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Anita Be Stampin’ Challenge #10

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Hi all! I’ve got two posts for today so please be sure to take a look at my card for today’s Greeting Farm Blog Hop!

Jen's ABS Card

Our challenge today is a color challenged titled Denim and Vintage Laced! I just LOVE that! For my card I used Bears and Bunches and stamped him on Rustic White PTI Cardstock using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I decided I wanted to try my hand at a single layer card today. Prismacolors lend themselves pretty well to that as they don’t soak into the cardstock. I used a burnishing technique with the Prismacolors instead of OMS. Burnishing basically means laying the pencil down in layers and then adding one final thick blending layer either with a color or the Prismacolor colorless blender. I used a little of both on this card but I think I like the burnishing with a color better than the blender. I really like the look of this technique, it gives such rich deep colors. After coloring I stamped the sentiment in Tuxedo Black and then punched two holes for the twine, wrapped the twine, tied a bow and I was all finished!

Here’s a closer look:

Close Up

If you’d like to participate with us today you can get all the details at the Anita Be Stampin Challenge Blog. There are prizes every week!

TTIC – Collab. with Greeting Farms

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This week TTIC is collaborating with The Greeting Farm to show off their Edward stamp, part of the Wild Sprout series.

I was so excited when I got this adorable stamp about two weeks ago! I couldn’t wait to dig in with some colored pencils and go to town!

Our challenge was to use this stamp and create a design, card, layout, etc. using red, black white and/or silver.

Here is what I came up with:

TTIC Greeting Farm Wild Edward Card

I finished this up super late last night so unfortunately I was left with indoor pics as my only option and I had to photograph this on it’s side so it may appear to be sliding but it’s not, lol.

Here’s a close up of the stamp:

Close up of Greeting Farm Wild Edward colored with Prismacolors

To color Edward I used Prismacolor Scholar colored pencils, my favorites. :D

Now on to the comment portion… Margie asked us:

Why do the majority of us always reach for the same color scheme to create a Twilight project? I know that I am always reaching for my Reds, Blacks, Whites and Silvers… What colors do you always use?

Well, I definitely migrate towards black because I love it but you know when I look back through my work I actually see more pink than anything else which is a bit odd. I think I’ve used Alice as an excuse one to many times, lol.

I’ve also used a lot of brown. Brown is such a rich color and can be paired with anything so I know I reach for that any time it fits. :D

If you are interested in participating in this or any other Twilight Tuesday Inspiration Challenge you can get the details over at the TTIC blog. We love new participants so come visit us!

And be sure to visit the rest of the design team to check out their amazing creations:

Beth ~ Dani ~ Eve ~ Julie ~ Margie ~ Rebecca ~ Tonya

And Our Guest Designers:

Alison ~ Donna ~ Jacquie