I love the retro look of old diners and their mis-matched bright colors, so when this week's ways 2 use it was to use a digi, I knew I had the perfect digi to compliment this week's color challenge. And then today was the well deserved crowning of this week's Queen Barbara (aka barbaradwyer82), so I already had this card of hers favorited and felt it the perfect card/sketch to case:
I thought this sketch fit the little diner scene perfectly (a digi from TLC Creations). I colored the image with COPIC markers. While the cup in the upload looks almost an orange red, it is closer to coral. I did not have Calypso Coral but I did have Cameo Coral so I went with that. As far as the other colors, I just tried to come as close as possible. I added a newspaper DP behind the image panel to compliment the newpaper on the table. It is hard to see, but it has a hint of lavender/purple in the print.
I am sending this to a friend of mine who loves her coffee as much as I do. The inside verse says:
" You know you are addicted to coffee, when instant still takes too long to make "
Hope this puts a smile on her face, as well as yours. TFL, and I hope you like it And a special thanks to Barbara for the wonderful inspiration. Your gallery is truly wonderful.
Date: Friday, December 23, 2011 GMT Views: 1187
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Registered: September 28, 2008 Location: Menifee, California Posts: 4164
Sat, Dec 24, 2011 @ 8:55 AM
Love what you did with my sketch. Your image really pops out and love the retro. Thankyou so much for playing and making my reign special. Hope the Holiday is special for you
Registered: February 5, 2007 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 92403
Sat, Dec 24, 2011 @ 3:27 PM
I had to post another comment. I noticed this card was on Lydia's SCS facebook page as one of her favs. Click on the orange "facebook" symbol on the right hand side of the page and then hit "wall" and scroll down. Hurray for YOU!!