This is one of my pub rejects... LOL! All stamps are from Impression Obsession. I watercolored the image (Gardening Tools) using Ranger dye and Distress reinkers, then shaded with a Prismacolor pencil (Sepia) when the watercoloring was dry. A few edges of tools and the butterfly wings were cut with a craft knife, then embossed from the back side of the panel using a ball stylus. The background panel was stamped with two Cover-a-Card stamps, Damask and Canvas, then sponged around the edges. The coconut shell buttons were a local find.
Registered: February 21, 2007 Location: Bay City, MICHIGAN Posts: 17556
Thu, Apr 28, 2011 @ 3:20 PM
Holy Smokes, Dini - this is stupendous!!!!!!!!!!! What an image!!
Your coloring looks as if it were printed in color, it is so perfect!! I so wanna grow up to be able to color just like you!!!
------------------------------ SUE aka GREENIE - Twisted Sistah Handmade cards because..No one displays an email on their mantle, or saves a FB post in a box of treasures! Nothing is impossible with God!
Registered: August 18, 2008 Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK Posts: 31972
Thu, Apr 28, 2011 @ 3:41 PM
Wow, Dina, your skills shine through on this - the watercoloring, sepia shading and the fabulous bg stamping are all wonderful! Love the color hues you've achieved! I'm with Sue - holy smokes!
Registered: March 11, 2008 Location: Sacramento, California Posts: 39766
Thu, Apr 28, 2011 @ 3:44 PM
Gadzooks! This is top notch wonderful. Your coloring is amazing. I love this image. Thanks for the idea about the shading with the prisma pencil when dry and the dry eb from behind. Will be trying that one real soon. WOW card for sure. TFS :0)
------------------------------ Cathy B aka: Mutnik ....or is it Nutmeg?! I get so confused!
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