I have a card today that I can't wait to share! I'm so super excited about how this turned out.
As you know, I'm a coloring FREAK! I love coloring in images using just about any coloring medium. Lately though, I've been focusing on my Copic markers and my Koh-I-Noor pencils. (Oh, and my Peerless Watercolor Papers... and my Twinkling H2o's...and acrylic paints...)
I am just finishing up The Coloring Craze II over at My Creative Classroom and this last week's lesson is all about how to color in detailed images. You know the ones... the Sandra Kuck and the Thomas Kinkade types. So many people are intimidated by these - and I used to be too. But... with lots of practice and TONS of patience, I learned how to create my own 'works of art' with these beautiful images.
In class, I used this Santa's Lap image from The Saturday Evening Post collection over at CHF to demonstrate the technique. I have to be honest and say that it took me more than an hour or two to color this image, but it was SO worth it! I love how rich and vivid the results are.
I used my Copics to color it in and then I used Ranger's tea dye, antique linen, and walnut stain distress inks to give a slight distress look to each of the layers. I pulled out some Basic Grey patterned paper and layered it with Always Artichoke and Chocolate Chip card stock. The rest is pretty self-explanatory.
I am so thrilled with how this whole thing came together. It obviously isn't going to be my fall-back holiday card (I would have had to start back in April to color them all)... but I may make a few more that are similar for the very special people on my list.
Here's to a FABULOUS week. Thanks for stopping by!
Colleen
