Friday, July 16, 2010

Striking Swirls


I went for a dramatic palette for this project. This image is a beauty. I love the large blossom too! I actually made it. It's from gray card stock and black distress ink with some Stickles (see link to tutorial below).

Supplies used on this project:
Image-Poppy Love, Sweet Pea Stamps
Papers-white Couture card stock, black glossy paper (Paper Temptress), silver shiny paper, red print
Copics-
Skintones-yr0000, e000, e21
Hair-n1,n3, n5, n7
Dress-r29, r89, w1, w3, w5, w7
Tail-r89, w7
Eyes-yg91, yg93, yg63
Misc-Silver glitter chipboard flourishes by Making Memories, large red gem brad, Twinking H20's by Luminarte in ruby red, Stickles "crystal", , paper flower tutorial by Vanja on the Whimsy Stamps Inspiration Blog


Challenges this project qualifies for:
Crazy 4 Challenges-#45 red, white, and black
Cupcake Inspiration -#67 photo inspiration
Crafting Ho's-black, white and one other color


10 comments:

  1. Wow Lisa

    Never mind the flower and the image being stunning, the whole thing is absolutely amazing! LOVEEEE it!!!!

    Sarah x

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  2. Gorgeous! I love how deep the colors are. How do you get your true colors to show up? My reds always look so washed out. You did a fantastic job coloring as well as, the other embellishments.

    TFS,

    Debra (dj1952)

    http://www.designsbydj.blogspot.com

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  3. Wow Lisa this is really striking the colours, image, swirls and flowers are all so beautiful.
    Hugs
    Lorraine x

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  4. Wow, this is strickign and gorgeous!!! Love how you've used the colours here.

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  5. That big blossom looks striking and your colouring is amazing. I should give Vanja's tut a go as well
    Hugs
    Annika

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  6. Lisa this is gorgeous. She looks wonderful in these colours. Love the swirls.
    mwah
    Trace

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  7. Stunning card, Lisa! I love the colour combo and the image,your colouring is amazing. The flower looks beautiful, thank you for giving my tutorial a try! :)

    Hugs, Vanja

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  8. Ohhhh this is beautiful. I love it. Love the red, black and the silver swirls...omg and that paper flower..... absolutely love it.

    hugs

    PS: I'm so heading over to check out that tutorial. :-)

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  9. WOW! Stunning!!! Thanks for playing along with the Cupcake Inspiration Challenge!

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  10. This is so sweet, and you colored it beautifully. Thank you so much for entering this in our challenge at The Crafty Ho’s ! Hope to see you again for our next challenge!

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