Friday

Clearly Inspired Patchpal Turtle



Good afternoon ladies, hows it goin? Pretty good here! So I didn't make it back as quickly as I had hoped but at least it wasn't a whole month right? This is another card for this weeks Clearly Inspired Challenge over at the Clearly I Stamp blog. The theme is THINK GREEN. I think mine is not quite green enough but I was a little unclear. So you are to use shades of green making sure that green stands out on your card. Link it up there for a chance to win the drawing, you don't have to use CDS but it would be really cool if you did, if you have some, :) This one I made with my new Patchpal Turtle. It is not a card, it's in one of those unfinished pressed wood frames that you get at Hobby Lobby, really cheap. My girls are always wanting my cards so this time I decided it would be cute in their room so that's why the frame. I might do more like this, it really was fun. Oh, I almost forgot, check out that paper, the solid green textured piece under thew ribbon, isn't it the coolest ever?!!!!? I just got it at Hobby Lobby this past week, several varieties actually, it looks and feels just like leather! SOOOO COOL! If you saw it in person I bet you would be drooling just like I was. That's also why it's not sewn, I didn't try but it feels like it would get stuck and not feed through the machine. If you came here from Lori's blog you might notice I added the ribbon and flower, I just felt like it needed something but when I finished at 3 in the morning I was to tired to come up with the right thing, so today after an hour of trying 20 possible ribbon, flower, button combinations I settled on this one. Do you ever do that and step back and think, ahhh, that's it, perfect, it's so obvious why didn't I think of that an hour ago, was there any other choice really? I did with this one, I was really happy with it, I'm not always but this time I'm thinking yeah, it worked out, yay! I'll see you guys later, have a great, super fantabulous weekend!

24 comments:

Cassie said...

OMGoodness, Shawne! Wow and WOW, that is just amazing. Such eye candy! Have a great weekend with the family ;D

Tina said...

Holy wow! This totally caught my eye in Reader, awesome!

Michelle's Daydreams said...

This is the CUTEST little turtle Shawne! And beautifully done too. :)

Lori said...

Another Stunner Shawne, your cutting and colouring just blows me away, and I can't even feel that paper and am drooling over it, perfect compliment for your turtle!!!!

Dianne said...

This card is Stunning!! It is so cute and your coloring is awesome.

Kylie said...

What an amazing card! I love the colours and image. It is all together amazing!

Lisa Lara said...

Man, you can color girl. I just love this sweet turtle. I love how you colored him. Love love love it. What a beautifully crafted work of art. He makes me giggle.

Carol<>< said...

sooo cute!
Carol<><

Beth aka BR-T said...

This is so wonderful your colors are bursting from the card and i love that terrapin! Beth

Anonymous said...

Shawne,

Another "cutie"..love what you do with your designs.

Love the Hobby Lobby paper, now does the green paper have the shiny "raised" stones already on it, or is that paper embossed in a folder? Do you also have Michael's in your town?

Love to "frame" my favorite cards myself, as it's hard just to file them in photo boxes sometimes!

Cheryl said...

This is STUNNING Shawne! What a sweet, lil turtle...fabby job on it...I absolutely LOVE the papers and colors you used here, and your added panel and ribbon is perfect! Have a great weekend Sweetie! :)

Karen B said...

I love how you've coloured this little cutie. You are the queen of colour my dear. The papers are so pretty and varied. And the green paper is so unique. I've never seen this. It perfectly matches the turtle environment. Love it.

Marisa said...

Beyond adorable image and wonderfully coloured too! Great card.

Kelly Schelske said...

I love this Shawne! These frames are great!

Christina said...

Wow! you are great.. thanks you for sharing your ideas.

Unknown said...

Super cute Shawne!
I love your PatchPal Turtle!!!!
I have some of that paper but have not used it yet. It is awesome! Yes....I look at my stuff and think "I can add something and make it just a little prettier" That is the perfectionist in us! LOL!
Hugs,
True :D

Penny Light/Light Whimsy said...

This card is SUPER CUTE!! It is an adorable image and your coloring is awesome.

Jenny said...

This is SUPER cute Shawne!!! I love the frame you created!!

Hanne said...

Fantastic card! Love the colors!!!!!!!!
Hanne

Jodi Collins said...

This is just AMAZING Shawne! LOVE every bit of this!

KimberleyG said...

Cute turtle, LOVE the way you coloured it. You picked the perfect shades and the colours just call out to me. Although I love the textured paper, the image and colouring are my favourite part of the card.

Nikki Schmaltz said...

This is the CUTEST! I think I may have to check out that paper. Looks yummy. I LOVE turtles so I may just have to get this stamp. Your coloring is always so amazing!

Denise Marzec said...

I could totally lose track of time looking at your coloring.....it's just AMAZING!!!

Loz said...

So cute!! Love the colours xx