What's Up?

With paint already on my palette, I thought I might as well colour up a few more images, and this one of Cheeky Chat from The Greeting Farm is one of my favourites!

She's colored in yellow, aqua and grey shades ... for the last challenge at Dynamic Duos: Challenge #100 (and it's so sad that they are closing the wonderful blog just when I have discovered them.... sob.. sob!)

The sentiment comes from Hero Arts - Guess What stamp set, whilst the diamond-shaped embossing folder is from Cuttlebug.

Cheeky Chat was coloured using Caran D'ache Neocolor II Water-soluble wax pastels - I love the richness of the colours and the ease for water-colouring and blending.

a little smile makes everything better

how true this sentiment is - whether in giving a smile or receiving a smile - this simple act makes the world seem like a much friendlier place, and the day just that tad nicer!

card design was inspired by retrosketches #109

and also by the choice of colours in this week's Dynamic Duos #97, which are so great together

the sentiment stamp is from Hero Arts - A Little stamp set, which has such a beautiful frame on which the key words can be interchanged and switched around to fit the card

in fact, the whole card just makes me SMILE .... and I sure hope it does that for you too!

Post Note: and how cool it is to be selected as one of the 'Shout-Outs' for retrosketches #109

you're too sweet

you're too sweet, a photo by eatzycath on Flickr.

one cannot but feel cheerful when confronted by these two bright colors - red and yellow! And this week's Dynamic Duos Challenge #64 - Strawberry Slush and Daffodil Delight brought a big smile as I was coloring this cute digital image from Tiddly Inks - Anna Belle Sweetness.

Card was also submitted for this week's CAS-ual Fridays Challenge: CFC111 - Buttons.

As well as for this week's Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge - Watermelon Wonder

A close-up of the very cute Anna Belle with her slice of refreshing watermelon!

Have a great week ahead!