Sue is our challenge mistress again (that sounds kinda kinky, no? Sorry Sue!). Anyway, she told me that we should try to use a coloring medium we haven't used for a while. Since we all get caught up in the must-have of our day (Copics, anyone?), I am sure we may have some of the following rustling around in our craft drawers:
- Pencil crayons (prismas and gamsol were "the thing" before the Copic craze)
- Watercolor pencils
- Aquapainter and ink
- Chalks
- Non-Copic Markers (e.g., SU!, Martha Stewart, etc.)
- Watercolor crayons
- Gel pens
I decided to pull out my aquapainter, watercolor paper and some Vintage Violet ink (that's an EONAC for sure!). The image is from Stampendous, the sentiment is an early peek at LPS' Everyday set and the paper is Lily Kate from Basic Grey. I included a mess of dew drops in the middle of the bloom and accented the lines coming off from the center with Crystal Effects.
Positive note of the day: It's late and I am sleepy. It reminds me of that ol' When Harry Met Sally quote: "That's the good thing about depression - you rest."
23 comments:
Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous! Love the colors, love Lily Kate, love the image - and the sentiment. Wow! Great job. From the CM. :0)
Very pretty! I agree, it's time I use something other than copics....ohhhhhhh I have that image and haven't used it in ages!
Just beautiful Allison! I love lavender, It is one of my favorities colors. You always add great sentiments on your cards.
I really like this one, Allison! You know...I bought some watercolor paper like over a year ago and have yet to use it! I might have to join you all this week! :0)
Beautiful card, Allison! You did a great job on watercoloring this flower! And love the dew drops in the center!
This is beautiful...watercolor is my fave and I was never good at it! This is beautiful...maybe I can stamp sometime this week!
beautiful card...guess I'll have to pull out my watercolor crayons again!
Such a stunner! Love the flower and the colors are fantastic! Hang in there - hugs headed your way! ~chris
WoWzA, this is gorgeous, Allison! Love it!
LOL, makes me wonder what the next big thing in coloring will be ... any ideas, oh great one?!?
Have a great weekend, Sweetie!!
What a beauty Allison!
Very pretty flower. I still watercolor a bit, but I usually grab those darn Copics. Love the BG paper, it would go wonderful with the challenge Going Grey with Scrap-creations :-)
What an awesome card. I don't own Copics so I have to use other stuff all the time....but you've inspired me to use one of my big flower images with watercolour this weekend. Thanks for the inspiration!!!
Beautiful card!!
Love this! Love te Dew Drops in the center too!
This card is AMAZING Allison. I love your coloring. You did well with the "old school" stuff. Beautiful card.
love the watercolor effect on the flower; thanks for the inspiration. {{{hugs}}} on the positive note of the day.
I added my link, but then the linky thing disappeared ??
I had fun breaking out the Shimmer Chalks.
Golden Green Memories
Oh so pretty Allison! Hope you are not depressed... catching up on sleep though sounds nice to me.
:-)
Allison, I LOVE this card!
grrr...it's not adding my link again! Is it because I'm using Firefox? I'll try again later with my Macbook - here are my cards:
http://whatdoyouink.blogspot.com/2010/03/eonac-coloring-with-chalks.html
love the colors in your sample. Way to go with purple :)
I had never used copics so that is why I used them in my card. Love all the other mediums too, but this was something brand new to me that I have wanted to try since they became the rage. Thanks and I hope you like this card.
Cheryl
This was a great challenge. It was fun to use my watercolour crayons. I'd forgotten how much I loved the effect of this particular technique. Thanks!
One word Allison Beautiful
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