Friday, May 3, 2013

CC & Pinspired Challenge Hop

YIPEE!  Today is a fun and exciting day for the Crafter's Companion team.  We are blog hopping along with the Pinspired Team (and sponsoring) their newest Challenge.  If you are coming from Jennifer's blog, WELCOME!  If you want to start from the beginning, I have all the blogs listed below.

We are highlighting Sheena's A Little Bit Floral Collection and I used the Dahlia Set for my sample today along with this fabulous Lattice Embossalicious Folder and my Spectrum Noir Pens.  ( Note: I have a tutorial at the end of this post so you can see how I colored my beautiful flower)



Here's the Pinspired Challenge photo that we used for our projects.



From May 3 - 5, we are showcasing Crafter's Companion stamps from Sheena's A Little Bit Floral collection. You have TWO chances to win! You can hop around and comment on all of the blogs for one chance to win a gift certificate from Crafter's Companion (May 3 - 5, 2013).

For a second chance to win, you can play along!

Using the image above, create a project and post it using InLinkz on the Pinspired Blog. You have until May 9, 2013 to participate for a chance to win a gift certificate from Crafter's Companion.  
If you create and comment on the Blog Hop, that is two chances to win!

Here's the list of awesome designers in our hop today:

Annette
Audrey

Now before you hop around to see all the other fabulous creations, I thought I'd share with you how I colored my flower with my Spectrum Noir Pens.

Step 1: I colored the entire flower with my GB1 Spectrum Noir pen.
Step 2: I used the GB3 pen to add some gold highlights to the edges of random flower petals for some darker shadows and then went over the entire flower with GB1 again to soften the darker color.


Step 3: I used the CR7 Spectrum Noir pen to add peach highlights to the edges of each petal.  (Note: work in small sections so the ink stays wet.  You will get a better blend.



Step 4: Use the CR1 Spectrum Noir Pen and color the entire petal for a soft peach look.


Step 5: Use the CR8 & CR11 Spectrum Noir pens to add highlights for the flower center.
Step 6: Use the GT1 Spectrum Noir pen to add the soft turquoise background.


I hope you enjoyed my little "how to" today & have fun seeing all the beautiful creations both teams have come up with for today's hop.  Don't forget to leave some love on each blog and play along on the challenge for TWO chances to win.

Your next stop is Khristen's Blog ...

24 comments:

Deepti Stephens said...

Wow!! Wonderful card! Gorgeous color combo and thanks for the tutorial.. :)

aaga said...

Thanks for sharing your colouring tutorial!

Doris said...

Beautiful card, and thank you for the tutorial.

Khristen said...

So very pretty, love the color of that flower! The embossed background adds the perfect finishing touch :)

xoxo
Khristen

Mary Ann said...

WOW!Beautiful card,Love your flower,Thanks for the tutorial...

Sanketi said...

Awesome coloring!

Natasha G.P. said...

The yellow on the edges looks awesome. I need to learn to color better...

Amy Martin said...

very Beautiful.... I love your coloring.

sharon g said...

The embossing adds a lot to your pretty card!

Katie Ann Brooks said...

stunning! Fabulous job with the coloring and color scheme!

maria f. said...

I love the touch of blue around the bloom, and how you used some yellow shining out from underneath the petals.

Emily H said...

So pretty! Great coloring.

Maria said...

beautiful work

Sue D said...

Very pretty and great coloring tutorial.

Anonymous said...

Love what you did, and thankyou so much for the tutorial as well.

lisa808 said...

The image and coloring are gorgeous. Thanks for the coloring tutorial.

Teresa Godines #6857 said...

Thank you for the images that shows us how you got that wonderful color. Beautiful.

barbara macaskill said...

Love your dahlia! Aren't the Embossaliscious folders divine? I love them! Your card is beautiful! TFS!

Unknown said...

find the colours used absolutely wonderful,also the embossed part,its from crafters companion and l have just bought it,its lovely xx

Unknown said...

You are very talented. I Love the Colors. Happy Scrapping Day :)

Lady Bug Stampers said...

Your card is so beautiful and thanks for sharing how you colored it.
Linda K.

Christiana said...

Beautiful card! And thanks for sharing the tutorial!

Purple Princess said...

Gorgeous coloring!!

Tan's Hobbies said...

Lovely card and I am crazy of everything with lace. So, I love love love your card. Awesome coloring. Thank you so much for the tutorial. Going to try it real soon =)

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