Card Design: Imagine That...Progressive Challenge for August

It is time to upload my creation for the Imagine That Progressive Challenge. This wonderful progressive challenge does not disappoint as we get the opportunity to earn a fabulous new set each month by linking up. Kris' is an amazing designer and I am thrilled to earn sets from her.

This month the images that everyone who is part of the progressive challenge gets to play with are in the wonderful set, Dolphins...

Dolphins always look so playful. I've been lucky enough to pet one. Very cool experience.

As always, you can work with either the coloured image, or the line art one. This particular set also comes with five very different sentiments to help you out! So much versatility with just one set.  If you missed out, you can still play along by purchasing this set in the store for a discount during the month of August (click on the image name or watermark above to go to the image's location in the store).  

Here are my card and details, I hope I haven't forgotten anything important...

General Details:

• I decided that I wanted to make this card really clean and simple, allowing the beautiful image of the dolphins to be the focal point.  I was inspired by a card I saw created by LeAnne Pugliese a DT member with The Paper Players challenge blog.  She simply had the image on the centre of the card with a sentiment underneath.  It was simple but very effective so that is what I decided to do as well.  I am really pleased with the overall layout.  Unfortunately, I didn't get my card uploaded in time to enter the challenge. I missed it by just five hours. :(
• So given my layout choice, I decided to colour the image in completely digitally.  Of course, given the amount of time I took to do so, especially having to clean up the edges after shading, I'm not sure it was the best idea.  You'd never know by looking at this card that it took over four hours to colour. While I am pleased with how it came out, it was a significant chunk of time from an already crazy busy schedule.  Oh well, who needs sleep, right?!

FRONT

Digital Image Details:   

• Dolphins: Details for how to get a hold of it are included underneath the set preview in the above section.
• This image was coloured in digitally using tools in Photoshop Elements.

Digital Sentiment Details: 

• This great sentiment was created by Paulette from Create with TLC.  Click HERE to go to Paulette's blog and HERE to go to the store.

INSIDE

Digital Sentiment Details:  

• One from the Dolphins set.

OVERALL
Paper Products:  

• Card base: Michael's Recollection's Cardstock, white.
• The blue chevron paper is from the Recollection's Bold & Basic Paper Pad.

Challenge I am entering...  

• Imagine That -August Progressive Challenge -- Progressive Challenge

Others I am hoping to enter...

• http://scribbleandscrapcrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ -- Anything Goes
• http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.ca/ -- Anything Goes
• http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.ca/ -- Clean and Simple
• http://cagichallenge.blogspot.ca/2014/08/fish-or-fishing-challenge-this-week.html -- Fish or Fishing
• http://seizethebirthday.blogspot.ca/ -- Anything Goes Birthday
• more may be added to this list a bit later...

 

I encourage you to go and check out the digis that Kris offers along with the Progressive Free Digi Challenge.  It is another fun place to shop and play.  She also has a beautiful image up over on their Facebook page (link to their FB page can be found on the blog).  So, grab it while you can. 

 

Just five more cards to get done by the end of the month!  H   *   E   *   L   *   P...

Until next time,