Friday, June 14, 2013

Some scholarly appreciation.

Hello all!
               Fabulous Friday is here once again and so begins a new challenge at The Outlawz for the alcohol markers DT.  Now for those of you who are not familiar with alcohol markers, there are a number of different brands out there, all of which contain alcohol-based dye ink which have special properties: they allow you blend colours together without tearing up your paper as you might with a water-based ink.  I have only ever used Copics as I like the fact that they are refillable - I would love to hear anyone's thoughts on any other brands.
    So, not a DT that drinks alcohol whilst colouring - well, I'm not admitting to anything anyway!

    The theme this week is Graduation/school's out but I did go the other way with mine and did a 'back to school' card.  We're a very flexible group when it comes down to it - all we insist upon is that you use alcohol markers and then you can interpret the theme in your own way :)
               For my card I used a digi from Make It Crafty and some inspiration from this very creative lady - Alice's Little Wonderland .  You can see some wonderful colouring and some gorgeous CAS cards here so it's well worth a visit!



I would like to enter this into the challenges at My Heart Pieces , Through the Craftroom Door , Addicted to Stamps and More , Penny's Paper Crafty , Charisma Cardz and Bearly Mine.





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17 comments:

Carla S. said...

This is so cool, Dawn! Fab coloring of the fun image and fantastic CAS design!

Sandra said...

Your cards "always" make me smile...enough said :)S

Penny said...

Oh, what a fun image! And superb coloring! Another fab CAS design--love the paper bits & buttons! :^)
Hugs, Penny
Have a great weekend!

Tress said...

Love how you used bits of patterned paper! Super idea for using up those "scraps" that you cannot bear to throw away!

Linda Palmer said...

Dawn, this card makes me smile. I love what you did with this image and I am a big fan of your CAS cards. This one is amazing and so beautifully put together and colored.

Deanne Saunders said...

Great card!!!! Thanks for participating in our MY HEART PIECES challenge!! Hope to see you again next week!

~DEANNE~
A Little Bit O' Paper

nwilliams6 said...

I would so not mess with that girl! She looks like she knows how to get her own way - LOL. Your coloring is awesome as usual and this image is sooo great. I love that you explained about the alcohol marker team - I had to laugh! I started doing the Drunken Stampers challenge - you should check them out. Hugz !!!!!

sandie said...

Fabulous colouring, such a cute image. Thanks for joining us at ATSM

NGCARDS said...

Fantastic Card! Thanks for playing along at Charisma this week! xxx

Wendy L said...

Great card, thanks for joining in at Charisma Cardz this week, x

Jules said...

I love it, the image is fantastic I've never seen anything like this before. Thank you for joining us at BMD. Good Luck xoxoxox

Roxann said...

You are certainly acing the CAS design, Dawn! Love this one, too. I am not so good at CAS. Glad you shared at TTCRD.

Florence said...

Great card Dawn. Thank you for playing along with the ATS&M challenge.
Florence x

Tracy said...

I wonder if Alice know how inspiring she is to people trying to figure out CAS. I find myself going to her blog over and over. You obviously found something to inspire you there and turned out a wonderful card yourself. Way to go Dawn! Hugs!

Melanie said...

A lovely card!
Thank you soo much for taking part in our "Recipe" challenge & good luck in the draw…
Hope to see you again in our new challenge on Wednesday.

Hugs,
Melanie
(DT Penny's Paper Crafty Challenges)

Kathi said...

What a fun image! I love how you colored her.

I also like the CAS design!

Patricia St Martin said...

Dawn I almost do not know what to say as I'm sitting here laughing but I want you to know I might think about alcohol when I'm coloring but not in the drinking way, just love your since of humor, girlfriend!!! your card is darling... I'm still laughing... glad you didn't drink it because your coloring is awesome!
Hugs, Patricia♥