Let's Celebrate Wednesday

I'm a little behind with my challenge entries this week

but luckily for me (and everyone else) 

Stampotique Designers Challenge

 #150 - Celebrate

is still open;

and the theme this week at

Tagalong Challenge is

#42 - Use Pink, a Little or a Lot

 

I started with a piece of newsprint DSP from Stampin' Up!

and lightly gessoed it to tone down the print.

While it was drying I got to work colouring these three

little cuties from 'Line Up' (Stampotique)

with watercolour pencils and the aquash water brush

and then fussy cut them leaving just a little border

which I then lightly coloured gray.

On finding some Kaisercraft letters and discovering there were

only two "E's" left, I decided to go with every second letter and

the alternate letters would be handwritten.  Then I drew an outline

around the words and cut them out.

Lucky for me I managed to work out the letters and used both

the stickers without mucking up the sequence - phew!

Although it's hard to see in the photo, the three little cuties

are grounded on a piece of washi tape

and popped up on dimensionals.

The balloon is SU (discontinued long ago) 

which is stamped onto the newsprint and then again onto plain cardstock

and coloured, cut out and adhered on top.

I coloured around the edges with a green watercolour pencil 

blending the colour into the newsprint.

It is then mounted onto a piece of pink card followed by black card.

A length of ribbon which was sitting on my table matched perfectly.

Happy Crafting!!!