Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Charlie & Company

     Meet Charlie and his pet frog.  He dwells in the land of  Stamping Bella!  Isn't he cute?  I need more kid type stamps and Charlie was too hard to resist.
     I colored with Copics using X-Press paper.  I was trying to channel my Linda Heavens "wanna-be" artistic skills!  You "must" visit her blog right after you leave here.
     Linda colored Charlie and told which Copics she used.  I didn't have all the colors but that wasn't necessary.  I was trying to copy achieve her coloring style.  I see more practice in my future!  Linda uses pencils and oms for shading.  I was going to also but remembered X-Press paper is too smooth.  It does not have any tooth.  I read that on Linda's blog.   
     The paper is Memory Box.  The marble dots are also from Stamping Bella. They came in handy for gravel.
     This was the first time I tried sewing in a circle.  You'd think I would have used white thread.  However, the kid has a frog on his head so I wasn't too concerned with awkward sewing! 
     Thanks for stopping by!
    

8 comments:

  1. you are TOOOO funny, this is FANTASTIC!!!!! i almost feel like a proud mamma! and you can use the pencils on the xpress it, but they just don't work as well as they do on other papers.

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  2. This is beautiful.. Your coloring looks great to me.. I am anxious to use the xpress paper. Looks so great here.. Love your coloring.

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  3. So cute! Made me smile~ Thanks for playing with Speedy's Friends!

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  4. What a cute image, beautifully coloured!
    Thanks for playing with Speedy's Friends!

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  5. What an adorable image!!

    Thank you, Linda, for sharing this delightful card with the Friends of Speedy the Cat in this week's stitching challenge.

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  6. This is so adorable and made me smile big time!
    Thanks for sharing with us and for joining Speedy's Friends this week!!

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  7. Awwww, it's absolutely STUNNINGLY cute!!! Love the textured background and your Linda-Heavens-channelling so paid off!! lol
    Hugs
    Annika

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Thanks for such encouraging comments!