I was trying to come up with a more "masculine" valentine. However, even changing the colors to brown/blue it still looks way too feminine :)
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Bashful blue, whisper white, crumbcake cardstock. Not quite navy, brown sugar, bashful blue ink. Banner Blast, label love, a round array stamp sets. Chevron and square lattice EF, finishing touches edgelits.
Stamped the flowers from Secret Garden in Stazon Black ink on watercolor paper. Colored using marker layering technique - crisp cantaloupe, calypso coral, strawberry slush, daffodil delight, crushed curry, more mustard and white gel pen.
Colored whole image in lightest color, added medium and darker colors at base, and colored again with lighter color to blend.
To create the background colors, I colored the acrylic block using markers - coastal cabana, strawberry slush, crushed curry, pumpkin pie. Spritzed with water and stamped on whisper white cardstock. After it dried a little, I stamped the lovely as a tree in night of navy.
I think the colors mean I am looking toward spring!
I stamped the flowers from Simply Sketched using Stazon Black on watercolor paper. Colored flowers with Cool Cantaloupe, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze, Crumb Cake, Pistachio Pudding, and Lucky Limeade markers. Birthday Greetings sentiment is from the Wetlands set.
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- Ink: Espresso, Baked Brown Sugar, Crushed Curry, Cajun Craze, Stazon Black
- Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Espresso
- Stamps: Elements of Style, Express Yourself, Gorgeous Grunge, Netting (background)
- Accessories: Beautifully Baroque EF, Square Lattice EF, Labels Collection Framelits, Bitty Banners Framelits, Burlap Ribbon, Antique Brad, SU markers, sponge daubers. Jute Twine not SU.
To make the background panel, emboss the Crumb Cake CS with Baroque EF; sponge in Brown Sugar, Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry, and Espresso. Stamp flower from Elements of Style in Stazon ink and color with markers (I used More Mustard, Pumpkin Pie, Lucky Limeade and Daffodil Delight). After coloring I cut with framelit then stamped over image with Netting background stamp inked in Crumb Cake; added a few dots from Gorgeous Grunge in Early Espresso to background panel and flower image.
