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Some Frosty Wishes


The Haunted Design House Challenge(HDH149) is "Bare Bones" which means you can't use any kind of embellishment that sticks up. So no ribbon, pearls, gems, flowers, googly eyes, pins, etc. For some reason this kind of challenge scares me! I was thinking of skipping the challenge, but I decided to the plunge and use my new Simply Betty Rio and Frosty image. I love snowpeople (I think it comes from living somewhere where snow is an oddity), so when I saw this image I had to buy it. I put off my purchase until I finished a few more coloring classes. I can't wait until the end of the class and then I will feel a bit better (actually I think it will take another few courses to do that, but at least I am moving forward). Thankfully, Simply Betty shows us how the images can look colored so I at least knew where to put the shadows. LOL!

Hugz and Happy Labor Day (wish it was frosty too).

Comments

  1. mark gouldSeptember 3, 2012 at 10:51 AM

    I see nothing wrong with the colouring here, she looks fab,great colour choices all round and the blending is really soft.
    thanks for joining us at haunted design house

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  2. MarisaSeptember 3, 2012 at 12:26 PM

    Wonderfully coloured :) Not sure if I'm ready to think about winter just yet as our summer has been amazing - especially after 9 months of rain before it! Keep on practicing - you're doing great :)

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  3. I Don't Do StraightSeptember 3, 2012 at 1:26 PM

    Cute image and great colouring! Thanks for sharing with us at Haunted Design House this week :)

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  4. McCrafty's CardsSeptember 3, 2012 at 2:31 PM

    The sentiment made me chuckle Nancy, I like the image and your colouring is fabulous.
    Kevin xx

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  5. Holly AKA KopyKatSeptember 3, 2012 at 4:57 PM

    So adorable! I love snow people too and I am glad they are an oddity for me, lol, too cold for me..... your coloring is wonderful and I would encourage you to just keep coloring and trying new things. So buy those stamps!!! lol.

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  6. ~Lady B~September 3, 2012 at 5:22 PM

    Super cute and wonderfully colored. Thanks for sharing with Haunted Design House :)

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  7. yyamSeptember 3, 2012 at 7:15 PM

    Oooh...your colouring looks awesome! :)

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  8. ikeSeptember 3, 2012 at 9:13 PM

    That's great colouring - you've nothing to worry about there :-) Thank you for playing along at Haunted Design House x

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  9. Anne TempleSeptember 4, 2012 at 6:18 AM

    Fantastic coloring! What a fun image and sentiment too - it made me laugh.

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  10. BenziSeptember 4, 2012 at 6:20 AM

    Oh, a snowperson..you know how I love them. I was just talking to hubby last night about winter and wondering if we would have snow this year...a big one. We had a big one year before last. Just have to wait and see as the big ones don't come here very often. I'm thinking you probably never get any or very little, anyway. Your card is a real cutie.

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  11. DonnaMundingerSeptember 4, 2012 at 3:11 PM

    Great coloring and cute image. I sure hope we don't have snow for Halloween. LOL thanks for joining us at BBTB2. xxD

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  12. DonnaMundingerSeptember 4, 2012 at 3:12 PM

    Sorry, I meant HDH. Been doing my commenting for ALL my DT's and I got a little confused. xxD

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  13. Andrea CSeptember 5, 2012 at 12:04 PM

    Very cute and expertly done. Thanks for sharing with us at Haunted Design House x

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  14. Croms' Cubby HoleSeptember 5, 2012 at 3:22 PM

    Your colouring looks alright to me Nancy, a lovely image. Thank you for sharing with us at MM @ HDH this week

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  15. AnonymousSeptember 9, 2012 at 7:38 PM

    I am glad that finally I am to post comments again..vibrant card..seeing this cute card makes me happy..

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