CC838 = Black, Grey, and White with dessert option of your favourite colour - mine is blue.
CCC21APR = Animals on Christmas cards
I made a similar card to this one that I made a couple of months ago. It was quite colourful and I wanted to see how it would look with a very limited colour palette.
I started by stamping my image on hot press watercolour paper. I left it uncoloured as I wanted to try following for the sky, though I used snowflakes instead of her circles, and I didn't keep my colours as distinct as she did. No point going to the trouble of colouring the image if the sky didn't work out!
I sponged a few shades of blue Distress Oxide inks across the top and down close to the image, then stencilled some snowflakes using the same inks. I liked the end result except for where my stencil moved a bit and I ended up with blobby snowflakes but they were easily disguised by putting a die cut sentiment on top of them! I went ahead and watercoloured the image, keeping it in tones of blues and greys.
Date: Tuesday, April 6, 2021 GMT Views: 930
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Registered: December 30, 2012 Location: Southern California Posts: 1269
Tue, Apr 06, 2021 @ 4:04 PM
I never thought black, white, and gray would be a good combo for a holiday card -- but it definitely is! Your card is so fun and festive and the addition of blue is so pretty.
Registered: March 31, 2008 Location: Eastlake, OH Posts: 22598
Tue, Apr 06, 2021 @ 7:16 PM
Really cute card, Susan. I did get a chuckle out of your description about the sky not working out. I like the way you think! I do love your color choices. I also am amazed that you got such a clear image on water color paper. That’s something I never get.
Registered: June 3, 2006 Location: In my "She Shed Tornado Shelter" Posts: 4010
Wed, Apr 07, 2021 @ 6:14 AM
This is the sweetest scene, it's nice to see the cat and dog having so much fun together as friends! The dog's hind legs are hilarious, he must be moving pretty fast! Your coloring is awesome and the technique you've used for the sky is so soft and pretty! Thanks for participating in this week's color challenge!