Thursday, November 3, 2016

Day 3 - 30 Day Coloring Challenge - Clean And Simple - Flower LOVE


Hello everyone.  Today is Day 3 of Kathy Racoosin's 30-Day Coloring Challenge on The Daily Marker and I wanted to share a very clean and simple card I made for the challenge.   I am also going to enter this CAS card into the current challenge over at the CAS on Sunday Challenge Blog since their challenge is Flowers!

I used a beautiful heart shaped bouquet of flowers, one little word - love - from a really cool set of words, and some Bic Markers.



I started with a top folding A2 card base of white cardstock.  To the front I adhered a piece of red cardstock, 4.25" x 5.5", and set it aside for use later.  I then cut a piece of white cardstock, 4" x 5.25", and stamped the Heart of Blossoms (Creative Expressions) in Jet Black Archival Ink, which I then heat set. Then I stamped the word "love" from Express Yourself (Impression Obsession) next to the heart.  

I then colored in the the Heart of Blossoms using a variety of Bic Markers - Sunset Orange, Yellow Blaze, Lemon Bliss, Forest Green, Fandango Pink, and Polynesian Purple. I thought of adding either Stickles or Flower Soft to the centers of some of the flowers but I really wanted to keep it "clean and simple". And I really think these flowers pop off the page. You will have to let me know what you think.  

Here's a close up of the flowers - 



And here is the final card after I adhered the white cardstock to the red card front - 



That's it.  Done!  A very simple card but I love how the colors pop off the card front with that white open area around them.  Let me know your thoughts! Until next time - 

Hugs from Brasil - 

Michael

16 comments:

  1. Hello! I'm loving this card because the heart does pop and it is in the perfect spot with just that word to convey everything. I love the colouring

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    1. As always....Thanks Birgit! I have issues at times knowing when to stop! I was thinking of adding glitter or more works or something...but then I thought like you did...the popping heart...the one word...perfect! Thanks for your comments!

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  2. I think your choice to not add anything to the flower centers was perfect!

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    1. Thanks so much for confirming what my brain was trying to whisper to me. LOL. And thanks for stopping by the blog! Appreciate the comment.

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    1. Thanks so much Cheryl. Love your comment on the card. Thanks.

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  4. Love it! Crisp, Brilliant Colors, and Gorgeous!!

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    1. Thanks Rannah! Crisp....I like that word for the card. LOL

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    1. Thank you so much for the comment! And thanks for stopping by the blog again.

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  6. Love the bright, fun colors, Michael.

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    1. Thanks so much HJ. You know me and my bright colors. LOL

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  7. So pretty. Love your bold colors. Thanks for sharing at CAS on Sunday!

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    1. Thanks so much Susan. Glad you liked the card. Was fun to play along.

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