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Variation of Color

Do you ever think about how simply changing your color palette can greatly affect the look/feel of your cards?  One of the first cards I ever posted on this blog featured my favorite Memory Box flower (Black Eyed Susan E422 ) stamped on paper from the Sugardrop collection.  I liked the design of that card but decided I wanted to make a card that felt more Spring-like for my Memory Box "flower power" class.  I changed the background to include paper from the Sprout collection and colored the flowers with purple/pink Prismacolor pencils.  Not only does the card have a different seasonal feel to it, but the flowers now look like echinacia (purple cone flowers) instead of black-eyed susans.  You have to love the versatility of this stamp!

Light Up My Life

Today's card is all about Valentine's Day and features the Sugardrop line of stamps and papers.  I stamped the crystal chandelier (E1170) onto white paper with black Versafine ink and then painted the chandelier with yellow and pink Twinkling H2O paints.  I painted around the lights using yellow paint mixed with a lot of water to create a soft "glow" around the lights.  I then painted the crystals and framework with pink paint to match the papers I chose for my card.  The lights were colored with a yellow Tombo marker.

I punched out my image with a Marvy Mega Oval punch and then layered it onto some Sugar Plum paper that was punched with a Marvy Giga Oval Scallop punch. I finished by layering everything onto a selection of papers from the Sugardrop 6" x 6" paper pack and a Vanilla Bean notecard.  On a special note, I would like to mention that the saying I used was an older Memory Box stamp.  There is a brand new script "you light up my life" saying that is part of the Sugardrop collection.

As a final touch, I used just about every form of bling I could find.  After all, what is a chandelier without bling?  I added Diamond Stickles to the crystals and some of the new Memory Box pink rhinestones to the framework.  I even added a little gold Spica pen to the centers of my gold flames.

I am including a close-up of the chandelier so that you can see how I painted around the lights as well how the bling really makes the chandelier sparkle.

Black-eyed Susans

 

Is anyone else ready for Spring?  It is cold today, and I wanted to make a card that was bright and cheerful. 

For the card above, I stamped the Black-eyed Susan (E422) multiple times onto the new 12" x 12" Sugardrop paper called "Bubblegum."  I thought the muted tones of the Bubblegum paper was more interesting than stamping on white or cream cardstock without taking any focus away from the flowers.  I then colored the flowers with three shades of Prismacolor pencils, added a thank you saying (B1055)in black ink, and layered everything onto a Gourd colored notecard.

Here is a close up of the flowers so that you can see the various shades of pencils:

 

A New Beginning

Welcome!  I can't tell you how excited I am to start my Color Whimsy blog.  I absolutely love coloring and am really looking forward to creating projects using decorative papers, markers, paints, inks, and of course, lots of great Memory Box images.  Thanks Dave for this wonderful opportunity!

For the happy birthday card, I stamped the Swish Flower (D698) onto pink metallic paper, cut out the image, and added a white pearl to the center. I then layered it onto a brown circle that matched my card as well as some of the new Sugardrop decorative paper.  I finished the card with a birthday saying (B828) layered onto the same pink metallic paper as the flower.