Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Sock Monkey














The color combination today was very difficult for me, Brilliant Blue, Pumpkin Pie, and Garden Green. Truly 3 colors I almost never use, particularly the Brilliant Blue. These colors were in the retired Jersey Shore paper so I went with that as my starting point to make it a little easier.
The monkey was colored in the Pumpkin Pie with aquapainter and ink pad and then paper pieced and cut out. I also used the Bold Brights buttons which will be retiring at the end of this catalog and some linen thread. Top Note die used for main image panel.

9 comments:

Chris Smith said...

Great job with a difficult color challenge, Joanne. That paper was an excellent choice to keep the blue toned down.

Susan (peebsmama) said...

How neat that you had patterned paper already with those colors in it. And that you were able to combine the color challenge with the Mojo challenge.

Jacquel said...

Well, I think you did a fab job with the colors and I may case you!! I'm still trying to think of something to do....love your card gf!!!

Sharon said...

Like the DP you used...glad you found one with all the colors!

JulieA said...

Very cute! I love all the little dots around the top note. I never thought of putting a strip panel ove the top note - great idea!

Jaspere said...

You did a great job on the challenge. Very cute.

LeAnne said...

I love this color combo, I still remember one I did for Kristina Werner, very similar! This is too stinkin' CUTE! You nailed it with the image and the DP! TFS!
LeAnne

Jennifer said...

I saw this card on SCS for the Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge and wanted to tell you how stinkin' cute it is!! It brought a smile to my face! The colors are GREAT and the sock monkey is TOO cute!! Thanks for the inspiration...

Jennifer said...

OK I honestly did NOT read the post above mine until after I posted my comment to see that we used the same phrase Stinkin' Cute! LOL Well i guess that is just what your card is....Stinkin' Cute!