Sunday, October 20, 2013

So much color

I was able to play along with a couple online challenges this week, both are a pretty interesting combination of COLORS!!!
 First off, the Freshly Made sketch.  My color combination is on the unusual side for a winter themed card but I thought it was pretty fun.
 I took a piece of watercolor paper from a little pad of paper I picked up at a Crafter's Warehouse.  The paper was spritzed with some water first and then swiped with four colors of Distress Stain.  The stains reacted with the water and ran for a neat look.  This was sprayed with a white spray and then dotted with some watered down white paint.  I finished it off with some stamped little mittens that are a stamp from Wplus9 Designs.
 Here is the Freshly Made sketch.
 Next off, a card using the Colour Q combination. 
 I used some fun Paper Source stamps, the flower and the leaves.  I stamped the flower twice.  The first one was colored with an orange spray of Stephanie Barnard spray by Clearsnap.  The second was sprayed with a pink spray.  I cut out the middle section of the second flower and added that over the first flower.  The spray made for a fast and easy was to color these flowers. 
 Here is the Colour Q combo.
We were at our pet store this week and they had just gotten in some crabs.  I just loved this guy sitting on top of a big rock.
Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

7 comments:

  1. These are gorgeous!! I am loving those colors on that first one!!!!

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  2. Absolutely gorgeous, Linda! I'm really loving those splashes of color in that first card!

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  3. Oh wow Linda these creations are gorgeous. Your colouring techniques are so creative and the colours so fresh.
    Hugs Desíre {Doing Life}

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  4. What fun, colorful cards! I love the watercolor look on the first one. Thanks for playing along with us at Freshly Made Sketches this week!

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  5. So fun and colorful! Great takes on the inspiration pieces!

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  6. Both of your cards are amazing!! I totally love the first one with that watercolored background!! So fabulous!! Cute little crab too :)

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  7. Both fab cards - great use of colour! Thanks for playing along with the ColourQ!

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