Whimsie Doodles- Counting Sheep

This week the Lily Pad crew got to play with Whimsie Doodles digital images and another "Kathy's Lily Pad Palette".

I loved the sweet little "Counting Sheep" image by Whimsie Doodles and the color palette was perfect to make a card for my son and daughter-in-love to welcome their first baby later this month.

Working with digital images allows for so many more options, I'm really liking the creative possibilities.
For this card, I opened the image in Microsoft Publisher and sized it to fit my card. Then I printed out 3 images on Neenah Tiara White cardstock.

Here's a little coloring trick I used for the tiny detailed areas: I opened the image in Paint and digitally added custom colors to the clock face, sweet dreams and the hearts, circles and stars on the bottom. Since I don't have a really steady hand to color in the details this gave me really clean color in those tiny parts of the image.

I printed 2 of this colored version. One became the base of my project which was die cut and embossed with Labels Twenty by Spellbinders.

After I colored the rest of the image with Copics I cut out the clock, clock face, the roof part with the sheep and the clouds and stars separately. Everything was layered with foam tape to give dimension.

The card base is Neenah Desert Storm cardstock that was stamped with Hero Arts Designer Woodgrain then clear embossed. I gave it a white wash look using the direct to paper technique with Vintage Cream Palette Hybrid ink. After assembling everything with a sweet ribbon I gave the sheep some dimension with Rock Candy Stickles.
Make sure to check out Lily Pad Cards to see all of the projects by the Design Team and play along with this Lily Pad Palette color challenge.

~ 2 Corinthians 5:17 ~

"Anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person.

The old life is gone; a new life has begun!"

blessings,

nancy