Earlier this week I played along with the CAS ("clean and simple") challenge at Splitcoast Stampers. The challenge was a sketch, and here's the Christmas card that I came up with. Now, I've never been great with CAS cards, but I liked how this one came out. The image and greeting are both from the "Christmas Cuties" digi set, which is available as an instant download at Clear Dollar Stamps. I colored the image with Prismacolor pencils, and blended the pencils with a Prismacolor Blender Marker. I wouldn't normally use black on a Christmas card, but thought it looked elegant with the other colors. And besides, it made me feel less self-conscious about the obvious lack of patterned papers -- LOL! Now, if you're wondering about the gray splotches here and there, that is Shimmer Spritz. It's a brand new toy that I love, as it makes the paper sparkly in a quick second, but I haven't quite got the hang of it yet. I got a little heavy-handed, and thus the dusty face on the penguin and the gray splotches. I'll have to keep practicing. Good thing it's winter and all those snowy digis and stamped images "require" sparkle! :-)
6 comments:
oh my goodness, this is so much fun! love it! :)
Love this adorable caroler! The safety pin is a great touch and don't worry about the over-spray, I didn't notice until you pointed it out, heehee.
Deedee, this is adorable! And SO much fun! Love it, dear friend - thank you for sharing!
I agree with Lori, I didn't realize you over sprayed! I love this caroler! My friend collects penguins...I just ay need this for her!
Have to agree - no apology needed for the over spray. I wouldn't have known if you hadn't told us. :-D This is such an adorable penguin and your coloring is fantastic! I love the black paper and I think you did an excellent job of CAS! Love that you used the small safety pin to attach the tag. Perfect!
Wow - this is gorgeously colored DeeDee!!! Love the little pin to attach the sentiment - brilliant!! xx
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