Twilight Tuesday Inspiration Challenge #36 – A Special Collaboration with Artful Inkables
This week we have some exciting news!!! We are partnering with Artful Inkables this week to show off their new Twilight themed stamps AND we are having some HUGE giveaways for the rest of the month over on the TTIC Blog.
This week over on the TTIC blog we will be featuring all the incredible creations our design team members have made with these fun stamps. Be sure to stop in every day to see!
Our challenge theme this week that goes along with these super cute stamps is:
What says Twilight to you?
Now as a very lucky design team member I received a sample set of stamps from the Into the Moonlight set and from the Fictionally Inspired set. It was a surprise to see which of the stamps I would get and boy did I get some fun ones. So it was time to pull out the stamping supplies and get to work. This is what I came up with:
In my mind nothing quite says Twilight like Edward and Bella’s constant struggle to reconcile their relationship with the concept of eternity so when I saw I had received the forever stamp I knew I was going to use it.
I started my design with the forever stamp and built around it from there. After stamping on white card stock I shaded the image with GASP… Crayola colored pencils. I know Prismacolors are all the rage right now in stamping but I have to tell you if you can’t bring yourself to spend $2.00 a pencil… and I can’t (and I couldn’t find the set I already have from college), then the Crayola pencils area wonderful and practical substitute. I use these nearly every day in my classroom and am always amazed at how vibrant the colors are, how soft the lead is and how well they blend. To shade the pawn I used a basic gray pencil with a slight bit of sky blue and black added for depth. To shade the ribbon I used a basic red pencil and to add shadow I used a violet colored pencil. When layering shadows I find that violet gives a much more natural and subtle shadow than black if it’s layered over a small amount of base color first. Next I added a little bit of ground shadow to keep the pawn from floating and I lightly distressed the edges with gray.
You can see in the image below the detail of the pencil. No special blending tools were use… just the colored pencils.
Next, I broke out the Cuttlebug for the very first time and used my brand new script embossing folder to create the black background. The red scalloped page background was created using my Martha Stewart edge punch. To accent the pawn stamp I used the argyle stamp that is also included in the Into the Moonlight collection with Versamark ink.
To finish up I add the Dew Drops and the Edward and Bella stamps to the bottom from the Fictionally Inspired stamp set.
And of course, this week the Twilight Tuesday Inspiration Challenge Design Team has used Artful INKables’ new stamp sets for their projects. Check out today’s projects:
Beth ~ Dani ~ Eve ~ Jen ~ Julie ~ Margie ~ Rebecca ~ Tonya
And Our Guest Designers:
Be sure to head over to the TTIC blog and get the details about our WEEKLY blog candy give aways for the next 4 weeks. First up is 8 piece Into the Moonlight stamp set!!!
Tags: blog candy, colored pencil, Edward Cullen, pencil, shading techniques, stamping, TTIC, Twilight, Twilight Tuesday
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Jen | June 23, 2009
By Alison, June 23, 2009 @ 7:01 am
This card is awesome Jen! It looks like many of us started with the chess piece and the harlequin! Your card is beautiful! I love your use of the Cuttlebug too.
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By Elena, June 23, 2009 @ 8:37 am
Your card is gorgeous! And your coloring is amazing!!! Really love the embossing on the background and what a neat idea with the names on the edge of the card! Fabulous!
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By Erica, June 23, 2009 @ 8:46 am
I love all the small details you added. The bottom with Bella and Edward scrawled across is genius! The coloring is great. I have the Crayola set and love it. Now I want to pull them out again and play!
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By Rebecca {bellacarta}, June 23, 2009 @ 8:49 am
Very cool card! Love it!
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By jacquie/momofour26, June 23, 2009 @ 9:15 am
Gorgeous Jen!!! Love the coloring, love all the details you added!!
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By Tonya, June 23, 2009 @ 9:38 am
This is so brilliant! I am super impressed with your usage of Crayola pencils! I wonder how those blend with Gamsol… I love the dew drop addition and especially the MS punch. As I was reading your post, I suddenly realized I didn’t “anchor” my own image! I love to learn things from you and hopefully I’ll remember this next time!
Tonya´s last blog ..TTIC #36: What Says Twilight to You? And Secret REVEALED!
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By Danielle C., June 23, 2009 @ 9:43 am
Ooooh! I love this! The way you added the shadow to the image really makes it pop.
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By Eve, June 23, 2009 @ 9:50 am
I LOVE all the detail you put into this! It is perfect just like all your work! Wonderful Jen!!!!
Eve´s last blog ..Twilight Tuesday Inspiration Challenge #36…………Special AI partnership challenge!
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By margie, June 23, 2009 @ 9:51 am
Beautiful card, Jen! Amazing coloring – I really love your shading, I have such a hard time with that… I’m going to have to ‘borrow’ my boys pencils sometime soon
Awesome, Jen!!!
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By Jane, June 23, 2009 @ 9:55 am
What a beauty! LOVE the coloring and shading!! Fabulous job, Jen! xx
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By Julie, June 23, 2009 @ 1:36 pm
What a BEAUTIFUL card, Jen! And I loved reading the details on your shading techniques – thanks for taking the time to share that. Really, really awesome card!
Julie´s last blog ..Special Twilight Tuesday Inspiration Challenge: Featuring Artful INKables
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By Donna, June 23, 2009 @ 3:07 pm
Well don’t YOU just ROCK! OME Jen! What a beautiful, perfect, gorgeous card!!! I absolutely LOVE everthing about it!…..Now I want to make some more, oh hold on it’s 5 .30 in the morning…I’ll wait a bit! lol! Xx
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By Beth, June 23, 2009 @ 3:10 pm
Beautiful coloring and shading, Jen! Holy Cow – gorgeous job!
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By Steph, June 23, 2009 @ 5:39 pm
LOVE IT! Way to go Jen!!
The colouring, is incredible! I don’t don’t have Prismas either, I have other watercolouring pencils, but I just may have to get some Crayola’s!
Thanks for sharing how you did the colouring and what shading you used, I will definitely store those tips away! Violet not black for shading. got it!
Breaking Dawn is my fav book and every time I see that Chess piece, I smile
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