Thursday, January 23, 2014

You're Purrrfect! A very special challenge

Sammy, my teamie at Crafting with Dragonflies, is having a special Blog Candy + Freebie Challenge to promote her 14-year-old daughter's digi stamp company, Mad Hatter Designs. I just couldn't resist participating!

Do check out this challenge; you can enter for the awesome blog candy (did I spy LOTV?!), and you can help support a young artist by using this cute digi to be eligible for another great prize!

This image is called Neko (Cat), and I just happened to have the purrfect sentiment stamp already out on my craft table!

The image and paper-pieced dress are colored with Copics and TEKwriter gel pens. I had lots of fun coloring this, it's not my usual thing. The whites of the eyes are filled with a clear Sakura gel pen.

The three heart-patterned patterns are from a paper pack I acquired years ago...not sure the company. The polka dotted and striped paper are the opposite sides of an Echo Park paper, and the sentiment was heat-embossed on a scrap of DP (Authentique). The sentiment & pawprint are from the same stamp set (Studio G?), which I won a long time ago from Priscilla at the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge. The image piece was sponged with hot pink ink, and the corners were decorated with a Recollection border punch. Everything was edged with Copics. Can't you tell I had fun with this‽

Tuesday Morning Sketches #233
Inspiration/Challenges:
Mad Hatter Challenge: Freebie digi
Simon Says Stamp: Humorous
Simply Create Too #53: Valentine's Day or Use Hearts
Tuesday Morning Sketches: Sketch #233


I'll be sending this card to the Sunshine Mail Foundation, to give a smile to child in the Northern Virginia area. You can even win a prize by entering their current challenge, "Anything Goes with a twist for Valentines Day" and sending in a card (Donation guidelines here).  

Update: This card was featured on the Tuesday Morning Sketches Facebook page.

Thank you for visiting, and a special thank-you to Kayleigh and Sammy

8 comments:

  1. What a sweet card! A 14 yr old artist? Wow!
    Thanks for joining us this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches!!

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  2. Oh this is just gorgeous! You really have done the image proud! And the sentiment is indeed purrrrrfect!
    Thank you for entering! Sammy-x

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  3. Thanks for using my digi! I love the colours! It looks really cute.

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  4. This is so sweet! I love your cuties sweet face and your patterned paper is so perfect! Thank you so much for playing along with us at Simply Create Too.

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  5. Absolutely adorable! I love the punched corners, and that image - so super sweet. Thanks so much for coming to play at Tuesday Morning Sketches this week - I'm featuring you on our Facebook page today: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tuesday-Morning-Sketches/165327566909261?ref=hl

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  6. Hi, CG: Very sweet---LOVE it. Glad you entered the Simply Create Too "Valentine's Day or Hearts" Challenge #53.

    Remember, you can enter 3 of your creations in this challenge.

    Diane
    Simply Create Too Design Team Member
    http://DianesDigitalDesigns.blogspot.com

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  7. Very sweet card. Thank you for joining us at Tuesday Morning Sketches.

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  8. Very cute card! Thanks so much for playing along with us over at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge!

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