Grace Drayton images...

...from Nicecrane Designs.

Part of Ignacio's May release of images is a set of characters created by Grace Drayton - the artist who created the Campbell's Soup advertising using jolly little round faced children. This is the sheet of images...

...and you can grab a set for yourselves - here.

I didn't want to use these images to make cards so I had a rummage around in my re-cycling cupboard (I find it very hard to throw certain types of things away as they "might come in useful")...

 ...this container seemed perfect for the job...

 ...and this is what it looked like after a quick bit of covering with CS and Washi tape. For some reason I had the Campbell Soup cans in my mind, hence the red/white/black colour scheme.
I printed the images quite small (wallet size which allows 9 to a sheet of A4)...

 ...and started colouring them with my Spectrum Noir pens...

...and as you can see, this is what they looked like whilst in progress.
The fully coloured images were cut out using a die from the X-cut plain circle set...

...and mounted onto a slightly larger piece of black CS that had been cut with the X-cut scalloped circle set. I then curved the images by rubbing them over the edge of my desk so that they would sit more comfortably round the container...

 ...I picked this image for the front - but as you can see...

 ...it is not so easy showing how the other images are placed...

...when you are looking at something that is tube shaped.
With the recent chilly spell of weather we have been having lately, I've been knitting scarves again and this container is just the right size...

 ...to hold the scarf snug and safe.
This is the finished container with an added piece of ribbon tied around the bottom...

 

((OOPS!!! published instead of saved - will be back later to add links and finish post. I was in such a rush this morning that I hit 'publish' instead of save, so I'm now back to fill in the links and finish off the post.))

 

These images were real cuties to colour and had me thinking of lots of the artwork that has been used in advertising - many of which have been revived in recent years...remember the Bisto Kids? I thought this set of images were just right for the gift packaging that I wanted to create.

 

There are some absolutely fabulous images available in the May release at Nicecrane and you really must hop over to the blog to take a look at all the lovely ideas that the DT have been coming up with..............................................................