Thursday, July 8, 2010

Picture Perfect Summer Day

If you've ever been around small children in the summer, you know one of their favorite things to do is play in a wading pool. It doesn't matter that the water is only 8 inches deep, they need a ring and floaties and of course goggles. When the challenge at Tiddly Inks this week said Summer Fun with Sun, Sand and Toys, I knew the exact images I wanted to use.

I knew I had to do these two cuties in a wading pool, so I went to work with my Cricut and the wonderful MTC software. I found a clip art of a wading pool, copied it into MTC and then went to work refining the cut image. I punched the stars in the pool, which required 4 layers for the pool which gives it dimension. I found the clouds in the gallery of MTC(one of the many reasons I love MTC). I love digis for so many reasons, but one of them is the fact that you can easily combine two images and know you have them in the right place before you print. When I originally did the card, I did it without a sentiment in mind. When the sentiment popped in my mind, I knew I had to frame the image, which necessitated me taking the card apart and starting over. I created the sentiment in Photoshop Elements and printed it on yellow for a little "sun. The base card is blue and the grass was a piece of scrap paper. I colored my images in Copics and as a final touch, I had to add bows to her hair. After all, I am from the south and little girls have to have bows.
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16 comments:

  1. Shirley, this is an awesome summer card with great colours. The little girl looks like my granddaughter and that is exactly how I did her hair this morning. OK I am going shopping for my software today and I will be calling if I need help:) Thanks for joining us at Delightful Challenges.
    Big hugs!
    Cec

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  2. Oh this is adorable!! i know what you mean my girls are bugging me right now to get off the computer so they can go play in their pool lol. Thanks so much for joining us at Delightful Challenges this week.
    hugs,
    Rachel :0)

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  3. This couple looks great in the pool. Ahh, lovely summer. :)) Love it.
    Thanks for joining DS.

    Rosalien

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  4. Super cute Shirley- Love the pool!

    Thanks for joining us at Tiddly Inks!

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  5. Shirley, Thanks for joining us at Delightful Challenges. I love the bright colors.

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  6. ADORABLE!!! I'd settle for a wading pool right about now too!

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  7. Hi Shirley
    A fabulous card,thankyou for joining us at Delightful Challenges,
    Hugs Dianne xx

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  8. This is sooo cute! Love the inflatable pool! Thanks for playing along with us at Tiddly Inks!

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  9. Tooo cute!!! Love that you combined them with Cricut cuts! Fabulous! xxD

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  10. Nice layering! Love the idea of mixing Cricut - or in my case Gazelle :) - images with punches.

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  11. omgosh, this is SOOO cute! it's so bright & colorful. too fun.

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  12. Oh, this is wonderful, wonderful, wonderful! :)

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  13. Shirley, his is such a fun card!Nice summery colors. Thanks for joining us at Delightful Challenges - Good luck!
    hugs,
    Gini

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  14. Totally rocking the theme this week with your card sweetie :) thanks for joining us at TiddlyInk :)
    hugs Ria

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  15. Congrats on your win at Delightful Challenges!

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  16. this is just a super duper card Shirley and takes some beating!!!

    Paula x x x

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