…most softly lulling to my soul

This is my second and sadly last post as a guest DT for Through the Purple Haze where this week’s challenge is a sketch one sponsored by Aurora Wings and Delicious Doodles.  Here is the awesome sketch designed by one of the talented DT members, Lucy.

And I got to play with the gorgeous White Poppy image from Aurora Wings, although as you see I decided to colour her red.

She was certainly a challenge to colour, especially as she is printed fairly small, just under 3.5” and it isn’t actually clear where she finishes.  The background is a bit dodgy, I wanted it black but didn’t want to use my Copics to colour it and my Distress Markers weren’t going to work either as my image is printed on an inkjet so I’d get runs when I hit the outline so I had to go with chalks.  I trimmed down the applicator ball but it was still impossible to get into all the small places without going over the image a bit and I got some contamination in the red frame with the black from the background.  It is what it is now though as no way was I going in and recolouring it.  As I have several methods of making my mark (chalk, Copics and Distress Ink) I am linking this up at Addicted to Stamps’ current challenge.

With such an elegant image and poppies being red and black I decided to go with that colour scheme for my card.  I’ve never used my Marianne Design Petra’s Oval dies and I’m glad I broke them out for this as the one I used is just beautiful and is the perfect frame for the image.  The current challenge at Crafty Bloggers’ Network is for either a die cut or embossing, I’ve got both covered so am entering this over there.

I knew I wanted to swap the bow element for a poppy but I didn’t have one in my enormous (we’re talking a couple of draws full) stash of flowers but that’s OK, Mr Google came to the rescue.  Or should I say Martha Stewart did, as it was a pattern from her that I used to make my poppy.  I had to hunt out the one and only sheet of Mulberry Paper I own for this but I eventually found the little sneak hiding among some patterned papers.  Some Lindy’s Stamp Gang Starbursts in the appropriate colours and I had a pretty decent poppy.

The background embossing is also from a folder I’ve not used before, the lovely and appropriate Poppy from Anna Griffin.  I used a piece of red paper but then highlighted the flowers with some Distress Ink, I think I should have done the centres with some wet embossing but I only thought of that after I stuck the sheet down.  No matter, one form is enough to qualify this in the current 4 Crafty Chicks’ challenge.

Hopefully my little card has inspired you to come play along at Through the Purple Haze.  I do love a sketch challenge, they give you structure to work with but still allow for amazing creativity, don’t believe me, just go look at all the different ways the DT have interpreted Lucy’s sketch!

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E50, E51, E53 (E02 cheeks)

Eyes G21, G28, 0

Lips R29, R46, R89

Hair & Wings T4, T6, T8, 100

Poppies G21, G24, G28, R24, R29, R46, R89

Chalks & Powders etc

Lindy’s Stamp Gang Starburst ~ Black Orchid Satin & Rhododendron Red Rose

Pebbles Chalk ~ Metallic Cream

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Cuttlebug Embossing Plate ~ Anna Griffin Poppy

Marianne Designs Creatable ~ Petra’s Large Ovals

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Black Soot & Festive Berries

Papers

Echo Park Playground ~ Rubber Ball

Kaisercraft Cardstock ~ Liquorice & Scarlet

Mulberry Paper ~ White

Ribbons & Trims etc

Krafty Savers Satin Ribbon ~ Red

Lace from stash

Stamps

Aurora Wings ~ White Poppy

Challenges

4 Crafty Chick s#191 ~ {Embossing!}

Addicted to Stamps #92 ~ Make Your Mark

Crafty Bloggers Network ~ Die cuts or embossing

Thanks for stopping by!