you can see, I also stamped out a few parcels and decoupaged them on to the card, as well as, quite unusually for me, including a sentiment.

Once all that was done I didn't think it really needed anything else, so I have kept the rest of the card very clean and simple with the main image simply mounted on to one backing paper.

So...on to the lovely challenges for today:

Sister Act - Anything Goes
Come and Get It - Kids Birthday Cards
Cupcake Craft - Cute and Cuddly
Cutie Pie - Clean and Simple
Papertake - One Papertaker
Penny's Challenge - Use a Sentiment
Delightful Challenges - Colour My world
Make it Monday

Well that's me done for today. Time to get ready for a lovely Thai meal for a family celebration later on.
Have a lovely, restful Friday evening everyone.

Sharon x

14 comments:

  1. This is just gorgeous,love the fab image and colours.xxx

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  2. Great image and great card for a child. Thanks for joining us at Come and Get It this week.
    Cindy

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  3. Perfect card , cute image and lovely bright colours, Mary x

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  4. Gorgeous card Sharon. Humphrey looks fab and I love the bold bright colours and CAS layout.
    Have a good weekend
    Lorraine x

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  5. oh this is absolutely adorable, super sweet image and great cas design

    thank you for joining in with the cutie pies

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  6. Sooo cute! Love this card! The image is adorable and your coloring is great! Thanks for joining us at Delightful Challenges!
    Jackie DT
    I have blog candy, if you're interested! :)
    Schoolinandscrappin.blogspot.com

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  7. Such a gorgeous card, love the super sweet image and bright colours. Thanks for joining us at Cutie Pie xx

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  8. Gorgeous card Sharon :-) the image is adorable and I love the bright colours and details,, the doodling looks FAB too :-)

    thanks for joining us on the Papertake Weekly Challenge
    luv
    Lols x x x

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  9. Perfect card for a little boy. Love it. Saw your card on Make It Monday. TFS

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  10. I spotted this card on MIM and I was attracted to it by the bold colors. It's a really sweet card for someone's first birthday, and I do like the detail of the doodled frame.

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  11. Your card is absolutely gorgeous! Love all those bright colours!!!
    Thank you soo much for taking part in our "use a sentiment" challenge & good luck in the draw…
    Hope to see you again in our new challenge on Wednesday.

    Hugs,
    Melanie
    (DT Penny's Paper Crafty Challenges)

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  12. So so cute! Adorable image and I love the CAS layout! Thanks for joining us at Cupcake and good luck! Delphine xx

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  13. So very lovely. Really stunning! Thanks for playing with us over at utie pies kaz.xx

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  14. Such a fabulous and adorable birthday card! I totally love your cute design!

    Cheers and hugs xxx
    Hazel
    Cute Birthday Messages

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I love to receive your comments, so thanks so much for taking the time to visit me and tell me what you think. Happy crafting! Sharon