It's Dare to Get Dirty Week at Splitcoaststampers! If you're a Fan Club Member this is your chance to play along with design team members (aka Dirty Girls, which I am honored to say I am an alumni of!), past and present, in a ton of fun challenges! If you're not a Fan Club Member, this is the perfect time to become one -- you can get all the info here. We'd love to have you play with us this week! There are 33 challenges to choose from - play one or play them all.
Today I'm hosting a sketch challenge ... you'll need to work with this sketch:
You can find full details about the challenge, including two more samples from my fellow alumni Dirty Girls and friends, Jami Sibley and Jody Morrow, HERE. Easy peasy, right?!!
Here's my sample, using one of Karen Lockhart's beautiful new floral images from her Summer 2010 release, Peonies ... my favorite flowers!
The image is stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa onto Neenah Natural White cardstock and colored with these Copic markers:
Coloring these flowers might seem a little overwhelming, but it's a pretty quick & easy process. I started out with a quick base coat of Copic R21:
And then used R83 and R85 to variegate the flowers and give them depth, keeping the darker R85 color towards the lower, larger outside petals of the flowers (and the centers). The orangey red R21 Copic might not normally be used in combination with R83 & R85 but I like the peach contrast it gives with the rose of the R80's for these flowers.
The last step for the flowers is to go back with the first R21 mark and blend the colors together. An even lighter R20 was used to fill in some gaps between flowers. The leaves were colored with the YG markers in the photo above and the E's were used on the vase.
I hope you'll be inspired to come try my challenge!
Stamps: Lockhart Stamp Company-Peonies
Paper: The Girls' Paperie-Paper Girl patterned papers, Neenah Natural White cardstock
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa ink; Ranger Antique Linen and Brushed Corduroy Distress inks; Copic markers (shown above)
Accessories: Spellbinders Labels Eight Nestabilities die set, Webster's Pages Bloomer Deluxe, twine, foam tape
Oh, I have had my eye on that stamp...I must have it now...love your card - it's beautiful!
Posted by: Pattie | July 18, 2010 at 01:03 PM
Very pretty card. Great job coloring the flowers.TFS
Posted by: JoAnn Burnham | July 18, 2010 at 02:07 PM
Your amazing Sharon wish I could spend the day with you coloring. Beautiful card as usual.
Stampin Hugs,
Jeanine
Posted by: Jeanine | July 18, 2010 at 02:15 PM
Gorgeous coloring, graet sketch!
Posted by: Conniecrafter | July 18, 2010 at 03:10 PM
Gorgeous coloring!!! I love your card!
Posted by: Anne T | July 18, 2010 at 03:27 PM
I just love the coloring and the layout you used Sharon!! So Pretty.
Posted by: Mary Harris | July 18, 2010 at 04:11 PM
This is gorgeous, Sharon! I love the coloring of this great stamp. It's a big help to see how you did it! Thanks!
Posted by: CherylQuilts at SCS | July 19, 2010 at 04:41 AM
Gorgeous! Love the coloring and the vintage feel.
Posted by: asela hopkins | July 20, 2010 at 02:47 PM
So many thing I love about this card!
Posted by: Michelle | July 20, 2010 at 07:04 PM
What a beautiful card Sharon, and that stamp is gorgeous, how I wish I lived in the States instead of UK lol, Karen's images are just lovely x
Posted by: Alex Templeman | July 21, 2010 at 03:59 PM