I decided to do a little bit of coloring to unwind yesterday. I still had some uninked rubber (such a shame!), so I picked an image that my Mom had actually selected herself and bought for me this summer.
It always amazes me how time-consuming coloring can be. More so than watercoloring. I ended up spending pretty much the whole evening on this card. I do like how it turned out, though.
The papers are scraps from last year's paper sampler, which I found while emptying my workshop bag. Since the papers are not current anymore, I don't really have any use for the sampler, but instead of throwing it to the recycling bin, I've been trying to find designs that can accomodate small pieces of paper. You might remember that last Spring, I had used some of the squares to make 3x3 Love notes.
The little girl was colored with pencils and Gamsol, then I die-cut the image with a die and used it as a mask to sponge some chalk ink around the image. I looked through my binder of sentiments to find something like "Hugs and Kisses" in French and found the "Gros becs" one in the Mots chaleureux set. I inked each word separately with markers, stamped them on patterned paper, cut the words out, matted them and added them to the image. I added a bit of glitter to the crown and the little girl's outfit, which the camera doesn't seem to have picked up. And I added a pearl button at the neck.
On the original sketch, the ribbon was running over the image, but the little girl looked kind of weird with her feet cut off, so I added an eyelet and wove the ribbon in it instead. The background has been dry-embossed with a Texturz plate and spritzed with the Log Cabin Smooch Spritz.
Supplies
Stamps: Little ballerina, Des mots chaleureux (SU!), Stitches
Cardstock: Pale Plum, Rich Razzleberry, Very Vanilla
Inks: Basic Black, Rich Razzleberry
Papers: Mur et maison
Accessories: Moss taffeta ribbon, button, floss, markers, dies,
Stampin' Dimensionals, eyelets, brads, Flower Trio punch, glitter, gel pen,
pencils, Gamsol, Texturz plate, Log Cabin Smooch Spritz
Wow Cindy this is an absolutely beautiful card. The image is so very cute and your colouring is just WOW!! I love the way you've used the patterned papers, and also love the offset ribbon. This is just gorgeous!!
Posted by: Lee-Anne | November 23, 2010 at 19:40
FAbulous colouring...well worth the time! Adorable image and great colours!
Posted by: Laura (scrapnextras) | November 24, 2010 at 01:02
What a cutie card!! She has such attitude! I agree about coloring, which is why I'm usually too lazy to do it!
Posted by: Angie tieman | November 26, 2010 at 00:55