Thursday, May 16, 2013

Ten-hut!


     This is a red, white, and blue kind of week at Mo's Digital Pencil.  Our wonderful DT sistah Tine hails from Norway and that country will be celebrating it's national day on the 17th.  As our hostess for this weeks challenge, Tine wants to see projects in Norwegian flag colors.
     I've used one of the sailor boys from the Sailor Boy set in Mo's store and I added the soldiers from the set too.  Lots of red, white, and blue as you can see.  We're also having a "Use fabric" theme over at the Catered Crop so I pulled out some cheesecloth and cut my banner pieces from sticky backed canvas.  The flags are adhered to chipboard for stability.  I also added some chipboard stars covered with crackle paint.
     Two fun challenges for you to join in this week.  We also have something fun coming up at Mo's.
"A challenge for "children" of all ages!! Please watch Mo's Challenge Blog for more details!"

     I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Craft Your Passion--child's play
Digi Sketch Challenge--for the boys
Make It Monday--anything goes
Make It Monday with Kraft Outlet--red, white, or blue

Happy Thursday!

Supplies:
Paper--The Paper Studio, Bazzill, Kraft Outlet chipboard, Copic Xpress-it Blending card
Stamps--Mo's Digital Pencil "Sailor Boy" and "Soldiers"
Ink--Sakura gold gel pen, Copics:  (skin E000, E00, E11, R20)(hair E31, E35, YR21, Y32)(clothing B91, B93, B95, B97, R35, R37, R39, R43, COO, CO, C2, C4, N1,N3, N5, N7, N9)(shadowing W1, W3, W5)(soldiers B24, Y28, N3, N5, N7, R37, R35, E11)
Tools--Sizzix Stars #2
Miscellaneous--Michaels buttons, Kraft Outlet Jewel Tone Hemp Cord, Clauding Hellmuth Sticky Backed Canvas, Dritz cheesecloth, Picket Fence Crackle paint, Liquitex Gesso

46 comments:

Ros Crawford said...

Breathtakingly fabulous!!! Oh WOW!! I love the stars, the banner, the colours the images ... I LOVE the card!

Rita said...

Wonderful card Tracy. Your colouring looks fantastic. I love it. Hugs from Scotland. Rita xx

Lisa Minckler said...

He's SO handsome!! I love the way you've colored him with a soft vintage look and that blonde hair is wonderful. The crackle stars are fabulous with the best arrangement of material, buttons, flags, and cheesecloth...GORGEOUS card my friend!
hugs to you,
Twang :)

Bonnie Irvine said...

I love how he is looking down at the soldiers and smiling. Such a sweet composition. This card is delightful. The layering is fabulous. Those little red squares are such an inspired detail. They add so much more than a rectangle of red would. I love the energy and playfulness of this card. It suits this little sweetie so well. Awesome!

Kim said...

fabulous card Tracy, love the image and all the details - esp that fabric banner! gorgeous!
Kim x

heidy said...

Wonderful card Tracy,love it!!
XXX Heidy

Sarah said...

Wow, Tracy, your card is fabulous! I love the crisp colors and the design is so beautiful!

Ann Marie Governale said...

What a perfect and adorable card for a boy.. we don't see too many of them! Just lovely- the colors, the images, the entire card design. xxx Ann Marie

Unknown said...

Fantastic, as usual, Tracey! I'm running out of adjectives for your creations! I want to be like you when I grow up! LOL!

KimCreate said...

Oh my gosh! Super card! Love the red, white and blue. The little boy is colored so fabulously! A treat for the eyes. :)

Sue said...

Stunning card Tracy. I love that image and the toy soldiers. Amazing colouring, fabulous papers and a really great layout too.
hugs Sue xx

Desire Fourie said...

Absolutely packed with gorgeousness. So love the red, blue and white. Awesome design.
Hugs
Desíre
{Doing Life – my personal blog}

Unknown said...

No way Tracy! Gasp! Your card is beyond stunning, it's that gorgeous! From the meticulously coloured image to the fabulously matching papers, love this!! Hugs, Ira
irascreacorner.blogspot.nl

Heidi said...

Gorgeous card!
Beautiful design and your colouring is fantastic:)
Yes we are celebrating tomorrow. Norway is a wonderful country to live in. And our nature is fantastic:)
Hugs, Heidi:)

Danni said...

Adorable card!

Jinny Newlin said...

Isn't this ADORABLE?! Lovin' all the textures here, too!

Chrissy said...

Fantastic card Tracy...I loved your title first..bought back some memories..lol.fantastic colouring on this adorable image, love thepapers and details..fabulous card.

Luv CHRISSYxx

Mau xx said...

What a Fab card Tracy, I love every inch of it. (I really must have that gorgeous image) Your papers and embellies are gorgeous,Another master piece.
Huge Hugs Mau xx

Lynne Armstrong said...

This little guy is sooooo sweet :) Love the whole card. You really are the queen of card composition my friend...your card layouts are always amazing! Those little flags are fantastic!
Hugs xx

Dawn @ LilyPinkScraps said...

