I love the luminous quality of these three pieces and hoped to achieve that. I originally was going to make just one card but ended up with three. I sponged the backgrounds to give them the look of paint. I decided to use Copics to color the poppies as they are “my comfort zone.” When I started to color however, I moved out of my zone. If you are familiar with my coloring style you know that normally I would be very precise and exact. But these called for a painterly feel. I think I colored all three in the time frame of one U2 song! And I went outside the lines! :0 (To be fair, I knew I intended to cut them out.)
Assembling them took more time than anything since it all had to be very precise. I used a square framelit to make the mat and heat embossed the stems in black. The portion on the mat is embossed in white and colored with Copics. This is a technique IÂ’ve been meaning to try.
IÂ’ve also posted pictures of the individual cards. TFL!
Date: Sunday, September 27, 2015 GMT Views: 1104
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Registered: April 18, 2011 Location: Melbourne, Aus Posts: 51844
Mon, Sep 28, 2015 @ 12:04 AM
Whew...thank goodness I live in a different time zone...I can officially add these drop dead gorgeous works of art to My Favs for next week. Jeanne may I please place an order for this collection in 10' square..thank you.
------------------------------ Susie
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Registered: April 5, 2009 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 1223
Mon, Sep 28, 2015 @ 7:32 AM
These are beautiful! They really do look like you painted them, well done on the colouring technique!
------------------------------ Patricia "You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose."
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Registered: January 29, 2006 Location: Mount Forest,Ontario Canada Posts: 11594
Thu, Oct 01, 2015 @ 9:43 AM
This is a stunning set, Jeanne. It is perfectly inspired and I bet it didn't cost anywhere near $818.44 like the etsy piece;))!! But, they are every bit as beautiful!
------------------------------ Michele
My God shall supply all your need…Philippians 4:19