OK, yesterday I did the Element of "Fire" for AuroraWings and today it's another card but this time with the Element of "Earth." This AW image is called "Autumn Rose."
I've colored this image several times before in bright reds and pinks, even a deep purple one time, but since this card was being used to represent the element of Earth, I colored her in the rich but subdued tones of autumn with woodsy tans, browns, and olive greens.
I colored her completely with ProMarkers, then cut her with a stitched die from Die-namics. I cut the deep brown frame from a scrap of CS with another of those same dies, and then did an out-of-the-box (literally) layering of the image piece onto the frame. I used a scrap bit of text dp behind both of those die cuts and wrapped it all with left over scraps of forest green ribbon.
I tied a quadruple loop bow using my bowmaker and added two metallic brads above and below the bowtie. The sentiment is written with a VersaMark pen and heat embossed with white EP. Ask me if I feel proud of myself for using up all those scraps! :-D
Challenges:
C.R.A.F.T.
Day Dreamer
Delicious Doodles
Die Cuttin' Divas
Digi Choosday
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends
Paper Shelter
Pixie's Snippets
We're halfway through the weekend. Have you had your crafting fix yet? :-D Happy Crafting. NanaConnie
I was influenced by the colors at Outlawz,
well, pretty much, all but the blue.
Fortunately, they only wanted 3 colors out of the 5
and a vintage flavor.
I've colored this image several times before in bright reds and pinks, even a deep purple one time, but since this card was being used to represent the element of Earth, I colored her in the rich but subdued tones of autumn with woodsy tans, browns, and olive greens.
I colored her completely with ProMarkers, then cut her with a stitched die from Die-namics. I cut the deep brown frame from a scrap of CS with another of those same dies, and then did an out-of-the-box (literally) layering of the image piece onto the frame. I used a scrap bit of text dp behind both of those die cuts and wrapped it all with left over scraps of forest green ribbon.
I tied a quadruple loop bow using my bowmaker and added two metallic brads above and below the bowtie. The sentiment is written with a VersaMark pen and heat embossed with white EP. Ask me if I feel proud of myself for using up all those scraps! :-D
Challenges:
C.R.A.F.T.
Day Dreamer
Delicious Doodles
Die Cuttin' Divas
Digi Choosday
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends
Paper Shelter
Pixie's Snippets
We're halfway through the weekend. Have you had your crafting fix yet? :-D Happy Crafting. NanaConnie
13 comments:
This is gorgeous, love the image.xxx
Gorgeous!!! Such pretty coloring on that image too.
Lynn
Stunning Connie, love the image and your interpretation of "earth".
Hugs
Linda xxx
A very beautiful card NC And thank you do much for the wonderful comments you left on my blog. The tweet tweet image is a Tattered Lace die hugs Janet xxx
Me again. You have done it again. Hit it out of the ballpark. Fabulous images and coloring, no say beautiful composition.
Hugs
Another stunner, Connie! This one has a totally different feel and you've captured "Earth" with your lovely tones just beautifully. Love the bow treatment and vintage feel, too. Thanks so much for joining our 'Elements Challenge' (again!) at Aurora Wings. xxD
What a contrast with yesterday's card, but nonetheless just as stunning and VERY beautiful, great choice of colours. Love the elements you added too. A Super card.
Faith
x
A stunning card, so elegant. The image is gorgeous and beautifully coloured. xx
Beautiful image and such a lovely card Connie - love the colours you used as well.
Hugs
Di xx
Beautiful card, just lovely for our new first challenge of Day Dreamer Anything Goes Challenges. Thanks for sharing cheers Sue N (DDC DT member)
Love your color palette inspired by the element Earth, NanaConnie. The pale brown looks beautiful against the bright lime green, accented with rich red. The card design is gorgeous, too. Thank you for your second entry in our Elements challenge at Aurora Wings. Mitzi xx
Beautifully coloured and the image is stunning too. Thank you so much for joining in the Delicious Doodles Challenge this time. Hope to see you again! Apologies for the late comment. Life has been manic recently!
Hugs, Vannessa
Delicious Doodles DT
This is a lovely use of Earth tones!! The layout of the card is really lovely and showcases your image beautifully!! Well done!!
I'm so sorry for being sooo late on my commenting but thank you so much for playing with us at Aurora Wings Challenge Blog!!
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