Aurora Wings B+W+ One Color

The new challenge at Aurora Wings begins today.

The new theme is 

Black, White, and One Color.   

I struggled a bit at first because I always think of vibrant colors when 

I think of Aurora Wings images. I ended up going with a color I don't

always use and picked my Blue Violet Copics as my color choice.

I typically reach for Yellow Greens, Violets, and Red Voilets, so this

was a nice departure for me.     

I chose to work with a cropped version of 

Crimson Wings. I love this image, but found it a bit

intimidating with all of her beautiful details. I find a cropped

version to be less intimidating and less difficult to work

into a card design. I usually print out my images quite large (4" x 6")

so I can see them and work with them easier. Then I have a hard time 

making a card smaller than 5" x 7". I'm sure I make it way more 

complicated than it actually is, but I am very happy with how the

cropped versions are working for me. Just another perk to using digi

images. Such versatility in sizing and cropping. 

Once I had chosen my one color, I used my Neutral Grays to 

color in the hair and shade the skin tones. Then, I had to come up

with a complimentary paper. Yikes! I lucked out and pulled out

an older paper pad from Me and My Big Ideas of black and white papers.

I colored the mainly gray scale background paper using BV Copics 

to make it all cohesive. I popped some rarely used Dark Blue Stickles

into the middle of the flowers to add some bling. I have to have some bling

ya know. Then I watched three different You Tube videos on how to use my

Bow Easy before I mastered that bow. Geesh! I feel so dense and 'sausage-fingery'

sometimes! But in the end I persevered and a little bow was born. 

Be sure to pop over to the AW challenge blog and see how the other talented

DT members interpreted this fun and inspiring challenge.