Coloring Class

The most recent Online Card Class, Coloring Challenge Road Trip, Online Version taught by Kathy Racoosin, took up the better part of my free time Monday-Wednesday of this week. It was time well spent. I learned a lot, and have lots to practice. On Thursday, I had time to do my first practice piece, and although there is still plenty of room for improvement, I’m quite happy with the result. I chose my colors based on the Altenew January Inspiration Challenge, which I’ve been following for some time, but have never entered. 

The floral image was stamped with Altenew’s Wallpaper Art stamp set, masking the flower to add the leaves. It was colored with Copic markers. After coloring the image, colored pencil was softly added to the nooks and crannies with Polychromos colored pencils. It’s easier to see the purple center of the flower in this closer look.

The sentiment from Sugar Peas’ Everyday Sentiments, was embossed in white on black cardstock and adhered with dimensional tape. I mounted the image onto a pieces of purple Bazzil cardstsock and then to a green card. You can also see the Copic markers I used to color the image here.

In addition to the Altenew challenge, I’m entering this into the Seize the Birthday challenge, without the toppings option.

Once again it’s snowing here. No one seems too sure how much we’ll get. I’ve seen estimates as low as 3″ and as high as 8″. I’m hoping for the lesser amount–enough to be pretty, but easily dealt with.