It's my pleasure to host the Inspiration Challenge this week & I found sooo much to see it was hard to decide..I finally went w/ THIS as my inspiration.
After I colored the lilies, I fussy cut them & set them aside. I will mention, when fussy cutting a detailed image, I always start w/ a craft knife & cut out the internal pieces that I wouldnât be able to get w/ the scissors. Then the rest is cut using a very small pair of curved blade scissors. Think decoupage scissors & it works much better to turn the paper, not the scissors, when cutting. On the background, I chose a couple of yellow inks & 1 light grey ink to sponge the colors in. I started w/ the lemon & brought it in from the bottom right & let it fade to white as I went over the mid section. The citrus was added at the lower right. Then I used the grey to come in from the upper left, again letting it fade to white as I approached the lemon. After it dried, I stamped the greeting. I die cut the white deckle frame, popped it up a bit, then tucked the lilies under & over the frame. The lilies are also popped up. A few sequins finished it.
Thanks so much for looking. It's on my blog w/ Copic colors & more pics. (p.s. it's also a blog hop): The Write Stuff
Date: Friday, February 4, 2022 GMT Views: 452
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Sun, Feb 06, 2022 @ 2:03 PM
Wonderful fussy cutting of your lovely lilies and your sponged background is so pretty! The inspiration site you chose is amazing, Julie!
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Mon, Feb 07, 2022 @ 12:48 PM
Oh my! I am truly, madly obsessed with lilies. I have between 200-300 lily plants in my yard and just wish 'lily season' lasted longer than it does. This is simply stunning to me. So wonderfully coloured - I have one in my garden called Marmalade that is similar to this. Love it. Amazing job on the bg too. TFS
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