Explore…With a Hula Girl!

I wanted to play along with an Embellish Magazine challenge. My very first. Kathi brought it to the Bombshell’s attention, and I really wanted to play along. The challenge is to make a masculine card using a specific color combo.

And what do you know…I actually had the paper they showed!

I just received Bombshell Stamps’ Hula Girl in the mail yesterday. I was really hoping I’d get her before I missed the deadline for this challenge. She came just at the nick of time!

I colored Hula Girl and the hibiscus using pencils and watercolor markers. The Explore and world image are from Technique Tuesday.

This was a fun challenge! I loved the color combination. And what guy wouldn’t want to do some exploring with her??? Well, hopefully my husband… but I know he likes the card! Thanks for stopping by!

Comments

Sparkly Engineer said…

Way neato that you had the exact paper. New bombshells are so fun.

March 31, 2011 at 8:49 PM

Laura said…

Love your card, bombshells rock !!! so cool that you had the papers already xxx

April 1, 2011 at 6:26 AM

Charlene Austin said…

I am so glad you did play along!! This is just awesome. I LOVE that hula girl. And how fun that you had the same paper. Wicked card girl!! Thank you so much for playing along in the Embellish Challenge.

April 1, 2011 at 11:44 PM

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