Air and Water!

I think Magnolia images are like air and water to me! I couldn't wait to stamp and color this little cutie AND my new Basic Grey paper arrived! How lucky can a girl get!? I got so excited about the coloring and the papers that when I finished the card, I realized I had inadvertently used the Magnolia-licious July sketch again! It is a good one! And I can't seem to help focusing on the color Purely Pomegranate either! I think I'm in a rut! Oh well, I like the card that resulted so I'll deal with that tomorrow!

I am so proud to say that my sister (the "older" one!) made me this flower and many others! She is good! My part was to print out the directions that Nicole Heady had posted on her blog several weeks ago! Isn't it great?!? I'll tell her you said so! ETA: here is the link to Nicole's directions for these flowers- Capture the Moment, May 31,
2009
Sometimes people ask me about how I do my backgrounds behind the image. Here's a picture of my supplies. I cut the nestability shape from white, then sometimes I emboss it so it really stays in the die. Then I ink up one of my stencil brushes and scrub it a little on scrap paper (that's the paper you see in the picture, sometimes it gets really pretty!)
Then I brush from the edges of the nestability. I repeat until I have the depth of color that I want. I learned this at the Stamp and Scrap show in Buffalo last year. she used Adirondack inks so I do too. I have used SU, but the Adirondack are so color intensive that it takes less time for a vibrant color. the two ovals in the picture are ones I did today while trying to decide on a background for Tilda. I'll put them aside to use another time.

So, thanks for visiting! So sorry if the card seems like a repeat. I'll try to get some variety going!

Maybe you would like to participate in the July sketch challenge? See the post below, please.

There is still some time to participate in the Brunette Hair challenge from the Copic Creations Challenge-the prize is a Scor'Pal!!

See my post from June 30 or the link on my sidebar!

Tomorrow is Angel's Landing day and I'm hopping with excitement to show you my card!

Have a great day! Thanks for all the nice, nice comments!

Have a great day! Cheryl

ETA:

Here are the copic colors I used to color

RV10, RV06, RV17, RV19, V12, V04, V06, YG21, YG01, YG05, BG11, BG13, BG18 and her skin is E000, Eoq and E93 for the cheeks.