There may still be many months until Christmas arrives, but it’s never too early to start building your Christmas card stash to avoid a last minute rush. The Watercooler Wednesday challenge this week is perfect to help with that as we are looking for Christmas creations.
My card uses an image from Kit and Clowder. I believe this was one Alyce offered as part of her advent calendar event last year. It came ready paired with the sentiment, so all I had to do was print it out and get colouring.
I mostly used my Spectrum Noir Illustrator markers, and bought in Yosoo alcohol markers for any colours I was missing in the SNs. As the image is greyscale I didn’t have to think too hard about where to lay down the shadows because they were already provided. I just had to decide which colours I wanted to use.
I went with nontraditional colours for the flowers in the background of my image. I did consider using red but thought it would be too bold, so went with some soft blues and yellows instead. I really wanted the flowers to stay in the background, with the deer itself keeping the viewer’s focus.
Once I was happy with the colouring all I had left to do was adhering the image panel flush to a card base, which completed the card.
I’m very happy with this card. It was an easy one to make, but the image is so beautiful and was great fun to colour. I don’t think I had coloured an image with greyscale before this one, but it was a fun experience. I know some images come even more greyscale than this one was – it did have a lot of white areas still – so it would be interesting to see how those would colour up.
Love,
Lady Joyful
Challenges included:
AAA Cards – Inspired By Nature
Addicted to Stamps and More – Holiday (edit – where it was chosen for Honourable Addict!)
Christmas Crafts All Year Round – Anything Christmas
Craftyhazelnut’s Christmas Challenge – Anything Christmas
HLS Christmas Challenge – Anything Christmas
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends – Anything Goes
STAMPlorations CAS Card Challenge – Things With Wings (because the bird has wings!)
Watercooler Wednesday – All About Christmas
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Check out what the rest of the DT made:
Charlotte (that’s me!)
Charlotte thanks for sharing your wonderful card. The image is beautifully coloured and I like the sentiment that came with it.
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Thanks Penny!
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This is simply beautiful, Charlotte. I agree with your decision to leave the flowers in muted tones rather than using vivid colours such as red. It would have taken away from that wonderful images of the deer (young reindeer?) and bird. Great colour choices and beautiful simplicity.
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Thank you Heidi 😊
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Hi Charlotte, a gorgeous Christmas card to add to your stash, thank you for joining us at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends… good luck in the prize draw… Megan DT LPoCF
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Thanks Megan 😊
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You do have some wonderful images in your stash and your colouring is perfect. Super cute card. Thanks for joining in with the Inspired by Nature Challenge at AAA Cards.
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Thank you Jane 😊
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Beautiful..just lovely..Thank you so much for sharing and joining in with us at CCAYR…[ Christmas Crafts All Year Round]
Luv CHRISSYxx
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Thanks Chrissy!
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Beautiful card. Thanks for sharing with us at Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge. Good Luck!
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Thank you 😊
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this is so beautiful, wonderful job on your coloring
thanks for joining us at HLS
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Thanks 😊
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oh my -your colored image is stunning and I love the non traditional color scheme you chose too! Thanks for playing along at Happy Little Stampers this month!
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Thank you!
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What a great image, Charlotte, and your coloring is terrific. I love that you let the flowers recede into the background while still letting them add a spark of color. Thanks for sharing your card with us at Addicted to Stamps and More.
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Thank you!
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Oh my goodness! How cute is that deer! Love your colouring! It’s fabulous! Thanks for playing along with us at AAA Cards!
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Thanks 😊
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You’ve breathed lovely life into these images with your amazing colouring; sweet and heart-warming! Thrilled to see your artistry in the Addicted to Stamps and More and Stamplorations galleries (and yes, the little bird has the cutest wings ever!).
~carol
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Thank you 😊
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Beautiful!!! Thanks so much for participating in our CHRISTMAS CRAFTS ALL YEAR ‘ROUND challenge. Hope you participate in our next challenge!! Have a happy crafty day!!!
Deanne at A Little Bit O’ Paper
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Thanks!
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Adorable image. Beautiful job of adding color. I agree with your color choice for the flowers. Thank you for joining us at STAMPlorations CAS.
sue
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Thanks Sue!
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A beautiful card, Charlotte! Congratulations on being chosen in the Addicted to Stamps Challenge!
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Thanks 😁
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