Sunday 13 March 2011

Puff the Magic Dragon

Well that's what I've nicknamed this cute little dragon from Sylvia's Wee stamps digi collection available at Cuddly Buddly - he's actually called 'Autumn Happiness' but I've used a pretty blue and tan patterned paper and coloured him to match. When it came to colouring I used Copics, chalk inks and Polychromos pencils, as well as a clear glaze pen over the berries and his tiny little wings. I think you might see a bit better in the close up below .. .. ..

To colour little Puff I used Copics YG91, 93, 95, 00, 21, E40, 41, 42, R12, B52, B0000, 000, 00 and C3. To add shading I used white, dark blue and sky blue pencils as well as Sea Breeze Versamagic chalk ink. I'm happy with the darker shading but wish I hadn't put a layer of Copic blue around little Puff first - it was difficult to add the sky blue pencil on top without going dark to cover it up. Ah well, a lesson learnt for next time!

The Creative Card Crew challenge is for no flowers so here's my entry for them. The Anything Goes challenge is for die cuts - I've die cut the rectangular scallop nestie for my image mat and also used a Nellies Choice lacy die on the edge of my beige horizontal strip of patterned paper. This is another scheduled post as I'm recovering from the family visit yesterday!

16 comments:

  1. ooh what gorgeous soft colours ,, and the dragons little face is adorbale
    Lisa ;)

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  2. Hi Annie! What a little corker hun, Puff is so adorable and I love his hairy chest (hope he never sets fire to himself) - love the soft colours you've chosen too, so very pretty. LOVE IT! Hugs Sxx

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  3. Gorgeous card Annie, he's cute!
    Clairexx

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  4. OMGoodness, how adorable is this!!!!

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  5. Awww very cute dragon,a gorgeous card Annie.
    Sue xx

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  6. Ooooo.... Annie, how adorable is this little chappie ! I do so love dragons and this is one of the cutest I've seen in a long while :O)
    hugs
    wynneth
    x

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  7. Aaaawww gorgeous card Annie, just adore the lil' dragon, beautiful soft colours too :)
    Kelly.x

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  8. Aww Annie he's so cute!! Super sweet card, love the soft colours.
    Sorry i've not popped by in ages!
    Sarah xx :0)

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  9. what a cutie of a dragon, love the colour scheme
    hugs

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  10. Annie your last two cards are just so perfect just loving the pink one but this little dragon is just so cute!! Chanelle xxxx

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  11. Hi Annie, Totally fabulous card and such a cute image. Love his adorable expression.
    hugs
    Marion

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  12. Oh this is gorgeous Annie sweet dragon.
    luv
    Debby

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  13. So gorgeous card Annie,I love the image and your papers.

    Hugs Riet.xx

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  14. Oh my word Annie!! He's so precious!! Such a darling creation and coloring my friend!!HUGS

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  15. He is a very special dragon & puff really suits him. Love the colour combination here & the yellow leaves really make the whole lovely & warm.
    Paula (PEP)
    Take care & I hope you recover your strength pretty swiftly.

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  16. great card sooo cute thanks for joining us at anything goes x sue x

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