Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Paper craft project no. 450: Sunny days ahead



Popping by with a card I made for the current challenge at Time Out. There is still a week left to join in the Inspired by Words challenge. The team took inspiration from this quote: Wherever you go, no matter the weather, always bring your own sunshine (Anthony J. D'Angelo)

I was in the mood for some watercoloring and I wanted a large image to color so I enlarged one of the framed floral images I have originally illustrated. It's an actual stamp, Framed Zinnia, that measures 2" by 3" but I enlarged it to 3" by 4.5" then printed it on 110 lb cardstock. I colored it with a combination of Zig Clean Color markers, Akashiya Sai Japanese watercolor brush markers, and Inktense pencils. I layered it over a stitched rectangle panel (CUTplorations Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangles). I stamped the banner and sentiment (from Bloom Happy, a soon-to-be-released set) and then die-cut it using the coordinating CUTplorations die. I'd like to report that this card did not give me a headache ;o) I think I am starting to warm up to creating cards that have real layers, although one layers are still my first love.


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Card ingredients
Inks: VersaFine, Zig Clean Color, Akashiya Sai Japanese watercolor brush markers, Inktense pencils
STAMPlorations Stamps and CUTplorations Dies:
preview-framedzinnia     preview-CrazyDoubleRunningStitches-Rectangle  

19 comments:

  1. The colouring here is stunning, love the rich colour of the flowers and that funky text background x

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  2. love this brightness !!!
    Such a great coloring *respect
    CU hellerlittle

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  3. Wonderful, Shery ... such gorgeous rich colour in those lovely blooms! Hugs, Anita :)

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  4. WOW ... amazing colouring of these gorgeous flowers Shery. You have really brought them to live with the shading ... they look 3-D. Love the script background and the soft sponging of linen to compliment the dark pink blooms. I'm so glad this didn't give you a headache!! :) Awesome job with this layered beauty. Thanks for sharing with us at CAS Mix Up! xx

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  5. What a lovely card! Thanks for playing with us at The Crafty Addicts :) xx Mari

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  6. Fabulous colours and colouring. Love the layering and those new stamps and die x

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  7. Oh, my, Shery, these flowers are GORGEOUS! What a beautiful job of coloring them! Thanks so much for sharing this with us at CAS Mix Up! And Happy Bornday!

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  8. Super cute!!! Thank you for joining us at ATSM, good luck!!! Amy DT

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  9. Love the colours; looks vintage and real at the same time! Hugs, Gerrina

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  10. OMG Shery...your beautifully colored and shaded flowers really pop! I love your soft background coloring and your new stamped sentiment too. Your stitched die cut borders are the perfect accents. A really artistic stunning card my friend. TFS and joining us at CAS Mix Up...again:-) Hugs, Nancy

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  11. Beautifully coloured flowers! And I love the text in the background. The way you offset the layers adds lot of interest to the card. Thanks for joining us at CAS Mix Up.

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  12. I just got my order that included this stamp and those rectangle dies - this is awesome inspiration. It's stunning!

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  13. Beautiful watercolouring - love the intensity of the colours! So great to see you at CASology this week, Shery!

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  14. Stunning card love it. Must get myself that floral, its beautiful.

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  15. Absolutely stunning, Shery! Your colors and coloring are amazing. And that stitched rectangle die is cute as can be! Thanks for sharing with us at Addicted to Stamps and More!

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  16. This stamp is so beautiful, I really love the design, and your watercoloring is stunning! Great that you are starting to like your more layered cards because they sure look great! xxx

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  17. Fabulous design and coloring.Thanks for playing along at ATSM.

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  18. Gorgeous Shery! Love your tilted stitched panel underneath too. Thanks for playing along at CASology this week.

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