You can’t possess radiance, you can only admire it

I’m sharing a card featuring an image from a new artist, Emily Luella, called Elizabeth Taylor.

My card follows the current double challenge over at CAS Colours & Sketches; double challenges have both a sketch and inspiration colours.  I finally got me some Stampin’ Up! cardstock so I could match the Mint Macaron and Tangerine Tango perfectly.  I still don’t have any ink so I had to add in the Rich Razzelberry in a mix of Copics and a substitute ink for the sentiment.

To ensure I stuck to the colours I’ve done the image in neutrals (black and white) and took inspiration from the current challenge at Addicted to CAS by water colouring the image.  Love the pop of colour from adding the Rich Razzelberry element through Copics for the lips and lipstick.

I’m not the world’s best water-colourist so this is attempt number three, or maybe four, I was losing count by the end!  So when the sentiment ink smeared, well, I just about cried and then erased as much as I could and hid the rest under some gems.

Adding the gems and creating shine on my Tangerine Tango accent with UTEE was a nod to the challenge over at Card Mania.  I also felt that Liz had to have some gems, she just wouldn’t be happy without them!  And, although the sentiment is a Coco Chanel quote, I’m sure it’s one Liz would concur with most readily.

Ingredients:

Copics

Lips & Lipstick RV66, RV69

Chalks & Powders etc

Ranger Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel ~ Clear

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Creativ eExpressions Dies Gemini Collection ~ CED4406 Cygnus

Embellishments

Zyneri ~ Hot Fix Crystals Clear (coloured with Copic RV99)

Inks & Paints etc

Clear Snap Colour Box Ink ~ Eggplant

Tim Holtz Distress Markers ~ Black Soot & Hickory Smoke

Papers

Bazzill Classic Cardstock ~ White

Stampin’ Up! Cardstock ~ Mint Macaron & Tangerine Tango

Stamps

Emily Luella Art ~ Elizabeth Taylor

Kraftin’ Kimmie ~ Katherine sentiment only (retired)

Challenges

Addicted to CAS #98 ~ Watercolour

Card Mania #85 ~ Let it Shine!

CAS Colours & Sketches #193 ~ Double

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Dressing up is a bore

Today’s card features Katherine a gorgeous stamp from Kraftin’ Kimmie.

I’ve used the colour inspiration from Color Throwdown to do up my card.  I’ve used two of the colours on the image for her dress and picked up the third colour on the card itself in the border and on the rectangle elements.  I’ve made these using alcohol ink although I didn’t have the right colour in my alcoholic inks so I just used Various Ink for it.  The yellow colour is a bit gold toned so I used some Gold Mixative for added interest on the rectangles.

The layout of my card follows the current sketch at CAS Colours & Sketches, I just added in my image over the top of the background elements.  The fab quote stamp comes with Katherine and perfectly suits the friend this card is going out to.

Over at 4 Crafty Chicks they’re looking for CAS projects so I am entering my card in their challenge.  I am loving the colour combo on her dress and the CAS design that allows Katherine to take centre stage.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E000, E00, E11, E21 (E02 cheeks)

Lips R24

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Outfit BG72, BG75, BG78, BV25, Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28

Inks & Paints etc

Ranger Tim Holtz Adirondack Alcohol Ink Mixative ~ Gold

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Brushed Corduroy

Various Ink ~ BG53 Ice Mint

Wink of Stella ~ Gold

Papers

Bazzill Fourz Cardstock ~ Navajo

Ranger Inkssentials ~ Speciality Stamping Paper

Stamps

Kraftin’ Kimmie ~ Katherine

Challenges

4 Crafty Chicks #291 ~ {Less is More!}

CAS Colours & Sketches #166~ Sketch

Color Throwdown #385 ~ Teal, Turquoise & Golden Yellow

 

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