Wednesday, October 11, 2023

Herd It's Your Birthday

 Hello!
Hope all is well with you and yours.

I've got a masculine birthday card, using Sheepski's Curly Image #172 digi.
Isn't he cute?
I resized the image in PSE for my A2 card front, added the sentiment with the Text Tool and then printed out on white card. I outlined the card front with a brown marker and adhered it to a Kraft card base. I colored Curly with my colored pencils.

 
Then, using the above Autumn Color Palettes guide, I chose Crackling Campfire, Crushed Olive, Dusty Concord, Fired Brick, Fossilized Amber, Salvaged Patina and Vintage Photo Distress Inks. And I made the little dots using the above mini ink blending brushes. So, I used Autumn colors but in a birthday confetti celebration style.
😉

I also created the inside sentiment in PSE.

And on the back of the card, I added a scrap of Junkitz circles patterned paper and a stamped and punch siggie.

Close up of my coloring with pencils.

And final view.
Thanks for visiting and have a great day.
XXO

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37 comments:

Valerie-Jael said...

Love your fabulous moo, what a great image. Last week a friend gave me a large cow stencil, I'm looking forward to playing with it! I hope you are feeling a bit better, take careof yourself, hugs, Valerie

Jocelyn said...

Curly is so adorable. I like the way you have coloured him. Thank you for sharing with us.
Jocelyn x
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Diane said...

Oh yeah, he is really cute, great job of coloring him too!!
Thank you for joining our challenge at Simply Clean & Simple.
Diane SCAS Co-Owner
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Ink Outside The Box With Diane said...

Such a Moo-velous card! Curly is so darling! Thanks for playing with the Krafty Chicks Stamp Act challenge.
Diane - DT

Heather said...

Lol, what a cutie, and of course, love his swishy hair style! I am such a fan of all critters, and also of polka dots - you have it all wrapped up here! Thanks so much for playing at Make My Monday!

Bonnie Lynn said...

What a cute birthday card! I love how it turned out. Hope you're having a pain free day.

Becca S said...

Your card is moo-velous!!! I give it 2 hooves!!! :) I always love seeing shaggy Highland cows! Thanks for remembering FQGS and making a delivery! Your card is farm-tastic! --Becca

Carol said...

I love your Highland cow. Beautifully coloured and presented as always.
I hope you are feeling more betterer(as we say in our family).
Hugs
Carol xx
CD Sunday Plus DT

Julie B said...

Love your highland coo and the fab punny sentiment!
Thanks for sharing at Cardz4Guyz. :)

ClaireB said...

What a cutie, great colouring too. I love the play on words too, herd V heard, makes it a fun card too. Thanks for joining us at the Pearly Sparkles challenge this month. Good luck with your entry. Claire DT

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

She is a beautiful highland cow, so beautifully coloured, the autumnal spots are wonderful, making a really cheery card, love the font on the sentiment too. Of course a wonderful insert and back of the card as always Aimes.
Faith x

Deborah Wheeler said...

Oh I do love a highland cow! Thanks for joining our Nature theme at Alphabet Challenge
Deborah DT

My name is Erika. said...

What sweet face, and it makes such a great focal point for your birthday card. And all those colored dots make such a fun background. And that pun is the candles on the cake...so to speak since this is a birthday card. Smile. This is a great card. And maybe you'll do a baseball card? Having to listen to the game- smile. The REd Sox didn't do very well at all this year, so there's no baseball fever in New Hampshire. Good luck against the Rangers. It's an in-state battle...is that good or bad? hugs-Erika

cass said...

Love the sentiment. Thanks for joining us at Pearly Sparkles Challenges this month.

dj said...

Fantastic coloring of your HERD memeber!! Thanks for playing along with our "Shades of Brown" challenge over at Cardz 4 Guyz!! You nailed the masculine element your cute cow & showed a great variety of "shades of brown" in your creation. -Deb Horst, DT #C4G332

Alyson Mayo said...

This made me laugh out loud - and not one pun, but two! Great image and such a cute card!

Ellibelle said...

What a perfect image for our theme at I spy with my little eye this month. A totally fun birthday card and loving the colored dots! Thank you so much for playing along!

Pauline C said...

Absolutely gorgeous image and beautiful colouring. Thanks so much for joining Ellie’s “ISoy With My Little Eye” challenge this month.
Pauline xx

Heather said...

Oh, yes, he is adorable!! And the sentiment is just too fun! Love the dots in the background; they add touch of even more fun! Thanks for playing with Creative Moments.

Pamela said...

Your Highland coo (Scottish spelling) is great! My Scottish sister in law would love this!
Pamela
CD Sunday Plus DT.

Lisa said...

I love this wonderful image. Fantastic birthday card.

Lynda said...

What a fun card. Great job of the colouring too. Thank you for joining us at The Alphabet Challenge xx Lynda/Loopyloo DT

Em Louise Fairley said...

So sweet, Aimeslee. I love how you've colored it. Thanks for joining us at 613 Avenue Create. I hope we see you on the front porch again soon!

Hugs, Em
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Jolanda Johnstone said...

Can't get more manly than a Highland Cow. Nicely colored. Thanks for joining us at C4G this round with my Fall theme/Shades of Brown challenge, Aimeslee. Cheers - Jolanda - DT

The Crafty Den said...

What a fantastic card Aimeslee. The highland cow is fab and your pencil colouring is perfect. Love all the dots too. Thanks for sharing with us at AAA Birthday challenge. Hugs, Denise, DT x x

Annie H said...

You coloured that highland cow so beautiful and the confetti is also a great idea! Thanks for joining our challenge ‘kleuren met potloden’, succes.
Annie DT

sentsue said...

Lol! Your cow is so well done! Thank you for sharing your work on the AAA Birthday Challenge.

Pat said...

I just adore your Highland Cow Aimeslee and so beautifully coloured and love the spots of colour which make a great background. x

Doris Klein said...

Fab work... love the awesome colouration of the image and the sentiment.

Thanks for playing along with our Challenge at Critter Crazy and good luck!

Hugs and please come back soon!
Doris
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Sue Jackson said...

What a great pun-ny card! The cow is awesome! Thanks for playing along with our autumn colors challenge at Make My Monday! I hope to see you in the gallery again soon. Sue - DT

Pat K said...

Oh I agree...he is such a cutie. Great sentiment as well on this fun card. Thanks for joining us at Fab'n'Funky. Pat K x

Lynda said...

Still loving that card - Thank you for joining us at HLS atg Birthday Challenge xx Lynda/Loopyloo DT

Sari / Granne said...

Lovely coloring on this great image and loving the perfect sentiments. Thank you for sharing with us over here at Sheepski Designs and best of luck with your entry.
Granne DT for https://sheepski-designs-challenges.blogspot.com/

Gale said...

Love your Highland cow Aimselee! And great sentiment too. Thank you for sharing with us over here at the Critter Crazy Challenge and best of luck with your entry. Love to see you join in each month. Thank you.
Gale DT for
https://2craftycrittercrazies.blogspot.com/

foleysfriend said...

Great job of adding color to the digi image. I love how you added polka dots to make the card feel more festive. So fun. Thanks for joining us at Happy Little Stampers ~ Birthday Challenge.

sue n.

Paper Therapy Ponderings said...

Curley is very cute. He makes a great focal point for a birthday card.
thanks for joining us at Happy Little Stampers.
Barb Housner

KarinsArtScrap said...

Aimeslee what a beautiful card
Thanks for join us at
kleurenmetpotloden.blogspot.com DT Member
Hope to see you again and goodluck

Karin