Anything Goes Challenge- Anything Goes!

Happy Tuesday to you! Well I'm on a roll with my Christmas cards (kind of!) so I decided to do another one for today's challenge over at Anything Goes which is Anything Goes!!! Why not come over and join us and take the opportunity to make a Christmas card like me?

I love this cute image by Nellie Snellen called Hokey Pokey purchased from The Craft Den. I coloured her with mainly copics and some watercolour pencils here and there. The sentiment is from Whimsy Stamps (as is the matching die) and is my first time of using since I got it in my Christmas stash. These beautiful papers are called Wonder by Authentique. The holly die was also in my Christmas stash!

I'm really pleased with the colouring on this. I tried out some new techniques like the dotty background effect which I've seen around in blogland and using a white pencil (without blending) to add highlights . I used that technique on my Lulu Love Poppies card the other week but forgot to tell you! I think it works really well against strong dark colours. What do you think?

Crafty stash used: Stamps (Nellie Snellen, Whimsy Stamps); Copics; Watercolour pencils; Papers (Authentique); Assorted cardstock; Holly die (Memory Box); Postage stamp die (Whimsy); Gold Stickles; Nailheads (Josy Rose)

Come on over and join us. The DT's designs are awesome this week! x