Big on Spring

Hi everyone!

Here I am, back with another Kristina Werner colour challenge! I've decided that it's a good idea for me to keep doing these - it's a good creative stretch for me, gets me making cards FAST, gets me USING my new stamps instead of just admiring them, and also gets me posting at least weekly. All I need to do now is get around to posting the other stuff I'm busy making!

Welcome to all of my new readers, I was amazed at how many visitors I've had to my blog since I posted my first challenge entry! I hope you've enjoyed visiting my blog and maybe get a little inspiration from my creations.

This week we had to use Perfect Plum, Pale Plum, Certainly Celery, Sage Shadow, Bordering Blue and a neutral. At first I thought it'd be easy, being a "Soft Subtles" girl at heart, however, it's rare for me to use five colours in a card and the Bordering Blue had me going there for a minute! Eventually though I settled on using Big On Spring, new to NZ in the Summer Mini catalogue. I chose the "Bride to Be" image so I could colour the bouquet with some of the colours.

My original plan was to colour the word in, and I used watercolour paper thinking I might watercolour it, then instead I just used my markers. But after colouring the bouquet, I decided that colouring all of the image might be a bit much, so I left the rest of the word uncoloured. Last night when I was tired I wasn't sure that I liked my finished card, but it's looking better to me this morning! Please feel free to leave a comment, I'd love to know what you think - should I go back and colour the word in?

Supplies:

Stamps: Big On Spring (from Summer Mini catalogue)

Cardstock: Perfect Plum, Pale Plum, Watercolour paper, Certainly Celery Prints DSP

Ink pad: Basic Brown (this is a water resistant ink so that when watercolouring, the image won't smudge)

Markers: Pale Plum, Bordering Blue, Perfect Plum (for flower centres), Sage Shadow

Other: Wide grosgrain ribbon (Certainly Celery), Scallop edge punch (loving this new toy!), Stampin' Dimensionals, Mat Pack & Piercing tool

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Thanks for visiting!