Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Isabella's Challenge - Punch It

Welcome to Wednesday and another challenge at Isabella's! Our mission is to use a punch. Any punch. Well, the paper-punching kind, of course.

This summer both of my kids have been totally obsessed with strawberries so I chose to use this lovely image.

It's coloured with Copic markers and then whole image outlined with golden Sakura Stardust pen. It doesn't really show well on pictures but irl the image looks a bit like it's floating above the background. The strawberries were covered in glossy accents.

I cut out the image with Nestabilities labels and inked edges with Memento Potter's Clay ink. Memento inks are your best bet for working around inkjet printed images.

Papers are from Basic Grey Lemonade range. Ribbon, thread, button, book corner and brads from my stash.

The sentiment stamp is from Amy R Thank you set & border punch from EK Success.

COPIC COLOURS:
Vines and leaves: G29/28, YG67/95/03/21
Berries: YG03/21/0000, R59/37/02/30
Blossoms: C3/1/00
I forgot to write down the colours for the background - there was a LOT of them.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:
Going Grey - Summer
Mark's Finest Papers - Punch It
Papertake Weekly - In The Garden
Pear Tree Designs - Sparkles

Thanks for looking and happy crafting!
Hugs
Annika

32 comments:

  1. OH WOW this is breath taking! Your colouring and detail is amazing and the overall card is GORGEOUS!
    Hugs Kel xx

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  2. Hi there, I love your card so much. You coloured it so natural it looks so real and would like to have some strawberries now. Very nice colours and image.
    Paper is also great.
    Regards Ageeth

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  3. Wow! What vivid, sumptuous colours, this looks brilliant Annika, love it!

    Hope you're feeling better:)
    Anne
    x

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  4. Hi there Annika! This is a beauty!!! We love the image and you have coloured it so beautifully, the glossy accents on the strawberries are a brilliant touch!!! GORGEOUS as always sweetie!!!
    Love and hugs
    Emma and Susan
    xxx

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  5. What a fabulous card, Annika!! WOW...the coloring on those strawberries is stunning. They look like real strawberries!! The colors are gorgeous and you really must teach me how you do your amazing backgrounds!! :)

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  6. This is a Yum Yum Yummy card Annika, the strawberries look good enough to eat, another fab card. Annette x

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  7. Another "Wow" card, Annika! I love the way you colored the strawberries and your sponged background is fabulous. Did you mask it first? If so, it must have taken forever to cut the mask. Thanks for the tip on Memento inks for sponging. I always get smearing with the Tim Holtz DIs.

    Hope you are having a great day!

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  8. so bright and beautiful!! your coloring leaves me speechless and in awe!! WOW!

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  9. Yes... another WOW from me.
    You are fantastic. I love all your work.
    ♡♡♡

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  10. THis is gorgeous!

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  11. Oh WOW this is SOOOOOOO BEAUTIFUL!!!!!! I LOVE this dp and your image is totally BEAUTIFUL! Thanks so much for joining us at Going Grey!

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  12. Beautiful layout, papers, and image. Thanks for joining us at Speedy's Friends.

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  13. How beautiful!!! Look at all that DETAIL!!!

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  14. Gorgeous card, love the way you've used glossy accents on your strawberries, what a brilliant idea x

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  15. Annika this is gorgeous.. WOW Those strawberries look real.. Your coloring is amazing as always.. LOVE the background..

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  16. This is so beautifully done! Love the glaze on the berries.
    Thanks for sharing with us and for playing in Speedy's Friends challenge this week!

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  17. Ok, so I need to add stardust to list of Copics I 'need'! It's all your fault, you bad girl. What a brilliant effect it has given though. I was also wondering about glaze and Copics, it's not good with water colour, but appears ok here, thanks! ;)
    xxx

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  18. Wow! Beautiful!

    Thanks for joining us over at Pear Tree Designs Challenge Blog.

    Good luck.

    Lou x

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  19. Great sparkly details on your card. Good Luck and thanks for joining us at Pear Tree Designs. X

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  20. Ooh - that is so pretty, Annika. I love strawberries too, my favourite summer thing.

    Julie x

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  21. Wow! I want some strawberries now! Gorgeous colouring Annika, absolutely beautiful card! Thanks for the tip on the memento inks...I've been trying so hard not to get smears! Duh!
    Viv xx

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  22. O...M...G... Amazing coloring! Thanks for playing with Speedy's Friends!

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  23. Fabulous card Annika, wonderful colouring.
    luv
    Debby

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  24. Oh, wow!! Annika, this is stunning, your colouring is amazing! i love the papers and the ribbon and the image, of course.
    Hugs, Vanja

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  25. ohhhhhhhh wowwwww.... an amazing card, Annika! Your colouring always amaze me... you do such an incredible job on the shading! Your coloured images always look so real and have so much visual dimension.. stunning!!!!
    {hugs} Sylvia

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  26. Your coloring is AMAZING!!! I want to take a bite!! :)
    Another beautiful card Annika!! It's always a treat stopping by your blog. :)

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  27. Another fantastic card!! Your colouring is absolutely amazing :o) xx Lynne xx

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  28. Lovely! Thanks for joining us at Pear Tree Designs.
    xx

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  29. fabulous Annika, stunning colours and wow I love that ribbon
    Mina xxx

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  30. Oh SO BEAUTIFUL!! Wonderful work Annika!!
    Hugs
    Jodi =)

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  31. This card certainly has the wow factor!Just love how the image pops and the sparkly outline enhances the effect.Thanks for joining us at Pear Tree Designs.
    Lisa x

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