Dragon & Cupcake

 

Kinda Cute by Patricia Alvarez has a Progressive Freebie challenge on Facebook. If you use any of her images and submit a card by the end of that month then you get a free image the following month. 

This card has been made with Dragon & Cupcake which I thought would be a great image for a birthday card for a male.

I used a kraft card blank and added some patterned paper which has been re-used / recycled from a Nespresso boutique paper carry bag. I loved the wonky stripe and the colours and it was too nice to throw away. This has a fairly large 'Nespresso' word on the bag which is concealed underneath the brown mat layer. Quite often you can easily cover these things up and still be left with a good area of the design to work with. I would always suggest to people to look at everyday items and packaging as there are so many things you can use in your crafting. If it saves a small proportion of items going to landfill we are doing our part :)

The image has been coloured using Promarkers and Arteza pencils. The background has little dots of Spectrum Noir Glitter Markers and Promarkers in blues and greens. The glitter markers are water soluble so I use a water brush and scribble a small amount of ink on a palette. A little goes a long way when using them in this way. It adds a small amount of twinkle thus making it more suited to a male oriented card.

The sentiment is an old Craftwork Cards one. I coloured the white wording with a marker to match with the colour scheme.

Card Details -

Size - 5” x 7” 

Digital Image - Dragon & Cupcake (Kinda Cute by Patricia Alvarez)

Paper - Recycled from a Nespresso paper bag

Colouring Medium - Promarkers, Arteza Expert Pencils, Spectrum Noir Glitter Markers (Crafter’s Companion)

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

• Cardz TV - #148 Anything Goes
• CD Sunday Plus - #68 - Anything Goes with a Digital
• Colour Crazy Challenge - #33 Anything Goes with Colouring
• Corrosive Challenge - #8 Anything Goes
• Crafting Happiness - #110 Anything Goes
• Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper - Anything Goes with Patterned Paper
• Crafty Sentiments Designs - Anything Goes
• Creative Moments - #221 Anything Goes
• Cute Card Thursday - #691 Anything Goes
• Digi Choosday - #34 Anything Goes
• Ellibelle’s Crafty Wednesday - Anything Goes / For Boys or Men
• Gem of A Challenge - #18 Anything Goes
• House That Stamps Built - #A2521 Anything Goes
• International Art & Soul - #116 Birthday
• I Love Promarkers - #442 Anything Goes / More Than 1 Layer
• Krafty Chicks - #574 All Occasions
• Lemon Shortbread - #153 Anything Goes
• Let’s Craft & Create - #174 Anything Goes / Polka Dots or Stripes
• Love To Craft - #61 Anything Goes
• Paper Shelter - #480 Colour It
• Passion For Markers - #606 Fantasy / Magical
• Penny’s Challenge - #503 Anything Goes
• Polkadoodles - #34 Anything Goes
• QKR Stampede - #426 Anything Goes
• Scribbles Designs Challenge - #102 Fantasy
• Sheepski Designs - #53 Let's Be Cute
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Anything Goes
• The Fairy & The Unicorn - Anything Fantasy Goes
• The Male Room - #153 Masculine Birthday Card
• Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
• Through The Purple Haze - #183 Anything Goes
• Unicorn Challenge - #68 Anything Goes
• Word Art Wednesday - #505-506 Anything Goes
• Your Scrapbook Place - Anything Goes