AW Anything Goes

Just a quick share today of my DT sample for 

Aurora Wings Anything Goes.

Since I'm already lacking greatly in the Halloween makes this year,

I decided to have a go at making this into a Halloween themed thank you card.

My sister in law just took me to the Sinister Creature Con yesterday.

I think she deserves a nice card.

I used the adorable Day of the Dead Marigold Sprite. 

Another of my very favorite Sprites.

  I used a card base that was a sample of my new Color Burst powders.

So much fun to play and create with those! The card base already had

spider web embossing on the edges so it worked perfectly with that

Stampin' Up web doily.

 I colored this cutie up using Copics in my Halloween go to colors

of purple, green and orange. Topped everything off with a healthy

does of various colors of Stickles, and this card is ready for the post

office.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Be sure to check out all of the creative eye candy being shared over

at the Aurora Wings Challenge blog. 

  

Aurora Wings CAS

Today is the start of a new challenge at Aurora Wings.

The new theme is Clean And Simple (CAS).

Honestly, this is my preferred way of creating with the gorgeous

images of Aurora Wings. Once I finish coloring an image, I am usually at

 a loss as to how to assemble a card around it's detailed beauty without

detracting from it.

I had a bit of an epiphany, and edited some of the more involved images

using Gimp. I chose the focal point I wanted to highlight and cropped the image.

Sometimes I am intimidated by the images with so much detail that coloring

seems like a never ending process. It usually takes me at least an hour (usually longer)

to color an image. So, the thought of coloring one image for hours seems a bit daunting.  

I love the Santa Muerte image, but I have always been too scared to try and do it

justice with my coloring. I found the face to be the most beautiful part, so I cropped her

face to give me the impact I needed for a perfect CAS card.  

I still toiled over which colors to use and how to use them, but it

took me less than two hours to create this entire card, which is pretty good for me. 

 I am actually quite pleased with how this worked out and am eager to 

make more CAS cards using cropped Aurora Wings images.

I want to use the dragon from the 'Dragon Lore' image next.

Keep an eye out for that one. 

Be sure to stop by the Aurora Wings challenge blog to see all of the 

inspiring CAS samples the design team has created for this theme. 

They're stunning!

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes   
Our Crafty Corner - Anything Goes 
Creatalicious Challenges - Anything Goes + no dp papers
Dark'n'Daring - Anything Goes
613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes
Stamping Sensations - Anything Goes