There is a really happy looking Color Challenge over on Splitcoaststampers today: Poppy Parade + Call Me Clover + Mango Melody with birthday or thank you greetings for dessert. Here is what I came up with:
- I started by stamping the circle image and greeting with Swirly Frames and To a Wild Rose (this set is available June 4) in Tuxedo Black ink ...
- and then masked this to add my roses, also in Tuxedo Black …
- and then masked the roses so that I could add the leaves, once again in Tuxedo Black.
- I colored everything with Poppy Parade, Mango Melody and Call Me Clover Combo Blends.
- Popped a few Call Me Clover enamel dots around my greeting…and it COULD have been done...
- Except I picked up a Mackenzie Childs catalog that for some reason my daughter in Brooklyn has mailed here. Well, she knows I like their style so that’s probably why it comes here. Anyway I decided that these roses needed some Mackenzie Childs' style checks...
- so I got out a ruler and and drew some. I filled them in with a black pigment Stampin’ Write Journaler which I’m pretty sure is retired. Then I took a photo in case I messed the next part up. (And I almost did!)
- If you are familiar with the checked style of Mackenzie Childs, you know that they aren’t just black and white checks. There is shading in the white part of the check. So I got out my light Crumb Cake Blends and started sketching “shadows” into the corners of my checks.
- But you know what happens when you use a alcohol based marker with a pigment marker? They blend! Luckily I caught myself and sketched very carefully after slightly messing up the top white square. And then I decided to add some Crumb Cake shadows around my greeting and roses. This is still pretty subtle. On first glance most would probably not even notice. But I do and I like it!
- Please note that I used a clear acrylic ruler that has 1/4" lines. This made it easy to line everything up at keep it (mostly) straight.
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