Go on, you know you like a challenge

I have several friends who like what I make and are in the habit of asking me to create special cards for them to give to others.  It's a lovely compliment to know that they trust you to create cards for them.  I've been doing this for several years and my techniques have changed and I like to think I've got better at it.  So much so that a couple of my friends have taken to asking for - let's call them 'Challenging' cards.  I can guarantee that some of the things they come up with are definitely not available on the high street. 

So, Ang's mum has a birthday coming up.  She often asks me for cards so it was nice when Ang asked me if I could create a card for her to give to her mum.  'She's into Highland Cows' she said.  OK...Highland Cows...Right!  Leave it with me I'll see what I can do (silently screaming and asking myself why I set myself up for these things).  Anyway, it turns out it was a lot easier than I thought.  What do you think.

She's called Morag (the cow - not Ang's mother) and she's available from Dr Digi's House of Stamps.  She turned out way better than I expected and I had such fun colouring her I did another one straight after.  She's coloured up with my favourite set of brown Tria markers.  I usually use them for hair but they worked even better here.  I popped her onto a plaid background so I could enter her into this week's Passion for Promarkers Challenge - use ginghams or plaids.  

I can honestly say I would never have attempted to colour something like this without being asked.  I suppose I should be grateful to my friends for helping me to develop my skills.  I just hope she likes it as much as I do.

Thanks for reading.

Love Dawn x