Monday, May 3, 2010

It's a color challenge!

ETA: Tips & Tricks page now posted at the end of this post!
Happy Monday everyone, I hope that your week is starting off great so far! This week we have a fun color challenge brought to us by the Trendsetter of the week Pam. Make sure to check out the TSG Blog to find out how you can win a TSG gift certificate simply by playing along :)

I have had the plans for this card in my head since I was in the process of designing the Domestic Goddess stamp set. I'm sure those of you who are SAHM/houswives can totally relate to feeling like you are doing a million things at one time! This card is for all of us that have such an 'easy' job of staying at home all day eating bonbons and watching our soaps :-D

I stamped my scene onto kraft cardstock using Sahara Sand ink to give it that watermark look. The main image was stamped onto whisper white cardstock and colored in using Stampin' Up markers. This was the first time I've actually used these markers to color an image in and I was completely surprised at
smooth they turned out to be! There are hardly any streaks and they are waaaay cheaper than Copics lol!


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10 comments:

Unknown said...

LOVE the way you did this, jessica...ingenious! awesome job! :)

Crystal said...

OOOO Jessica this is so fun and fabulous, what a great design!!!!!

Lisa H. said...

hehehe! brilliant! and yes, I can relate. love what you did here, Jessica. I paired the colors with kraft, too!

Crafty Math Chick said...

Clever way to illustrate the concept of only having two hands or not enough hands... etc.

~Meredith

Anita said...

Cool card!

Amy Kolling said...

Wow the detail of the cut out image!! Very nice card Jessica!!

Michele Lourenco said...

I love the concept of this card! Awesome

Pam Varnell said...

Gorgeous!!! and love the tips sheet.

Cookie said...

I saw this on SCS and just had to come over and leave a comment here too! I just LOVE this card!!! The watermark look background is PERFECT with her popped up in front! GREAT JOB!

Linda said...

Your card is simply fabulous!!! Love the sentiment and her expression.

Here’s my card.