Your hugs are a best-kept secret

Posted Saturday 10 January 2009 and filed under: Good Finds,Prints, Patterns & Fabric

So I was planning to focus on completing the blonde-haired doll since the last post and not get distracted so easily. But then I came across Design for Mankind’s newest project and I just couldn’t resist! :-)

Mankind teamed up with Boooooooom last month to gather over 400 encouraging comments – the second part of the project is to design a postcard using any of the 400+ comments. You can draw it, paint it, collage it – whatever your creative heart desires! Just be sure to submit your file to Mankind by the 1st of February.  All the details are here.

I scanned through all the words of encouragement (there are a lot of gems) and instantly zoomed in on “Your hugs are a best-kept secret“.

So I sketched out my idea based on my Woodland Girls:

Inked it:

Scanned it and played around with it using Illustrator and Photoshop. Here’s what I came up with:

I had a blast making this one (probably because I was also watching Be Kind, Rewind at the same time – so funny!) and I hope to make a couple more. It’s a great project – hope you join in too!

Okay, I will definitely be working on the doll tonight. Her name is Constance by the way – because she’s constantly nagging me to finish her up already! :-)

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7 Responses to “Your hugs are a best-kept secret”

  1. i cant sew Says:
    January 10th, 2009 at 8:05 pm

    love that post card! i dont have photo shop or the brains to do anything quarter as good as that so i might just take a peek instead :) %*_*%

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  2. Kirsty Says:
    January 10th, 2009 at 9:11 pm

    She’s really cute Jhoanna – she reminds me of my smallest.

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  3. Cutzi Says:
    January 11th, 2009 at 1:34 am

    How adorable! I love it.

    And what fun you have creating things! Makes life a little sweeter, huh?

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  4. crafty things Says:
    January 11th, 2009 at 11:30 am

    The postcard looks terrific. I love the way you share the entire design process.

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  5. Jane Says:
    January 11th, 2009 at 1:45 pm

    Oh I would love to stitch her.

    Janie

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  6. becky Says:
    January 12th, 2009 at 5:24 am

    i love the picture. very cute with the cuddly bear too. oh–stitching her would be fun. :)

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  7. natalie pola Says:
    January 14th, 2009 at 2:35 pm

    I wish I could draw! So cute and matches the comment perfectly :)

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