I'm not used to working with large round images, so I took a bit for me to balance things out. This is the first time I used my circle nestibilities and the first time doing the stenciling around the image the "right" way. I found instructions for this technique on Paula Williamson's website found here. The key is using the wheat chalk ink that she recommends. It came out pretty good I think.
I also used a Sizzix embossing folder called "Ornate Flower and Frame". I loved the way the middle of it had an embossed circle to go with the circle image - hopefully you can see that. Then I didn't want too much white, so I decided to emboss a smaller strip to match down the middle in the salmon color, I sanded it a little, then added a mat of guacamole behind it. I love this guacamole color and have used it for a while. I think the new green (can't remember the name) that Stampin Up has out is pretty similar.
I couldn't think of accents to use on this, then I thought, 'butterflies in quacamole'! I actually had some of these already made up from another project that I ended up not using.
The coloring is my FAVORITE thing to do. Makes me almost feel artistic. I love matching colors to the paper colors. I'm still working on doing the shading better, it just takes time to get it right. I used my Prismacolor pencils and oderless mineral spirits (aka gamsol) with stumps. I left tiny bits of white here and there to brighten it and also a few dabs of white gel pen.
When it got down to the wording for the front, I was stumped. I didn't like any of the shapes I had to go with this. Finally, I decided to just cut around the words and pop it out a little.
The supplies I used are:
Stamps: Plant a Little Love (JustRite), Well Scripted (Stampin Up)
Paper: Guacamole (Bazzills), Salmon (Coredinations), Whisper White (SU)
Ink: Black (Momento), Wheat chalk ink (Versamagic), Old Olive (SU)
Accessories: white gel pen, Nestibilities' Standard Circles Small #6 & Large #5, sponge, Sizzix Ornate Flower and Frame, Embosslits Beautiful Wings (SU), oderless mineral spirits, stumps
Prismacolor pencils: Pale Vermillion, Poppy Red, Pale Sage, Olive Green, & Dark Green.
Hope you enjoy this!
Kathy
Kathy, I posted a message on your pretty card at SCS, but It's so pretty I wanted to post here too. Very creative with the butterflies, and Your coloring is awesome. I just attended my first ever art class tonight. (It you don't count grade school...smile) I want to learn how to color with my copics (the few that I have LOL)I so admire cards (like yours) that have the images colored so nicely. I guess you are never too old to learn!
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