Hello! It’s another Tuesday, which means it’s new challenge day at CAS Colours & Sketches! This week we have a trio of colors for you to work with.
The colors initially spoke nature and flowers to me, and when I was starting to work on my card yesterday, I noticed that several of my CC&S design teammates had used floral images for their cards. Then I felt like I wanted to go with something different to add some variety to the mix. I saw that the AAA Challenge was to create a one layer card with an optional twist of including a polar animal. Even though one layer cards are not my favorite (because there’s nowhere to hide any mistakes!) I decided I’d try combining the challenges. Since I don’t own any ink or cardstock in the challenge colors, I knew I’d have to do some coloring with either markers or colored pencils in similar colors. I hadn’t used this polar bear image for a while, but it’s a great image to color and it fit into the AAA challenge twist. My original thought was to use all three colors on the scarf, but then I realized the blue would make a nice sky color for the background. Using colored pencils blended with odorless mineral spirits means no color bleed through to the inside of the card (another reason why I shy away from one layer cards). The sentiment comes from a different stamp set that I haven’t used in years. I chose it because it filled out the space on the card better than any of the sentiments in the set with the image. I rounded the bottom corner for two reasons – to give a little extra visual interest following the curve of the image, and to trim off a corner of the cardstock that had gotten slightly bent.
After browsing around some more challenge blogs, I believe this card also works for the current challenges at Less is More and Addicted to CAS.
We’d love to see what you can create with this week’s colors! Share your card at the CC&S website by 6:00 p.m. Eastern time Monday, January 27. Thanks for stopping by today!
Supplies:
Stamps: Cozy Friends (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps); Year Round Sentiments (Hero Arts)
Cardstock: Solar White (Neenah)
Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine)
Other: Premier colored pencils (Prismacolor); odorless mineral spirits (Gamsol); corner rounder punch (EK Success)
