Sorry, Polly. He needed a red hat. Also, I hope gray paper and markers are OK for a black and white challenge. This was hard!! I was going to make a classy black and white card using these nice wood stickers that I picked up at Target the other day. But you know how much I struggle with classy. I went looking through my stamps for some sort of Christmas greenery to deck the halls for Dawn's challenge and landed on this grouchy bird. That's when my card took a turn. I decided that I would try my hand at grayscale coloring (holy cow, it's hard!) and I colored the bird in with just grays, a white colored pencil, and a white gel pen. I printed him out on gray paper because I wanted to cover the card with white Enamel Accents snow and I wanted it to show up. The wood sticker was sponged with Memento ink and then added Black Diamond Stickles. I was thinking of using the "Merry" sticker, but went with "Believe" so I could include the inside sentiment of "Remember: When you stop believing in Santa Claus, you get underwear."
I may be hard to find today--I'm on the lam from the challenge police...
Registered: June 4, 2009 Location: Deatsville, Alabama Posts: 83680
Fri, Nov 29, 2019 @ 7:02 AM
Oh my gosh, Jen, this is too funny! If I didn't believe, I would be thinking about it after seeing his face! Fun, fun, fun. Hugz
------------------------------ Nancy Williams - Hope your day is Spirit-filled and ink-filled (in that order)!DRS Designs-DT, Punchkateerforever, Dirty Dozen Alumni
Registered: February 23, 2016 Location: El Paso, TX Posts: 22999
Fri, Nov 29, 2019 @ 7:28 AM
The red hat really jumped out of your grayscale card. (It took every fiber of my being NOT to add a narrow red frame around my black panel, so I know from whence you're coming) You did a marvelous job on your black & white coloring.
------------------------------ Linda aka Bubbles
I'm not a Hoarder . . . I'm the Curator of an extensive collection of embellishments!!
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Registered: August 21, 2007 Location: Wayland MA Posts: 105271
Fri, Nov 29, 2019 @ 8:24 AM
On the lam, huh? YOur card is really fun......glad to be your neighbor today......see you soon!!
------------------------------ Anne HarmonFS154, QFTD58, PROUD FAN CLUB MEMBER (photo of our Great Granddaughter Elise, just 6 months old) and me, even older.
Registered: August 15, 2007 Location: Twin Cities MN Posts: 50671
Fri, Nov 29, 2019 @ 10:06 AM
Oh you rogue you!!! That red hat jumped out at me right away....grrrrr....If it weren't a holiday weekend and if your card weren't so darn cute, the challenge police would be at your door right now (they do know where you live!) .
This is really adorable.....you did a great job with the grayscale, and the enamel dot snow. I love his grouchy expression!