The Color Challenge today on Splitcoaststampers was a doozie. We were to use Celery, Orchid and Pumpkin. Wow! Shield your eyes….or wait a minute…do the colors look cute together??? Yes they do. I decided to use Anna Wight’s new image -Delivering Balloons released by Whipper Snapper Stamps. I fell in love with the image when I first saw it. The balloons and cartoony car seemed like a perfect fit for this bright color combination. I used SU inks in these colors as well as Copic markers. I had a hard time matching the celery so my green is a little bright but I still love it. I stamped my image and colored with Copic’s. I drew out the ground line and road with the markers as well as the tree trunks and limbs. I sketched in little bark type marks with an artist pen. I used celery ink and my watercolor minis fern stamp for the leaves and grass texture. I sketched out sprigs of flower stems and grass around the trees with my artist pen and then colored with a green artist pen. The tips of the Copic markers are not good for creating fine lines for me. I sponged a brighter color of green over the leaf area to make them match the ground area better. I used the fern stamp to add some orchid and orange flowers around the trees. I couldn’t leave well enough alone and decided to add Crystal Effects to the balloons and added dazzling diamond glitter. I liked all the sparkle and thought the trees needed to sparkle as well so I sponged on versa and put a light sprinkle of iridescent ice embossing powder and heated. I love the way this turned out. You do need a pair of dark glasses to appreciate it but it sure was fun to create.
Stamps: Delivering Balloons-Anna Wight, SU Watercolor Minis
Paper: Pumpkin, Orchid, White
Ink: Brilliance, Orchid, Pumpkin, Celery, Banana
Accessories: Corner Punch, Versa, Crystal Effects, Dazzling Diamond, Iridescent Ice EP, Copic Markers, Faber-Castell Artist Pens, Sponges
LOVE IT! I wish she were headed to my house w/those balloons!