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Sunday 21 February 2021

The illusion of layers

Hello, crafting friends!

I do love the challenge of a one layer card and am always trying to think up ways to add depth to them. Today I got my coloured pencils out to see what I could do with those.


To start, I masked off the left hand side and the bottom of a good thick card base. Using grey ink, I stamped the beautiful flower cluster from Uniko's Hello Lovely stamp set - I was lucky enough to win this set last year and just love it! With a variety of mauve and purple pencils, I used the cross hatching technique to build up a background, intensifying the colour closest to the flowers.


To colour my flowers, I used small round strokes of the pencils, layering up the colours and trying to leave paler areas where the petals might catch the light. To give the impression of looking in through an aperture, I drew a solid line at the left and bottom of my image.


The sentiment is from Clearly Besotted's Simply Said, stamped in Stazon black ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. Stamping it across the white part of the card and the 'aperture' helps to give the illusion of depth.

CHALLENGES
I'm entering this card in the Uniko 9th Birthday party celebrations where the challenge is to make a birthday card; talking of birthday celebrations, the Less is More birthday party continues with One Layer Week and a theme of Flowers; I'm also joining in with The Rainbow Card Challenge, where the colour prompt this month is Mostly Mauve. Addicted to Stamps and More are having an Any Occasion challenge this fortnight, so I'm also linking up there; I shall also link up at The Flower Challenge as this stamp is certainly one of the last floral stamps to enter my collection! (Probably could do with some more...!)


AND IN OTHER NEWS
I know lots of us crafters have struggled with a loss of mojo - I know I did last year. There was time to craft, and all this wonderful stuff to craft with, but I just felt this horrible lethargy that made me miserable. I don't know what changed but suddenly I'm now crafting like a maniac with one idea after the other chasing through my head and not enough time to put them all into action! I only mention this to give you hope that these things can pass.

The other thing is that although Eva (at 40 kilos) is not the kind of dog you pick up and tuck under your arm, I did have a laugh at this when I saw it on Pinterest!

Source: Pinterest

Sending hugs,

27 comments:

  1. A stunning beautifully coloured image love your choice of colours and layout,don't fancy trying to pick Eva up

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  2. Wow! That is breathtakingly beautiful! Stunning colouring!

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  3. This is totally and utterly stunning, a really lovely image and a superb mix of subtle colours..

    Kath x

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  4. Beautiful building up of lovely colors, Vicky! What a wonderful one layer card!

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  5. You definitely achieved depth with your beautiful pencil coloring and your bolder line, which looks like a layer on your one layer card, Vicky. I lost my mojo in the beginning of the pandemic, but after learning how to keep socially distant and having a drawer full of different colored and different designs and styles of masks we feel much safer and can play again:-) Your daily blog posts sure help make my day and my mojo too, my friend. And...having more time to make our friendship grow:-) Love and Hugs...Nancy

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  6. Wow!! This is a stunning creation, Vicky! I love everything about it! Gorgeous colouring and wonderful design!! Stay safe! :)

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  7. Oh wow Vicky this is so beautiful! How many hours did that take?! And oh my that cartoon made me smile xx

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  8. WOW . . . This card is sensational. What fabulous colouring. Bet that kept you out of mischief for a while!!!!

    Hug xxx

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  9. What a lovely design and in such a terrific colour too

    Kathyk

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  10. Terrific card and your coloring is beautiful ~

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  11. Pencils? WOW! WOW! WOW! Vicky, so very beautiful gorgeous colours and work. Good to hear mojo is back with vengeance. I had a good laugh at the dog and cat cartoon and thought it so true.
    Faith x

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  12. What a stunner! Thanks for joining us at TRCC, and I look forward to seeing you again soon.
    Hugs,
    Em, DT

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  13. Such a pretty design Vickie.

    B x

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  14. What a pretty colored image and design.

    Hugs diane

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  15. Wow Vicky you have made this stamped image totally eye catching with your colouring. totally blown away. Thank you so much for joining us at The Flower Challenge and we hope to see you there again soon. Aileen DesignTeam

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  16. So very pretty! Your work with colored pencils is amazing! I love the positioning of the image too. Thanks for joining us at Addicted to Stamps and More!

    sue n.

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  17. Wow wow wow, I cant believe this is all done with pencils!! Absolutely amazing

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  18. The comic is so funny! Your card is totally stunning, Vicky!

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  19. This card is exquisite, Vicky! I LOVE this card! The flower image itself is beautiful, but the way you color penciled the flowers made them look much more beautiful. Love the soft colors too. Great job of coloring the background using the cross hatching technique!
    Hideko xx

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  20. Oh la la ! What a striking and eye-catching card, Vicky ! I love this stamp set and you really do it honour with this beautiful colouring. This purple gradient that you made is just amazing. LOVE it ! Thank you so much for sharing and playing with this beauty along at Uniko, Less is More, the Rainbow Card challenge and Addicted To Stamp and More.

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  21. Your pencil coloring is amazing, Vicky. Thanks for sharing this beautiful card with us at The Flower Challenge.

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  22. Stunning card. Such depth you've created! Thanks for playing along at The Rainbow Card Challenge!

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  23. Vicky, what a beautiful card!!! It is very striking and eye catching. Hard to imagine that it's a one layer card. Thank you for entering our Rainbow Card Challenge. I love to see your designs here. Please join us again next month.
    Elena DT

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  24. Woah! Vicky, what a beautiful triumph! This is just gorgeous, I love it. Thanks so much for sharing with us at Less is More, Anita x
    And I'm hoping my crafty mojo visits this weekend, I have so many cards to make for different things and at the moment I've got nothing...yikes!

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  25. Gorgeous card! LOL love that picture of picking up pets! Thank you for joining us at The Rainbow Card Challenge! We look forward to seeing you again!

    Hugs,
    Mary Ellen
    The Rainbow Card Challenge DT
    www.creativetimewithme.com

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  26. This card is so wonderful, Vicky. And I certainly have noticed how your mojo is on steroids. Everything I see of yours makes me go WOW! It's a joy to see. Sending huge crafty hugs your way!

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I'd love to know what you think. Do leave me a comment - it always makes my day! Vicky x


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