Today we are hugging an Australian!!!! Great way to start the day. Hugs to all our Aussie stampers, and a thanks for your inspiration. Not exactly casing a particular card, but used elements that Ms. Susie has inspired me, by her gorgeous cards. Her coloring is out of this world.....love the pencil creations--used colored pencils to shade my image. She uses liquid pearls to enhance many of images. If all else failures you can rescue a card by fussy cutting. Colored the newly bought fairy....didn't own a fairy image. Added shading with pencils, and dimension with liquid pearls. Stamped stars and dots with versamarker and gold embossing powder. Susie's bg are bold and vibrant.....describing many times how layers of color are done to the backgrounds. My lips freeze at this point...do I do a Susie background...if memory serves me right mine turn into mud. Played it safe, and used the dirty water and went around the image. Added wink of stella to certain parts, and finished it with the sentiment and black puffy paint. This is a card for my daughter in law who plants fairy gardens with her grandkids. TFL
Date: Thursday, April 26, 2018 GMT Views: 1096
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Registered: August 15, 2007 Location: Twin Cities MN Posts: 50609
Thu, Apr 26, 2018 @ 10:37 AM
Amazing card...your fairy is colored to perfection. And the dirty water around the image is just right...a bold color wouldn't have looked right IMHO. I LOVE this! I still have a tiny bit of snow in my yard...it should melt today..
Registered: August 21, 2007 Location: Wayland MA Posts: 105226
Thu, Apr 26, 2018 @ 12:15 PM
Just the most beautiful coloring, mf!!!
------------------------------ Anne HarmonFS154, QFTD58, PROUD FAN CLUB MEMBER (photo of our Great Granddaughter Elise, just 6 months old) and me, even older.
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Registered: April 18, 2011 Location: Melbourne, Aus Posts: 51844
Thu, Apr 26, 2018 @ 5:16 PM
Oh my goodness Linda this is so incredibly gorgeous. I want to colour just like you when I grow up!!! You never fail to inspire me...and I wouldn't do busy, messy backgrounds if I could create magic like this. Big hugs right back at you. My face and heart are smiling.
------------------------------ Susie
Please don't take your organs to heaven - heaven knows we need them here.
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Fri, Apr 27, 2018 @ 2:19 AM
Wow wow wow...another beautiful amazing creation for Hug an Aussie Day...so many wonderful cards. My faves box is going to overflow LOL. You have created such a beautiful scene and your colouring is gorgeous. TFS Happy day
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