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Saturday 14 May 2011

Ice Cream Sundae


Anyone for an icecream sundae? I can tell you this one is good enough to eat :)

OMG, thank goodness Blogger is back! I only lost my most recent post so I was well chuffed about that. One tip for you, if you use Google Reader follow your blog yourself. This then sends you a copy of what you post and in this case it was a simple matter for me to copy and paste my last missing post into a new post....DA Da, very quick and easy to re-post. I was blooming glad I started doing that a short while ago I can tell you....

However, I really did feel like I had my right arm cut off without my link to the outside crafty world with my challenge buddies. It reminded me of a phrase I once read all our friends being inside a computer. I know I had lots of very unhappy friends though....... Mind you it wasn't all bad, I actually made quite a lot of cards which you will see over the next few days and have been catching up on the TV series V, series 2 is so much better with lots more gore. The original V was mega when I was a kid but the new one with all the advances in CGI is waaaay better, love it :)

The Digi Street Patch

I was very fortunate to stumble upon a new kid on the block in digi images called Andy Bauer. He hasn't been designing digistamps for cards for very long but has been a digital illustrator for a long while. Designing digis for cards is another avenue for his artwork and one that I think he will do very well in. If you haven't already, I would strongly advise that you sign up to his weekly newsletter that will pop into your inbox every Friday. Not only does it have lots of delicious artwork, but it also has a fabulous freebie which is where the icecream image came from.

Please pop over to The Digistreet to sign up to his newsletter NOW, I tell you you really need to do this, he has a wicked car as a freebie at the moment and there are loads of challenges for men's cards at the moment :) While you are over there have a mooch around Andy's cool site and to visit his store for all the currently available images click here.

I used the current sketch from Card Positioning Systems for the layout. I had already coloured the image with Promarkers, creating a second layer for the front of the sundae glass and mounting on 3D foam to create depth. Due to the long and thin nature of the card the sketch at CPS was perfect for it so I have used a DL or letter size card and covered it with the scrummy partially glitter covered paper from DCWV. I loved the graduated effect of the colouring so used a darker blue card as mat for the image. The sentiment is one that has been recycled from a store bought card and last by not least the bling is courtesy of Paperchase.

The sketch from CPS is quite simple but really shows the image off to good effect and there is just enough of the paper on show to not detract from the image. So remember, please pop over to Digistreet and sign up to Andy's newsletter, you won't regret it when you can get fabulous crisp images like this for free. This image is now in the store for only $1 so is fabulous value for money if you want to grab it. Andy is a really nice guy and deserves to do well with his images.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order) :-

14 comments:

mudmaven said...

Wonderful card Mandy! So colorful and you're right - it does look good enough to eat. Thanks for the tip about Andy Bauer too. Thanks for joining us for our Anything Goes! challenge on Sentimental Sundays. ~chris

Sharon said...

Awesome card!! Love the digi image!
I popped over to The Digi Street and signed up. Thanks for telling about it! Thank you for playing with us at Paper Playtime!!! :)

Ashley Nicole said...

Great card. Love the colors and the yummy digi image. Thanks for joining us at Paper Playtime.
Nikki

Dan said...

What a great card - the central image is so strong graphically, and your colour choices are perfect! The Design Team are really pleased that you joined us for the Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge this week - Thank you!

Jen Leeflang said...

What fun and how colourful is your card! Thanks for joining our "It's a Celebration" Challenge at Digistamps 4 Joy.
luv n huggz
Jen
DS4J DT

MaryB said...

What a wonderful card. Your color combo is just awesome. Makes me want some ice cream.

Thank you for joining us at Craft Us Crazy. BTW - thank you also for the website. I signed up.

Lisa Jane said...

ooh yummy - looks good enough to eat
Thanks for joining us at MAWTT this week for our 2B's challenge
Lisa x

Mani said...

Hello.
Beautiful card. Lovely image.
Thank you for joining us at Penny's Challenges and Good Luck.
Manuela

Art by Andy Bauer said...

Mandy!!! WOW... what a rave review! And I love that you described my images as "crisp" because I strive to make them very clean. It means the world to me. Thanks SO much for your support & friendship!

Your card is beautiful!

{BIG hugs}
Andy

Brenda Brown said...

A really striking card Mandy.
Thanks for joining in our 2B's challenge at MAWTT we are so pleased you have shared this with us.
luv and hugs {brenda} xoxox

Hazel (Didos) said...

Lovely Card, WOW love the new profile piccy how glam are you, thanks for joining in on MAWTT with our B's Challenge this week Hazelxoxo

Shelley said...

This looks delicous and making me hungry. Thanks for joining in this weeks OSCC. Hugs Shelley xx

Heather D. ~ Fresh Brewed Designs said...

This card is just super sweet!!!


Thank you for playing along at the Freshly Brewed Challenges month ling prize challenge

Heather D.
Fresh Brewed Designs

Sharron aka Sharrahug said...

Love it! It's super cute!
Thanks so much for joining us in our “use your FAVorite Embellishment(s) and/or Something New” challenge at Craft Us Crazy and hope you will join us again!
Huggies ~
Sharron♥