Tuesday 2 September 2014

Being Bold

I'm really excited to share this card today, I had so much fun with the colour palette!

I'm entering this into the following challenges:

Inspired by the challenge to be BOLD over at Simon Says Stamp, I decided to make a  statement with my use of colour. For a double whammy, I was also brave enough to do something I had never done before and that was to colour the lady's hair in an unnatural colour - hot pink!


 I started by decorating all my layering pieces and die cut shapes using brightly coloured distress inks, stencils and stamps, then coloured my image to match using co-ordinating alcohol markers. Image is: 'Fancy' by Saturated Canary.

 I added the white dots in her hair afterwards with a gel pen as it's hard to leave the tiny areas white when using alcohol markers. I finished by adding wink of stella to the dress and hair ribbon and glossy accents to her eyes.


 So there it is, my bold, bright card for today.

Supplies used:
Spectrum noir pens, Signo white gel pen,  MFT 'blueprints 13', 'bride & groom', 'circle stax set 1' and 'circle stax set 2' dies, Papertrey 'sweet life' and MFT 'more washi patterns' and 'always & forever' stamps, Simon Says Stamp 'large morrocan' and Tim Holtz 'woodgrain' stencils, Distress ink pads; mustard seed, mowed lawn, peacock feathers, picked raspberry and black soot, black cardstock and white cardstock from Papertrey and sequins from Doodlebug.


If you popped over today, please leave a comment, I love to hear your thoughts!

Katy xx

3 comments:

  1. Katy this is so very beautiful fab colours.
    Thanks for join us at ScrapbookStampSociety Challenge.

    Greetings Karin DT Coördinator

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  2. wow! very fun and bright color palette!! :) its great!! thank you for playing a long with simon says stamp wednesday challenge!

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  3. Wowzers! This card is a stunner!! Being a color-holic, I absolutely adore your bright and beautiful colors! I was so impressed with your amazing coloring skills, too. Great technique of adding white with a gel pen afterwards. Your attention to detail is really admirable and I certainly see how this fulfills our bold theme! Thank you so much for sharing your talents with us here at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog!

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