Lori send Sharon, Angel, Jenn and me some gorgeous Whipper Snapper birds. Those were created by our fellow SCS member and former DD girl Anna Wight. She also send PURPLE designer paper. Those of you who don’t know me very well might not know that I strongly dislike purple and never use it. EVER!!!! But here I go. The challenge was definitely challenging.
I looked through my saved card layouts and found this wonderful sketch from the Sketch This blog. If you haven’t been there, hop on over. They have some great sketches. I decided to use their sketch challenge #8.
To tone the purple down I started with a white card base. Next I looked through my big stash of patterned paper stash to find a scrap that would work with the main paper. I decided on this strip from Daisy D’s. I had previously used some of the paper for Bee cards. I have my patterned paper scraps in a manila file folder. I think I have to follow Amy’s lead and start putting them next to my table in a plastic box. The folder is getting a bit too full and I am sure that way I would use more scraps then.
My new favorite thing is to use the Argyle Stamp from All in A Row for Faux Stitching. I just love the way it looks. I added my Faux Stitching in black to tie in the black from the stamped image.
I am still playing around with my new Copic Markers trying to find out what works best. I colored the little bird first with BG00 Frost Blue and then added (the dreaded) purple with (I think) V17 Amethyst. Then I used the Colorless Blender over the colors. Well, I found out that it doesn’t work too well on shimmery white paper. It made the colors fade out a bit and not really run together, but out of my lines. I still liked it. It looked a bit watercolored to me. So I left it in.
I have talked since then to Kim from My Favorite Things. She said the blending pen works best with either Waussaw Exact Matte coded paper or Georgia Pacific cardstock. I will have to run to Walmart and pick some of that up.
I punched out a flower out of black cardstock with the Spring Flower punch and added a PURPLE jewel brad into it’s center. The saying is from Take Three.
The paper Lori send had glitter on it. To incoorporate it in my image, I added some orange peel Stickles on the flower.
Thanks Lori for the gorgeous images and a (cough, cough) fun challenge. No more purple please! LOL
Beate
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Awwwwww…that’s my birdie!! =) Love it! =)
thanks for the great tip on the “faux stitching” – very cool!
Too cute! I am LOL about the purple though!!! 😉 You did a great job with Lori’s challenge, Beate!
Oh, that is SWEET!
And did you notice the very spare use of purple on mine? ROFL!
Your work is so beautiful and inspiring. Thanks for raising the bar for the rest of us. Becky
Love your bird Beate!! You make purple look GOOD baby!! Thanks for the tip with the All In a Row set! It’s PERFECT for the faux stitching! You are such a BOMB!!!!
~C
It might be dreaded purple, but you do great stuff with it. That bird is adorable. Now I want the bird, orange peel stickles and copic markers. I’m going to have to stop reading blogs.
Hey, I like that kind of faux stitching — I never thought to use that stamp for it! Well, you did a great job with the purple, even if you don’t like it! Love the layout, I’ll have to try that!
So cute, I enjoy everything you do, you are so talented thanks for sharing it.
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Beate, you rocked the purple! don’t go there with me again!! Love your bird, the faux stitching and the yellow is perfect! You come up with the greatest sketches! Thanks for playing along!
I love the faux stitching with All in a Row. I never would have thought of that. Your card is so pretty. I wouldn’t have guessed you had an aversion to purple. 🙂 Love the card!!!
ACK! You don’t like purple? Purple is my favorite color in the whole world (and all the beautiful hues of purple in between).
You did a beautiful job using your least favorite color. This card is absolutely darling. Thanks for the tip about using All In a Row for Faux Stitching.
Linda
Another great card!
Wow…I love this! Thanks for the tip on using All In A Row for faux stitching. It looks perfect! Great coloring, DP…well everything. 😉
Adorable! I might just have to buy All In a Row just for that one stamp. 🙂 You really did a great job minimizing the purple. It’s not my favorite color either, but I have a whole lot of friends that love it, so I find myself using it more often.
beate, i love your use of purple! this is an adorable card. thanks for sharing! i really love the sketches you are highlighting on your blog! sus.
What a fabulous card! The colors are awesome and I think the purple looks great even though you don’t love it! The faux stitching is very cool too!
I love purple and you did a wonderful job with it! TFS.