JustRite Friday Challenge: Color & Inspiration

Today’s JustRite Friday Challenge is to use this photo as either overall inspiration and/or to use any combination of the color palette:

Here’s my sample:

I used JustRite’s Mother Nature’s Gifts 3-1/4” flower center and stamped it with Memento Rich Cocoa ink onto Neenah Natural White cardstock.  I die cut the paper with Spellbinders largest Labels Twenty-One die (I thought it would make a great tag shape -- it's almost 5.50" tall!) and while the cardstock was still in the die, I airbrushed Copic Y21 around the flowers:

COPIC AIRBRUSHING TIP: It’s not my favorite thing to take the time to fussy cut masks for airbrushing, so my quick & easy (lazy!) way is to try and not get too much overspray onto images I don’t want airbrushed, and then just use the Copic Colorless Blender marker to remove any overspray color from the images that I may not want.  Especially with a light color like this yellow, it removes easily and doesn’t make too much difference in the final colored image!

Next, I colored the flowers with these Copic markers:

I used YR’s for the flowers and the YG63 to shade in a little of the flourish border (stamped with Memento Bamboo Leaves) around the sentiment.  The YG63 Various Ink Refill was used to custom dye and add a little deeper color to my light moss seam binding ribbon.

The Spring sentiment (from the same stamp set) was stamped with Rich Cocoa ink, die cut with Spellbinders Classic Circle Nestabilities and then airbrushed with the YR61 Copic marker.  The edges were sponged with Cocoa ink and then layered onto a yellow cardstock mat, and stacked onto the green flourish border. Star Dust Stickles accents the flowers and border.

You can find all the challenge details (and prize info!) over at the JustRite Inspiration blog.  We hope you’ll play along – you have until April 14th to do so.  These Copic designers and instructors also have samples for this challenge to share today – I hope you’ll click through to see their awesome inspiration!

Sharon Harnist <== You are here!

Beate Johns

Lori Craig

Bianca Mandity

Kathy Jones

{Spring Tag Supplies}
JustRite Stampers: JB-09260 Mother Nature’s Gifts,
Dies & Punches: Spellbinders Labels Twenty-One & Classic Circle Nestabilities die template sets
Paper: Neenah Natural White cardstock, light yellow cardstock
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Bamboo Leaves & Desert Sand ink pads
Copic Markers: Y21, YR61, YR65, YR68, YG63 marker & Various Ink Refill,
Accessories: Copic Airbrush System-1 and Sparmax Air Compressor, Moss Seam Binding, Ranger Star Dust Stickles, foam tape

Comments

[Beate]

1.

BEAUTIFUL! Love the shape, the layers and that you used the gorgeous flower as a background.
Thanks for letting me play along.
Have a great weekend!
Hugs and smiles

[cathy tidwell]

2.

What an awesome tag Sharon! LOVE this!

[Sandra ltb]

3.

lovely!
Sandra ltb

[Queen Mary]

4.

Sharon, this is so stunning! Thanks for sharing all the steps -- I just love the colors, I love the whole thing! I'm slowly growing my collections of spellbinder dies, Just Rite stamps and copics -- with your help! :)

[Shirley L.]

5.

Your card is just plain stunning. Love the colors, the dies, the Copics-everything. Thanks for sharing. Have a great week-end.
Shirley L.
Roseville, CA

[Jeanine]

6.

Sharon I wish we lived closer you are such an inspiration to me. You have taught me so much just on this blog but I would love to meet you some day.
God Bless
Jeanine

[Kathy J (Wattle)]

7.

*THUD* My Goodness Sharon this is just stunning!!!! Love those gorgeous rich colours and the way you've used the flowers to create a background is awesome!!!!!! Beautiful, beautiful tag!!!!

[Bianca]

8.

This is just lovely! I had fun participating in the hop. Thanks so much for having me.

[lois skiathitis]

9.

This is really pretty. I love the colors and the odd shape of it. Thanks for the steps. TFS!!! :-D