HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A FOXICORN??? GDT FOR COLOUR CRAZY, JULY 17, 2020

Hi crafty friends!  I hope today finds you all staying well and keeping busy!  Well, it's Friday, which means we've made it through another week; YAHOO!  I know I'm always glad for the weekends, unless I have to work overtime. 👎  But anyway, I'm here to share the card I made for my July GDT spot at the Colour Crazy Challenge blog:

This week's sponsor is Knitty Kitty Digis, and the image I chose to use is the Foxicorn.  Annabel, the artist/creator/owner of Knitty Kitty Digis prefers that her images have watermarks, so I apologize if that makes my card hard to view. There is a great selection of images in their Etsy shop, so I encourage you to check it out!  With this being such a fantasy-type image, I thought, what better way to color it than to use the rainbow?  AND, why not do 6 of them and put them on the oh-so-trendy-right-now slimline card?  The idea of this card was pretty simple, but the execution was not!  Since I also wanted to try my hand at water coloring the images and background (why not do a whole bunch of new things at once, HAHA!), I needed to print them out on Bristol card stock so my Tombow markers would work well.  I figured the best way to do that was to use the laser printer.  Well, my laser printer doesn't care much for the thick Bristol!  It wouldn't grab the paper no way, no how.  So, I asked my Squirrel Sisters for advice, and they suggested cutting a smaller piece of the Bristol and taping it to a piece of regular printer paper.  The first print was a bit smeary, I think from the first attempt, so I tried again. That time it worked great, but then when I tried to cut these fellas out with my Cameo, it was off. I think I gave up at that point and went to bed.  😆

The next evening, I decided to forgo the laser printer, and use the inkjet.  I had to push the Bristol until the rollers grabbed it, but it printed just fine.  And again, when I tried to cut them with the Cameo - no good!  I figured I must have done something wrong in the designing aspect, so I brought the original image back in and redid it. I set things up again to print, and the ink smeared!  😡 At this point, I thought I really wasn't meant to do this card!  So, I gave up and went to bed.  On the next evening, I printed it again, and all went well.  Set it up to cut, and HOORAH, that worked too!  FINALLY, WE ARE GOOD TO GO!!!  HOLY COW, what a process!  So then I went along my merry way, and water colored them and the panel, assembled my card, and DONE!  *whew!*  I think it turned out super cute, if I do say so myself.  LOL  😀 Oh, and the inside says, "For fox sake, I hope your day is magical!"  Teehee!

--CHALLENGES--

Creative Fingers #190:  ATG (1/3)
Love to Craft #48:  ATG (1/5)
Mix it Up #39:  ATG (1/5)
Cutie Pie #149:  Digi Stamps (1/3)
Besties International:  ATG (1/3)
Color It, Create It, Show It Off:  ATG (1/3)
Creative Moments #194:  ATG (1/3)
613 Avenue Create #235:  ATG (1/5)
Crafts Galore Encore#77:  ATG (2/3)
Crafty Gals Corner #209:  Fantasy World (1/3)
Daisy Chain #43:  No design paper
Classic Design #7:  ATG
Jan's Digi Stamps:  ATG (2/5)
A Perfect Time to Craft:  ATG 
Word Art Wednesday #448 - #449:  ATG (1/5)
Lemon Shortbread #124:  ATG (1/3)
Polkadoodles #29:  ATG (1/2)
Digi Choosday #28:  ATG (1/2)
Penny's Paper-Crafty #475:  ATG (2/3)
Crafting Happiness #57:  ATG 
Little Red Wagon #558:  Fantasy
Papercraft Challenges #60:  Fantasy

Thanks for stopping by today!  Please do pop over to the Colour Crazy Challenge to see what the Team D Design Team has made with their image of choice.  Until next time,

Take Care and God Bless!  

~Marie~