Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Birthday Candles

It's the penultimate day of The Daily Marker 30 Day colouring challenge! It's been a lot of fun, but it's also okay that I won't feel the need to be creative every. single. day. 😂 But for today, I did a little marker colouring, and looked to the current Tag You're It challenge for a a bit of extra inspiration. Here is the inspiration tag: 


Cute!!! I took inspiration from the crazy dog, the stencilling, and the two-part sentiment. Of course I used a cat. And decided to incorporate mine into a card...


It's an obvious oversight that I don't have a bricks stencil, but I used a burlap stencil instead. This may be the first time a mini cat has made it onto a project; I'm usually quite happy to use my full size ones. I almost feel I should get colouring credit for the cake, too — it was not easy inking it in four different colours! Brown for the chocolate layers, green for the candle, and yellow rock-and-rolled with orange for the flame and, um, aura. (?) 
I used the same stencil to add some texture to the background blue panel — if I ever need to make an alligator-textured card, I have what I need. 
Tomorrow is shaping up to be a busy day for me... wonder what I'll colour? 

Supplies: white, blue & black cardstock, Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Mini Cats & Dogs, Neat & Tangled Gidts for You, Simon Says Stamp Happy Sentiments & Paper Issues/Snarky Stamps Ahhhh Birthday stamps, Versamark, Versafine onyx black, Memento rich cocoa, dandelion & tangelo & twisted citron & blueprint sketch distress inks, Ranger clear & Wow ultrafine white embossing powders, Tim Holtz/Sizzix Mini Cats & Dogs & Winnie & Walter Katharine dies, Tim Holtz burlap stencil, Spectrum Noir markers, Hemptique blue twine, May Arts ribbon, pop-dot tape

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6 comments:

Nancy Penir said...

Oh my good golly, Lindsey, LOVE your tag!!! Fabulousness everywhere I look. Thank you for playing along at Tag You're it!

Darnell said...

Your background is a great take on the bricks, Lindsey, and I am karacking up at the look on that cat's face after seeing all those candles!! Thank you for joining in with TYI and for making a card with your tag! I think a lot of people don't know it's okay to do that for this challenge (I was one of them!), so thank you! Hugs, Darnell

Gayatri said...

Love how you used the tag on the card. Beautiful background and love the vertical sentiment. Great take on the challenge. Gayatri xx

Susan said...

Such a terrific design. Love this cat and how he is eyeing that cake! Thanks for sharing at Tag You're It!

Kelly Szafron said...

Very fun card! The burlap stencil background looks fantastic. Thank you for joining the challenge at Tag You're It!

Erin (Homemade Cards by Erin) said...

Cute!! Many thanks for joining us at Tag You're It Challenge.