The challenge today was an inspiration challenge from the store Mackenzie-Childs. The inspiration for my card was this piggy bank: http://www.mackenzie-childs.com/prod.../&page=1&vao=0
The piggy bank inspired me to make a cad with a pig on it and the flowers and vines painted on the pig insired the piece behind the pig. The black and white on the piggy bank's ears inspired the black and whote striping around the edge of the card.
The first thing I did when I made the card was to stamp the pig from Whipper Snapper and masked him off and then I masked the edges off. I stamped the flowers and vines behind the pig by colouring on the Baroque Motifs stamps and then spritzing them with water. Next I sponged the Temptin Turquoise inside the masked area and watercoloured a shadow on the edge of the flower area. Nexxt I unmasked the pig and outside border and painted the outside stripes, making a shadow on the white areas as well. After that I painted the pig and added the multi-coloured collar that was on the piggy bank. Finally I hand wrote surpise and the doodles on the card and mounted the main panel on a white background.
I really enjoyed making this card and the challenge was a wonderful one. Hope you like the card and thanks for looking.
Date: Saturday, December 27, 2008 GMT Views: 226
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Sat, Dec 27, 2008 @ 8:16 PM
I love pigs...and this one is too darn cute! Very cute card!
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Sat, Dec 27, 2008 @ 9:07 PM
I do like this card! Love how you colored it, spritzed it, shaded it, masked it! Just love the whole feel to this card! Very nice job! TFS :0)
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