Crafts and Me Stamps Challenge: Pearls and Lace

The Dynamite Digi design team over at the Crafts and Me Stamps' challenge blog wants to see your projects using Pearls and Lace.  Crafty Ribbons is sponsoring this challenge and offering a luscious bag of vintage ribbons to a randomly selected entry.  You can find out more about this challenge and sponsor here.

I've used a newly released digi image named Spring, designed by Sara Burrier, exclusively for Crafts and Me Stamps.

This image is a good example for practicing the technique of coloring through layers.  The stamp artist clearly indicates that the flowing top layer of this fairy's dress is transparent by adding broken lines of the background image through the left side of her gown.  When filling this image, it's best to work on the object we see first or which is closer to us so the flowing top layer of the fairy's dress needs to be colored first.  If it's transparent then use a thin line of Copic color to outline just the inside edges of the top layer then soften that Copic outline with the colorless blender.  When it's dry, then you can add a lighter, faded shade of the background color only to those areas of the top layer where there is not already color in place.  Part of the background is just the fairy's under gown while the other part is the background of the whole image.  Here's a closer view of my Copic-filled image . . .

I've layered Webster's Pages Hollywood Vogue "foo on film" with Bazzill cardstock.  Letterpress Oval die cuts helped me shape my image using the beyond-the-edge technique.  I've added a border of Hero Arts self-adhesive cream lace and Zva self-adhesive swirls of pearls.  A Nicole ribbon adds a small bow in the lower corner.  Here's a closer view of my completed card front showing how I've used the Spring digital image, by Sara Burrier . . .

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:
Crafty Emma's "Anything Goes" (here)
Paper Sundaes "Things with Wings" (here)
Bunny Zoe's "Anything Goes" (here)
Truly Scrumptious "Anything Goes" (here)
Chrissy Armstrong's Monthly Challenge "Things with Wings" (here)
Ooh La La "Ribbon and/or Twine" (here)
Oldie but Goodie "Things with Wings"  (here)


Copics used:
skin - E000, E01, E11, E93
hair - E31, E35, E47
leaves - G82, G85, G99
under gown - R0000, R00, R02
sheer layer - E50, 0
wings - R0000, R00, R02, Y00, Y04, Y08, E50, E51, E53
dress - Y00, Y04, Y08
airbrushed background - E53, E35, YG61, G82, G99
Opaque White at necklace, bracelet and dress beads

"Artist's Choice" June 1, 2012 Sundays With Crissy

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