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
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
Challenges
Thanks for
stopping by!