Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Seize the Sketch #24!

Thanks so much!

This week at Seize the Sketch the talented Vicki is our sketch artist - and she's designed a grand simple one that's easy to dress up! I decided to spend some time colouring & thought this layout was perfect for a detailed fairy.



Supplies: digi stamp from Sweet Pea Stamps; Sakura Stardust glitter pen; yellow glitter fabric paint; patterned paper unknown; Spectrum Noir markers: blender; LG2; FS7,8,9; PL2; BT2,4, 5; PP2; CT2, 4; OR1; EB1,2; GB2; TN2




To create the background I coloured it in with a single marker (PL2) and then went over it with the blender pen, and then used the blender pen again to make dots. My first time trying that technique & I love how it turned out. I'm also happier with her hair than I have been lately - slowly but surely practice helps!
Her eyes & the hummingbird are glittered with the Stardust pen, and the lilies have yellow glitter fabric paint to jazz them up.

Here's the sketch:



Check out what the rest of the amazing DT did!

I'm also entering this in the Spectrum Noir July challenge on Facebook - Summer Theme (lilies and hummingbirds definitely say summer around here!) 

xoxo,
Jessi

27 comments:

~amy~ said...

Love the colors and the glitz.

Donna said...

Good lord you do a fab job with colouring! That fairy is gor-geeee-ous!!!
Love the bright colours in the floral background paper as well!
OK so next visit needs to include colouring lessons LOL

Sherry Eckblad said...

That image is gorgeous as is your coloring of it.

Barbara Godden said...

Awesome, your colouring is fabulous. Love the sketch too.

jimlynn said...

Such beautiful coloring on this pretty image. I love the way you did the background and will have to try something like that! So beautiful.
Lynn

Vicki Dutcher said...

Fabulous coloring! The added glitter puts it over the top wonderful!

stampwithsandy said...

What a fabulous job you did coloring this image and I love the bits of sparkle! A stunning creation!

stampwithsandy said...

What a fabulous job you did coloring this image and I love the bits of sparkle! A stunning creation!

Jen Mitchell said...

Ooh-la-la she's gorgeous. Fab coloring and I love the bit of sparkle you've added!

Lori said...

Beautiful! Love how you colored the image and added a touch of sparkle, too.

Marybeth said...

Wow, this is so pretty and I love the added sparkle you added to the flowers. Beautiful coloring and card!

Lindsey said...

Perfect colouring, perfectly sparkly... wow!

Annette Allen said...

wow totally stunning.. love the image and love your coloring..

Lee Ann Barrett said...

So pretty, Jessi! Love all the sparklies! You have an amazing ability to combine colors and pattern! Fab card!

lostinpaper said...

She's a beauty Jessi!

Deepti said...

Lovely coloring and I like the technique u used to create the BG :)I will have to give it a try :)

Greta said...

Love your sweet girlie card, Jessi!

Dana said...

Fabulous coloring!! I love love the background awesome technique!!!

fairyrocks said...

Beautiful color choices. The eyes really grab. Just perfect.

Mona Pendleton said...

So pretty Jessi! Love the shimmery detail!

Lori Turner said...

Woah...awesome coloring girl! LOVE all the glitter too :D Awesome card! Have a wonderful week xoxoxo

walchowDesign said...

Beautiful colouring, Jessi! Love all the glitters you added on her especially her eye lashes!

Colleen Dietrich said...

The lilies look great with touches of glitter, and I think you colored this image very well, Jessi! The dots in the orchid color have a neat effect, kind of like water stained. Very cool!

Katie Melhus said...

She is just lovely and those sparkles put this over the top!

Lesley said...

Gorgeous image and so amazingly coloured. Love the sparkles on the bloom!

Chris Dring said...

Yep. Totally digging that background technique, along with everything else on this card!

Angela said...

Beautiful coloring, Jessi...I love the pretty pink background you have created!