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Hello and happy Friday!
The A Day For Daisies design team is showcasing several fun images in a collection called It’s a New Day. You can see them at the A Day For Daisies shop or on the ADFD blog.
Today I’ve colored up New Suit and created a fun watery background for her.
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This little darling was colored with my Copic markers and I paper pieced her “new suit”. That, by the way, is the new challenge at the ADFD blog – Paper Piecing, or Piercing, if you like!
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To create the background I inked up one side of my Waves stencil with Versamark. laid my watercolor cardstock on top of it face down, and brayered the back of the cardstock to get a fair amount of the ink onto the grainy paper. I quickly sprinkled on my white detail embossing powder and heat set it. I didn’t need a really crisp image, because I only wanted to suggest the movement of the water in the background.
I “smooshed” Distress inks, Peacock Feathers, Mermaid Lagoon, and Cracked Pistachio, onto an acetate sheet, misted with water, then pressed the acetate onto my watercolor cardstock until I was happy with how it looked.
I added some Bokeh Dots with some white pigment ink, but the ink pad was a little dry so I pulled out my Wink of Stella clear pen and highlighted them.
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Next I die cut using my SSS Stitched Circles dies one at a time, starting with the smallest one and running it through the Big Shot with each die individually. The largest circle is adhered onto the card front with a tape runner adhesive, the second circle is adhered with 1/16” foam mounting tape, and the smallest circle with 1/8” foam mounting tape.
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I added my precious little girl and some pieces from one of my all time favorite paper collections (which I may have been hoarding), Beach Babe from Fancy Pants, and called it done.
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I’m playing along with the MOJO Monday Sketch Challenge #402 this week:
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And also with the Curtain Call: Flip Flops inspiration challenge:
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Please play along with us, but first please check out the awesome creation of my fellow ADFD design team members:
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Arielle Broni Christine Juliana |
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Thank you so much for dropping by today! Enjoy your weekend!
You just hurricane me away some days, Broni! Your water background is super-duper incredible genius!!! You are still the very best at sketch challenges and coloring. Seriously -- your BEAUTIFUL girl looks real!!! Saving your "beach babe" paper for extra special projects like this is perfectly acceptable. Hoard away, honey! Happy Weekend!
Posted by: nise | Friday, June 19, 2015 at 07:04 AM
as always, I am amazed! You are so "think outside the box" and as always, I love it!
Posted by: Karen Pounds | Friday, June 19, 2015 at 11:37 AM
This is SUCH a great design Broni....from the cute little girl in her patterned suit, to that amazing background and such skillful use of this sketch! Wow!
Posted by: ChristineCreations | Friday, June 19, 2015 at 03:58 PM
What an awesome take on the sketch ... I love the movement in your watery background and the red in the design just pops.
Posted by: SmilynStef | Sunday, June 21, 2015 at 12:49 PM
This is SOOOOOO cool! Love the beautiful background and subtle circles. Thanks for playing along with Mojo!
Posted by: Julee | Monday, June 22, 2015 at 12:39 AM
Wow, what a fantastic card! Your Copic coloring on the girl is amazing!
Posted by: Celeste Goff | Monday, June 22, 2015 at 12:10 PM
I just everything about your card! Makes me want summer to last forever
Posted by: Linda Beeson | Monday, June 22, 2015 at 04:41 PM
Fantastic use of the sketch!! Love the watercoloring and beach girl!!
Posted by: Vickie Z | Monday, June 22, 2015 at 05:05 PM
Wow! Just wow! That background looks amazing!!
Posted by: Kelly Latevola | Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at 05:39 AM