I have the privilege of hosting this weeks TEAparty on behalf of Andrea aka papercrafter40. Andrea's friends Janet and Bruce are facing Bruce's terminal cancer, so we are sending paper hugs and comforting thoughts.
Janet is a card maker, so our challenge is to use a "paper" technique - I chose to do paper piecing, with a twist. Instead of stamping or printing onto the patterned paper, I used a light box flatform and traced the pieces to be paper pieced, with a fine micron pen.
This little couple are digi stamps by LOTV, I also have them in bare rubber, but they are very little and I find them difficult to fussy cut without amputating something.
The images were printed on copy paper then coloured with Prismacolour pencils, Zest it pencil blend and a colourless blending pencil. I coloured everything, including the bits I knew would be covered with patterned paper, just incase the piecing doesn't look right or is cut too fine. Before fussy cutting, I gently wiped a walnut stain foam blending tool over the images.
I paper pieced the little chaps hat and his sweeties cardigan, shoes and socks. They were adhered using a glue stick, you have a few seconds to slide the pieced bits in place when using a glue stick. If you don't like the look, you can remove the piece all together as the glue doesn't stain and is invisible when completely dry.
I hope you get a chance to join in and send some paper hugs to Janet and Bruce. Thank you for looking and be safe.
EDIT: Looking at the picture here, I can see that I did not wipe any walnut stain ink on the two little punched flowers. The ink gives a lovely aged effect.
Date: Monday, July 6, 2020 GMT Views: 1248
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Accessories: Prismacolor pencils, Zest it pencil blend, colourless blending pencil, Copic highlights in hair, patterned paper (Kaiser DP for hat, Authentuque DP for cardi, shoes and socks), light platform, stencil, silver foam blending tool, Grey Copic for shadows
Registered: March 20, 2008 Location: Hamilton, Ontario Canada Posts: 615
Sun, Jul 12, 2020 @ 2:38 PM
Oh my goodness, Susie!!! I LOVE the detail you have achieved with pencils and blending solution on your stamped image!!! To be honest, this is one of the best I have seen of coloring people, and I am really gobsmacked as some say in Britain!!!
Contrasting that amazing colored detail with the pristine white die-cuts, and then your amazing shadows that you have painted or colored add such great depth. You have always created such wonderful artwork, but to me, this is one of your very best ever, and THAT is saying a lot!!!
I just listed my first ever list of CAS Favorites, and I wish that I had seen this first, and I think I'll just list it singly. It's SO wonderful!!! Whoever is the intended recipient will feel extremely special indeed.
When I look at a piece of art like this, I can and I do learn so much and I am so very grateful to you. You do so much for SCS in so many ways, plus you encourage us with your kind and insightful comments--just know that you and your artwork are so very appreciated, Susie.