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Monday, June 20, 2016

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.      

5 comments:

  1. Love how you've cropped Crimson Wings and the colors you chose, Glo. Amazing that you colored the background to match and I love the added bling. Gotta say, "Bow Easy" is a misnomer for sure! I usually exhaust my swear words before accomplishing a bow with that thing. Fabulous work! xxD

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  2. I LOVE this card from you, Glo! The mesmerizing visual effect you've achieved with the background paper works so well with the cropped image with the eyes left uncolored. I do get the impresison of poppies from the design of the paper, which is a perfect match to the poppies in her hair. I'm also getting the delightfully dark, magickal vibe from your card - totally bewitching! Thank you so much for a stunning inspiration for our latest challenge at Aurora Wings. Mitzi xxx

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  3. That's just beautiful, Glo! I love the gloomy colours!

    Hugs,
    Jessa

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  4. Stunning Gloria, that background really is awesome and fits the image perfectly x

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  5. What a stunning project Glo. Love your attention to detail and that paper is just perfect xx Jan

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