Thursday 23 August 2012

Ele-fun-tastic!

Awww... I love elephants. They're just so lovely - real ones AND stamped ones, and I have a little collection of elephant stamps going on.... here's one of them!

Aren't they just the sweetest??

I've had these for a while, and shamelessly, they've never been inked. In fact, I did ink it and stamp it last week, and it's been a bit of a labour of love to get it coloured, as I'd lost my mojo (along with a day last week!) and couldn't really be bothered to get it finished.. but I did tonight, and I'm really pleased with how it looks.

I coloured the dresses with markers before setting to and adding some pencil work over the top for extra shading.

Here's a little close up of some of the details. I've kept the design quite simple, just choosing colours that went with the image.. silly me - typically coloured then tried to match the paper! Hmmm... will remember to always do it the other way round... see, I told you it was a labour of love!!

I hope you like today's card... I love it... cute elephants and a simple design. Just booootiful!

Whatever cards you've been making today, I hope you've had a great time.. until next time - Happy Crafting!

17 comments:

  1. Jo this really is just so cute your colouring is just awesome.... I'm always colouring my images first lol, think its because I just love colouring :).... Loving those corners :)

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  2. Such a pretty card, the colouring is wonderful, really brings it all to life, never thought of using pencils over the top of markers, must try that ! Love your cards :o)

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  3. This is lovely Jo, Your colouring is superb, I'm so pleased you got round to using this cute stamp x

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  4. Jo this is just gorgeous. The colours you have used are beautiful and loving the backing papers.

    Hugs
    Linda xxx

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  5. A fabulous card Jo, and love the way you have brought out the shading with pencils over the markers, a great tip, thank you x

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  6. Stunning card Jo finished beautifully xx Jan

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  7. Gorgeous card Jo and adorable image , I too love elephants xxxxxxxxxx

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  8. lovely card the elephants are so cute emma xx

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  9. Gorgeous card Jo, those elephants are adorable and you have coloured them so beautifully

    Hugs Sue

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  10. Gorgeous card , I love the image and the colours are wonderful.xxx

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  11. Aww Jo, this is stunning, love the colours :-) Elaine-xxx-

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  12. Wow! What fabulous colouring in, love this card so cute xxx

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  13. Gorgeous image and colouring, lovely backing papers, brilliantly laid out and perfect embellishments
    Hugs Lisa xxxx

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  14. Absolutely beautiful. Love the colours and the image, sooooo cute x

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  15. Great card - love those elephants, lovely colouring
    Kate
    xx

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  16. Gorgeous card...love the image and fabulous colours.xxx

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  17. This is so beautiful card. Cute design. How can i design like this for the Plastic cards? I really appreciate this.

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