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6/08/2013

Birthday

Happy Saturday, and I hope ya'll are so ready for the weekend. Welcome to a new follower, Miss Suzanne. I'm so happy to have you join me here; hope when you can visit, you'll find something you like and just enjoy having a good ol' chat! Maybe ya'll might want to check out Suzanne's blog if you can.

I had seen a stamped rose image done in oranges, and thought I'd give that color a whirl. I love roses, but tend to stick with pinks & reds. (Red is a hard copic color to do, for me anyway...it tends to bleed. That's one reason I stick with the Copic Xpress paper, as it seems to work better for me than other papers I use). I had meant to use copics when I stamped this, but then realized I had used GP paper - not good for copic coloring. If I have bits of papers on the desk, sometimes I will start stamping without insuring it's right for copics.  I'm also trying to learn to work better with pencils. Grabbed up the Derwent Inktense Pencils & started with the smaller buds, using the pink-red family; then got brave enough try the orange-y look on the big rose. Blended the colors using a water brush. I kinda liked the way it turned out.


- after coloring the buds & leaves, I mixed some glossy accents with Rangers Diamond stickles onto a cd disk, swirled them together with a toothpick and painted over the flowers. IRL they have a lot of sparkle & shine. Let that dry (the GP paper did warp a bit. Not pleased with that). Airbrushed Copic B0000 & B000 for the mottled background.


- leaf trim at bottom was part of a salvaged Memory Box wreath die cut. The missing part had been too close to paper edge, leaves didn't cut properly. So I snipped out that part, and did a little trim on this card.

- sentiment was stamped on a snippet using one of the Memento greens, punched with an oval SU punch. The green scallop behind was also an SU punch.

- MS edge punch on the trim (covering another mistake...didn't cut the yellow check paper wide enough). There is a small strip of yellow behind the green trim, so that the white card base didn't peek through.

- Die cut is S/Binder Label 10, with a faux mat of another snippet that I thought looked ok with the other colors. Dragonfly is a brad, 'pincers' removed, glued on. (Ahem, covering a tiny splotch of stamp-edge overflow). Think the card will be fine as one of my summer birthday cards.

I had been making my pictures smaller when I post, due to an article I read that blogger considers storage space based on picture size. Got some nifty advice from Sharon giving me some information about photo sizes in posts, so I will be using the larger size photo when I post. Thanks so much Sharon! Gosh, I get so much help from other bloggers. That has been one of the most rewarding things that has happened to me, since I started this blog last year. Meeting so many - not just talented folks - but those who are so generous with their knowledge! Just appreciate & love that!

Anyway, ya'll have a great weekend. Come again soon, now heah? Hugs

17 comments:

  1. Hi Mary. Your flowers are gorgeous. I do love the large orange rose - such beautiful shades of orange and yellow.

    I also resize my photos to a small pixel amount (largest side 400), but show them as large then I post them on my blog. I'm thinking that this works to reduce the size for blogger ... hope I'm right.

    Loll xx

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  2. Super card Mary! Fabby colouring too.

    Loll is right, it doesn't matter how big you actually post your photos, it's the pixel size that counts.

    Hugs, Di xx

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  3. Hi Mary, Beautiful card, the colouring of your roses is gorgeous and I love the vibrant colours. The die cuts look great as well. Happy Weekend, Shirleyx

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  4. Beautiful card Mary! Your colouring is fabulous.You have blended the colours so well. I love it!

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  5. Hi Mary this looks fab.. love the colours and very well done, thanks for sharing and picture size is fab!! Shaz in Oz.x

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  6. Oh my gosh Mary, the roses arebeautiful, you did a fabulous job on them! I've never tried the stickles and glossy accents technique before, will have to give it a whirl! Waving hi from the hills of North Carolina ♥

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  7. Beautiful colouring Mary - love that yellow / orange... Mxx

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  8. Mary this is absolutely gorgeous! I love the fabulous coloring, the gorgeous colors and the punched edge! Great card!

    Hugs,
    Jo
    xox

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  9. Hi Mary, your card is lovely and those roses are gorgeous - great colouring and love the look of the air brushing. I agree, bloggers and blogland is a wonderful place. Hugs, Anne x

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  10. Such a pretty card - Okay Mary - I challenge you to start an art journal and or do a canvas and I really mean it!!
    Sandy

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  11. Wow, wow, wow!! Mary these roses looks so real!! I love the colors you used and I don't know what kind of pencils those are that you used, but boy did you ever do a great job with them!! This card is stunning!! I love how you said you mixed glossy accents with diamond stickles together and painted on the roses, I will have to remember this and try it out! Now what for hints do you have about picture sizes on the blogs? Please share with me! lol Hugs!!

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  12. What a beautiful card, Mary! Your coloring is wonderful and the layout perfect!

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  13. Mary, Beautiful card. The stamp is gorgeous and you made it more so. Thanks so much for the heads up on the droplet stamp. What would I do without my blogger friends. Been buried in trip stuff, I would not have known. You are the best. When I get home I have some news....no I'm not PG :-) I'll post as often as I can when I'm gone, but make no promises.....Hugs, see you in July! Again...thank you for letting me know...See you on FaceBook....I almost forgot about that site!

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  14. Absolutely gorgeous coloring, Mary. I love the look of your pencil coloring. Bet the shine and sparkle is beautiful in real life.

    Thanks so much for visiting my blog via Outlawz and becoming a follower. I have just become a follower of your fantastic blog!

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  15. Beautiful colouring Mary. Those roses look real! I love the shading you have done...and the orange one is gorgeous.
    I always love the airbrushing you do. It is so soft and subtle.

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  16. Thanks Mary - winning in the playground was fabulous - cant wait to get my hands on the Water Droplets stamp and do something with it - you young lady were very nice to "re-donate" if you won!! Mxx

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  17. Wow, this is jaw dropping stunning! Beautiful coloring!

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