Polly is hosting this weeks lovely teaparty for a dear little girl brought to our attention by Jacqueline (thank you both for all the details about what Payson loves).
Young Payson recently had her second heart operation. Among her many loves is ballet lessons with her cousin Maliah, and the colour purple.
The two little dancers here started out life as a digi image by Mo Manning, printed onto copy paper then couloured Prismacolour pencils and Zest it pencil blend.
Highlights on their tutu's were done with a dark purple Inktense watercolour pencil (I didn't use any water though as it makes the paper lumpy, that is probably the only downside to using copy paper).
To get the shiny look in their hair, I was very heavy handed with the blending pencil - the harder you press with the colourless blending pencil (and Zest it pencil blend), the more shine you get.
Highlights on the hair were done with a brown Copic maker (E39). Copics over the top of waxy pencils results in a great shine, it can also result in ruining your Copic nib, so I don't recommend this technique if you love your Copics as much as your first born.
Next step was to fussy cut the girls, before doing this is swished a walnut stain distress ink foam pad over the entire image - it take that "just coloured" look away. I then went to my stash to find a suitable background and simply sat the girls on heaps of different backgrounds to see what worked (and what size card to make).
This piece made me think of sitting outside and looking at a magical sky, so I added a hint of trees with the dotty tree stamp (I stamp it upside down as the trunk is a bit dodgy looking).
The girls are adhered with a glue stick, ensuring that the entire back image is covered with glue as this prevents air bubbles. I then applied a really thick layer of sparkly Stickles and doodled a border. I will allow 24 hours drying time before I post this LOL.
Thank you for looking, I hope you have a happy, inky week.
Date: Tuesday, March 6, 2018 GMT Views: 1938
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Registered: February 28, 2010 Location: Eastern Ohio Posts: 6281
Thu, Mar 08, 2018 @ 9:36 PM
Miss Susie this is soooooooooooo very sweet--like telling secrets to each other---great image as well as background and coloring---she will love your card.
Registered: October 21, 2010 Location: in the okanagan in b.c. canada Posts: 13012
Fri, Mar 09, 2018 @ 9:29 PM
OH "SIS".....Payton and her cousin...;0)....wonderfully done...and so ,so,so cute. The hair fantastic...as the bg..another Susie special...Ty for showing us how you did this...HUGS my friend..:0)
------------------------------ We as people are raindrops of colorful ink , falling down Crisp and Clear, each a different shade more vibrant then the last, but once we realize at the bottom of an endless abyss we all fall into the same inkpot forming one color, only then can we come together as one My son.
Registered: January 8, 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 40390
Sat, Mar 10, 2018 @ 1:48 AM
Susie, your whispering ballerinas are beautifully coloured, their hair - wow! - I have a PB stamp with theses sweet ballerinas. The bg looks fantastic, as always, this will be an absolute treasure for the recipient to keep and enjoy!
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Sun, Mar 11, 2018 @ 7:30 AM
Fabulously done, Susie! Thanks for all the great directions too, you found the perfect bg for your sweet little friends! Your coloring is lovely, and Payson will LOVE this - as I do! Faved.