Hello crafty friends – I hope you’re all having a good weekend. There’s a Poppets Party starting tomorrow over at Clarity Crafts so I thought I’d make an early start on the fun with one of the Christmas Poppets postcards. Meet Paloma and her little friend – the printed images on the postcards come in two sizes ready to colour and this is one of the smaller ones (the larger ones cover most of the postcard).
I set to work colouring the image with my new Faber Castell Polychromo pencils, which Clarity are now stocking in custom made sets – I took the ‘ultramarine’ and ‘violet’ from the Winter set and the ‘cobalt green’ from the Summer one. I doodled the ground line with a micron pen, then added a grey shadow with a couple more Polychromos.
I carried on with the grey Polychromos to add a drop shadow around Paloma and stamped one of the I Am Essential – Christmas into place. The postcards are 5×7 and I trimmed a narrow portion off so it would fit on a 5×7 card blank, running a black Sharpie around the edges before I attached it.
I’m playing along with a few blog challenges with this card. I took the palette from Color Dare and the ‘sweet’ theme from Addicted to CAS. Sparkles Christmas Challenge are looking for ‘festive wear’ (Paloma is definitely ready for the season) and her lovely wings work for ABC Christmas. Join Barb & Paul at 2pm tomorrow (Monday) on Clarity Social TV for more inspiration with the wonderful Poppets!
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Such a cute image – and great colours and colouring xx
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Thank you – I’m loving my new Faber Castell pencils!
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She is so cute and beautifully coloured.
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thanks so much x
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So pretty. I love the colors xoxo
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thanks – me too x
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What a cute image and I love the sentiment. Thanks for sharing with us at Colour Dare 🙂
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Adorable image – and I LOVE those colors!
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thanks so much – one of my favourite combos!
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What a pretty image, and I love the effect of those colored pencils!! Gorgeous! Thanks for sharing at Color Dare! Always love seeing your work!
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You chose the softer side of the colors in the challenge. Super choice. I really like your stamp and sentiment. Thanks for playing with the Color Dare
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she’s a very sweet image. Thanks for joining in at ATCAS.
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Adorable image. I love the colors you chose – sort of a frosty look. The sentiment is perfect for our SWEET challenge. Thanks for joining us at Addicted to CAS.
sue n.
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Adoroable card. I love how cute and snuggly this image is. Perfect for our Sparkles christmas challenge. Debs DT x
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And thank you for joining us at ABC Christmas Challenge – not my commenting number, but saw it as I passed by xx
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Such a pretty image and you have colored it to perfection! Thank you for sharing at Color Dare.
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Love that image and who you colored it!! Thank you for joining us at Color Dare.
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Oh! Deborah, c’est un amour de création, c’est un très joli travail qui, je le sais, demande de la patience, merci de jouer avec nous chez ABC Christmas Challenge, biz
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