Hello Little Friend...

Whatever part of the world you live in, I hope you are comfortable and safe,  and thanks for taking the time to visit my blog.   Your comments are always so appreciated and I feel like I know so many of you through our blogs and common love of cardmaking.   Today is my first day participating at Inspiration Station Challenge as part of their Design Team.   Last fall one of the design team artists left a comment on my blog and invited me to participate at Inspiration Station.   I had never heard of this blog and for the most part I only did sketch challenges,  I found "photos" very intimidating.  But, I kept being drawn back over there and found it wasn't as hard as I thought!...You actually have lots of freedom to be your own kind of creative!  For instance my first impression of today's photo was Noah's Ark (that includes all created life)so I had to narrow it down  and  this adorable digital stamp "Hello Little Friend" turned out to be just right.  By Connie Fong (you can click here to see it on ETSY.), this little bunny and butterfly are just the cutest and I think they  will bring a smile to the face of my card recipient.   To print the images I used a 4 on 1 label program in Word.  You can choose transverse or horizontal labels.  I  print 4 images at a time (not always the same things).  For this card, I printed 2 of the same and used one to color and fussy cut the bunny so I could pop him up on my card!  Using both water color and colored pencils I Colored it all in.   It may be overdrive but I used matte SU retired green enamels for the circles on the mushrooms, to create different depths and textures!   I also used the SU basket weave embossing folder over the green gingham plaid (from We are Three Etsy store).  Connie Fong is the sponsor for the current Inspiration Station challenge and is offering a substantial discount to entrants.   For more details  go on over and  check out the artwork by the Design Team while you are there.    I would love to see you there!         Smiles,    Kathy