Mary has just about the happiest color combination ever this week! With such colors to work with, I only needed one layer for my card ... and a lot of masks.
I started by stamping the circle image and greeting and then masked this to add my roses, and then masked the roses so that I could add the leaves. I colored everything with Poppy Parade, Mango Melody and Call Me Clover Blends. Popped a few Call Me Clover enamel dots around my greeting, and it COULD have been done.
Then I picked up a Mackenzie Childs catalog that for some reason my daughter in Brooklyn has mailed here. Well, she knows I like their style so that's probably why it comes here. Anyway I decided that these roses needed some M. C. style checks so I got out a ruler and my Copic Multiliner and drew some. I filled them in with a black pigment Stampin' Write Journaler which I'm pretty sure is retired. Then I took a photo in case I messed the next part up. (And I almost did!)
If you are familiar with the checked style of Mackenzie Childs, you know that they aren't just black and white checks. There is shading in the white part of the check. So I got out my light Crumb Cake Blends and started sketching "shadows" into the corners of my checks. But you know what happens when you use a alcohol based marker with a pigment marker? They blend! Luckily I caught myself and sketched very carefully after slightly messing up the top white square. And then I decided to add some Crumb Cake shadows around my greeting and roses. This is still pretty subtle. On first glance most would probably not even notice. But I do and I kinda like it.
You can see the earlier versions of this card on my blog.
Date: Monday, May 20, 2019 GMT Views: 1887
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Mon, May 20, 2019 @ 8:10 PM
Such big, gorgeous blooms, I love how they surround the sentiment. Adding the checks was such a great design addition, and the crumb shading really does make everything pop! Totally gorgeous Chris!
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Tue, May 21, 2019 @ 6:57 AM
This is truly gorgeous! Your flowers are so bright and cheery and match the message of your sentiment perfectly. But it is the checked border that makes my heart go pitter patter, so imagine my surprise when I read that you hand drew this. Wow! I am grateful I saw your gorgeous card in the gallery today! ~Karen.
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Tue, May 21, 2019 @ 8:06 AM
I love your card Chris!!! Normally I would like the flowers the best, but I noticed your mango colored circle, and then the stunning black, white, and crumb cake part!! A really gorgeous card!!