Saturday, May 9, 2009

Treat Yourself

Treat yourself . . . to some fun . . . maybe a bright colorful balloon?!

Well, us adults may not think a bright, colorful balloon is much to be excited about, but this cute little party dragon sure does. I remember when my son LOVED balloons, we couldn't get in and out of Wal-Mart without one. I barely notice any there now, but when he was little . . . they were EVERYWHERE! lol

This bright, cheerful card was SO much fun to make. I used the card sketch from SCS 225 and the colors were easy -- brights for kids of course. I just had to grab my Lime Rickey BG paper pad and match the card stock (bordering blue, brilliant blue and gable green cs from SU!) with the colors I used on the dragon image (prismacolor pencils and gamsol for him). Then I added a scrap of red polka dot ribbon from a hot cocoa gift that worked perfectly with this bright little guy. The balloon has crystal effects on it too, but not so noticable in the photo.

Highlights and stitching were also added with my Signo white gel pen to the image and the extra balloons on the inside. The sentiment was from the Sugarplum sentiment set from C.C. Designs.

Hope everyone has a bright, cheery weekend. We are hoping it doesn't rain Saturday, as we will be up at the farm hopefully shearing the alpacas.
Hugs,


12 comments:

~Jules~ said...

I love your bright & cheerful card Kellie.

Marcia @ Pretty Things said...

Kel, he is gorgeous, so bright and cheery.

Hope you are well, not working too hard and enjoying this special weekend!

:) Marcia P

Sparkplug17 said...

Your card is darling! I love the bright colors with him!

Kristine said...

Such a bright FUN card Kelly :) Love your inside as well. Isn't Lime Rickey paper awesome for kids cards??!! Love it! Take care--have a great weekend.

xXx K

Jessica G. said...

Fun, happy card, Kelly! This little dragon is too cute.

Hope you have a great weekend up on the farm, with plenty of warm weather for those spring-style alpacas!

Anonymous said...

AWW Kelly!! This is just as sweet as can be!! Adore your coloring!! :)

Alley said...

Lovely...I hope you had a fabulous mothers day.

Donelda said...

this is such a bright and cheeful card, and I love what you did on the inside....I never think to do that.

AmethystCat said...

this is such a fun card and the image is darling! Love the lay-out!

Yani said...

Hi Kelly,

This is stinking cute!! I'm always looking for "manly" cards and yours looks terrific. Thanks for sharing!

Deb said...

This is so beautiful Kelly, love those bright colours and the cute little dragon! The inside looks amazing too, have fun on saturday!
Have a great day, Debx

Savor the Journey said...

Wow! Your happy & bright colors really pop on this one ... I love the white contrast 'stitches'!

~Bev