Since the background paper is sooooo beautiful, I just HAD to use it for a May card. You can't see it here, but the paper has metallic gold highlights, which gives the card some glimmer. Of course, I also HAD to match the color of the tulips on the dsp, so out came my colored pencils.
First, I used Versafine Smokey Gray ink for the tulip blossom and stem, which gives them a softer look. After coloring the stem with two greens, I began to color the tulip blossom. Starting with the lightest color, I blended in a light peach and two shades of the dreaded pink, working with the ones that best matched the dsp colors. Once I was satisfied with the tulip, I stamped the greeting over the stem and cut it out with a label die. I then chose a green scrap that best matched the shade of the leaves in the dsp and cut it out with a larger label die, a little more ornate than the white one. Before mounting the image to the card with dimensionals, I went over the tulip stamens with a black marker.
It truly is an adventure to work with the dreaded pink, although I think this color is appropriate for blossoms. What is YOUR least favorite color?
TIP: When working with colors you dislike, sunglasses really help!
3 comments:
Dislike pink? It's un-American, teehee, just kidding. I dislike orange except for pumpkin cards in the fall. Your flowers card is beautiful. :)
Pink is perfect for this tulip and you've colored it perfectly! I dislike some shades of many colors but can usually find a shade that I do like. Basic Gray and Bravo Burgundy don't find their way to my cards unless I'm doing a color challenge. Hope you are seeing signs of Spring there.
Hmm, there aren't many colors I don't like in some context or another, but there is a particular shade of institutional mint green that makes me smell antiseptic every time I see it, no matter the context. Urgh.
Your card is so pretty in pink!
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