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Monday, February 1, 2010

Mo's Challenge #16 and Friday Sketchers #87

This week's challenge over at Mo's Digital Pencil Challenges is "Shades of Grey" and I was a little unsure how this cute baby would come up in greys but I guess Mo's images are fabulous enough to be done in any colour scheme! I'm also entering this into this week's Friday Sketchers - using a wonderful sketch from Jeanette.
My card is fairly self explanatory - I've used Mo's "Kai in the Snow" and paired him with the snowflakes cuttlebug folder and a fabulous free DP download from Jak Heath. I also took the opportunity to use my new icicles Martha Stewart border punch. The ticket sentiment is from Bizzy Bec's Digital Store and the snowflake is a mix of nesties (black) and MS punches (white) which have been drenched in Dazzling Diamonds and layered up with a rhinestone centre.

Now it's a bit hard to see but I've also used a silver glitter pen on parts of Kai's outfit - you can just see the shine off his zippers, cuffs and stars in this photo - as always it looks soo much better IRL! This card came together sooo easily - compared to another one I've seem to have been working on for days and just can't seem to get right! Even my hubby asked why the other card was causing me soo much grief when this one was easy!!! I guess it's because these fabulous images are soo easy to work with. If I EVER get the other card finished I'll show you - maybe you can tell me what's wrong!
xXx

26 comments:

Marlene said...

LOVE this in the monotones!!!! Beautiful! I've seen this image numerous times, done in different ways, but this has got to be my favorite by far. :)

Sue said...

Wasn't this a fun challenge? I was having a hard time picking an image too then just decided on one and once I got coloring it just came together. This baby looks great in gray tones, reminds me of a black and white photo somewhat. Love the snowflake background and your new MS border punch. Wonderful!!!!!!

♥ Kristy Woods ♥ said...

Debbis this is soooo stinkin adorable!! I love your Mo manning cards fabulous!!!
Kristy x

Fran said...

This card is fabulous, he is such a cutie, I love Mo's images, and I am sure that when you are done your other card will be just as stunning as this one :)

Sam said...

BBBBBBbbbbrrrrrrrrrrrrr.....makes me feel cool just looking at this card. Tres beautiful, as always!

:-)
Sam.

Tracey Feeger said...

Absolutely gorgeous Debbie. I love this image and you have coloured him perfectly. Great job. Well done.
mwah
Trace

Philippa Petty said...

Wow Debbie. What a great christmas card to stat the year off.

Elaine L. said...

Wonderful card! I love the snowflakes and icicles. Thanks for joining us in Mo's Challenge this week.

Shelley said...

What a great card! You did a great job capturing the vibrancy of the kid - love the way his cheeks glow against the grey backdrop.

Karen said...

Hi Deb........another gorgeous card! Well done! Tell me something, when you colour, how do you vision in your head where shadows ect should be? When I'm colouring, I have no flamin' idea what areas should be darker and which lighter! Maybe I'm just thick.........actually I think thats it! roflol

Karen
x

Cheryl said...

What an awesome job with this colour combo and love the icicle punch!!!
xx

Chat Noir said...

Every thing about this card is great Debbie. My colours of course, but all the details are perfect. Might have to borrow that icicle punch... its a great look.

Kellie said...

WOW girl you go and make a to hard basket challenge look too easy! I love the black and white and the image looks way to cute in shades of greys! Amazing work as always :)

Hugs Kel xx

Leigh said...

Fabulous image and I love the way you've coloured it. Gorgeous card.

Kylie said...

I love (and have!) this image too! It has to be my favourite Mo. I love your border punch too. It is fab! Your card is adorable.

Alison said...

How absolutely adorable is he. Your card is stunning and I love the colouring - even in grey it looks fabulous. I also love the embossing, the border punch and the glitter. GORGEOUS
xox

Dena said...

Wow Debbie! Wonderful work! That's a difficult challenge and you MASTERED it! It looks terrific! Such a cute icicle border punch, very effective!
Hugs, Dena

jjcreations said...

What a stunning card. I love all the details: icicles, glitter and all the greys are wonderful. Very cute baby too.

Leonie said...

Hehe! Must have missed this one somehow! It's adorable!

Colleen said...

I love that image. Your card is so classy!

Lynda said...

Geez luvvy, u have really racked up multiple companies in this card ain't cha?? LOL!!! Recognised the MS straight away..and it looks sooooo good too. I am wk'g on a grey toned card too....we must be piss-chic or something ;) . The wee blighter looks like he is having soooo much fun in the snow. Chillin and way cool card darl. Well Done!!!

The Wired Angel said...

Beautiful job on the challenge Debbie... Thanks for joining us at Mo's challenge this week. Sending greetings to you 'down-under'. Hugs, Peggy

Jodie from Oz said...

Debbie, This card is amazing, I love Mo's images, you rocked this challenge, I would have struggled with this colour challenge but you have coloured this so wonderfully, I love all your fabulous details. Hugs Jodie from Oz

Lisa Hjulberg said...

I LOVE monochromatic cards, and this is one of the best I've seen! And that image is definitely one of my favorites. Don't you just want to pick him up and hug him? Makes me wistful for the days when my boys were that little...

Aud said...

WOW! A fabulous card!!! love your choice of image and colors!♥ Great!!!

Thanks for joining us at Friday Sketchers this week!

Hugs,
Aud

Andrea L - EnchantINK said...

Oh Debbie! I am so excited by all your gorjuss creations!!! I have been having a browse of all the ones I missed while I was away. Obviously I can't comment on every one (although I would like to) ... but thanks for all the wonderful inspiration. Just had to let you know how much I love this cute baby card. What a gorgeous image. And ... I am going to totally ignore the link to the supplier. You have already been a bad influence on me!!! But ... it is almost tooooo hard to resist! Love how you managed to make the greys still look adorable! Hugs, Andrea xxx