Super-duper cute!! Love that little guy and such wonderful colouring, especially love the shadow around him - really makes him have depth. Fab colour scheme too :)

Geri said...

Oh. My golly. Gorgeous!!! You and Mo's images...a match made in Heaven!!! Amazing what you do with them!

Sharron aka Sharrahug said...

OMGosh Tracy! If this isn't just too stinkin' cute! What a cutie that little guy is. Love all the red, white & blue (I didn't realize that Norway had the same national colors that we do.....& here my hubby is Norwegian.......lol).

The little tin soldiers are great!

Huggies & Lovies ~
Sharron♥

Anja said...

Hi my sweet friend,
I always love your boys cards, because I think they are more difficult to create but you really have a talent for it. This little sailor boy is beautifully colored and those soldiers are perfectly matching.
Hugs, Anja

CuteNCrafty Mommy said...

This is soooooo cute. Great job.
Tabitha's Designs
Great priced, fun digi paper
New Challenge Blog in Town!!!!

KraftyKoolKat said...

This is jaw dropping gorgeous. I love everything about it and didn't know where to look first and was full of oh and ah's !!! I spotted you over on MIM and came for a closer look and I am so glad that I did.

Hugs
Cathy
xxxxx

Audrey Pettit said...

Holy Cow!! Words fail me.........You are truly a genius, my friend!!

Ivonne said...

Beautiful card Tracy. Love the red/blue/white color combo. The image is super cute and the coloring absolutely amazing! Hugs, Ivonne

Pia S said...

This is a great color combination for this image! You've done such a fabulous job with the coloring, and the die cut banner, the stars and the cheese cloth are details that work so well with this design! I think this is one gorgeous card for a boy, spotted it on MIM.

Glimpses of My Heart said...

This is a wonderful card! Your coloring is perfect! And I love the cheesecloth and the banner. Lots of embellishments that are perfect on a male card! Great job!
Blessings,
Michelle

Stamping With Bibiana said...

great idea the gause on the back and the little boy is amazing
bibiana

kingsharon1967 said...

Amazing creation.
Thank you for entering Digi Sketch challenge and good luck - Sharon DT





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Anonymous said...

Your colouring is superb on this adorable image.Such an amazingly detailed card.Thanks for joining us at Craft Your Passion.Hope to see you again next week :D
Lisa x

Unknown said...

Wow Tracy, this card is totally AWESOME!! From the expertly colored image to the sticky back canvas and star details this card is perfectly composed! I plan to showcase your gorgeous creation on the Feature Me Friday segement of our blog (you know the drill girl!!)on Friday May 24... and I can't thank you enough for joining us at The Kraft Journal for our Red, White or Blue challenge... miss you much and hope you and the family are doing great!!!

Bonnie Irvine said...

This time I'm wearing my DT hat. I love the banner with those adorable bright red buttons and the cheesecloth behind the image. The stars and the dimension you gave them add such playfulness. This is one of my favourite cards of yours. Thanks for joining our Child's Play challenge at Craft Your Passion. I'm glad I got to comment twice...I could go on raving!!

Cathy said...


Tracy, love your card, The colors and image are awesome. So funny you should mention you have roosters in your Kitchen...so do I, Your card is gorgeous, love the cheesecloth accent!!!

Sassy Raggedy said...

Oh Tracy, I was hoping to see this lovely image with this challenge and here it is...Wonderful, wonderful card. I love everything about it. joann sassy raggedy

Katie Sims said...

OH Tracy...you know I love this, right? LOL! I love every card you make! :) Your coloring is out of this world and Mo's images are some of my favorites! So glad I saw this! Hugs!

Unknown said...

Well my sweet friend your card is adorable. I just love that cute image. Everything about this card has me smiling.

Hugs~

alethea said...

What an adorable card! Love your colouring! HUgsxx

Iulia said...

Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous in terms of everything! Love the strong colors, especially, perfect for a little boy and everything is just perfect!
Hugs, Iulia

Pat said...

Oh Tracy...you KNOW how much I love your cards! And this one is extra special adorable!! I really love this whole Mo set...and you've colored this little sailor beautifully!! I just love it!! Hugs. Pat

Franz♥ said...

Hello hello my friend!
What a cute card, hun, I'm in love with this Mo's image and you made the perfect card for him!

Lots of hugs, franz.

Anja said...

Absolutely perfect, Tracy! From image, to papers up to the embellishments - everything is combined perfectly. You definitely rocked this colour challenge!

Hugs, Anja

Kim Bell said...

GF!! Just stunning!! You go girl! Love it.

Hugz
Kim

I'm a Little Teapot said...

What a wonderful card ! Congrats on your feature!

Melinda said...

WOW!! This is one of those gasp-aloud-cards. Strikingly beautiful. I love red, white and blue anyway, but the combination of the lovely little focal image, the stars, the cheesecloth (excellent!!), the little soldiers, the banners and buttons is just stunning. Dreamy...