Monday, February 28, 2011

GOING GREEN - WATERCOLOR

Hello!! I hope this finds you well rested from a wonderful weekend! 

Have you been over to The Brakefast Club? The Brakefast Club is a free forum filled with friendship, Inspiration, Challenges , Fun, Contests, and ideas for I Brake For Stamps! This weeks challenge was to create something with GREEN!

Todays card, I decided to try something and didn't get the colors I wanted, so I did some punting and came up with this creation.

I started out by using Creative Inspiration Paints and the Spring Green paint on my water color card stock. I did not achieve the Bright Green I wanted, so I grabbed my water color crayons and mixed some Glorious Green in and WAH-LAH! I achieve the glorious, shimmery green I wanted!!!

I used both water color crayons and Creative Inspiration Paints: Emerald, Copper, Antique Silver, Charcoal, Spring Green, Citrus, Onyx, Coal, Butter Cup, Raw Sienna

I Brake for Stamps now carries these wonderful paints too!


 I also had fun using Paper Temptress Paper SO FUN!!! - Here are the gorgeous papers I used Water color Paper,  Paper, POP Tones - Berrylicious,   Antique Parchment brownMetallics Fairway - Each of these papers has their own unique quality - each embosses beautifully and really help add the extra WOW to create a fabulous card!


Here are a few more details:
Stamps: Leprechaun, Clovers, Irish Blessing from I Brake For Stamps save yourself 10% by using the code Save10Chris 
Cardstock: see abovePaper Temptress Paper  POP Tones - Berrylicious,   Antique Parchment brownMetallics Fairway 
Accessories: Aquapainters, Watercolor Crayons, Offray Ribbon, Dew Drops, Cuttlebug folder, Big Shot, Mini Glue Dots, Brayer, White Gel Pen,


Here are some challenges I participated in...
Happily Ever After Crafter #15 - Color challenge for St. Patricks Day!
Fussy and Fancy -  embossing and/or paper piecing Paper Cutz - Spring  Do You Stack Up?   -Anything Goes Paper Crafting Journey   anything goes Paper Romance   - Anything goesShelly's Images  - Ribbon Card Creations & More By C  Sparkle Gem Of A Challenge  Buttons, brads, beads, bows Freshly Brewed - ribbons and bows Some Odd Girl - Handmade element or embellishment (double bow) Pixie Dust Studio - Create a card/project using Summer colors Partytime Tuesdays - Anything Goes


Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you have a wonderful day!!!
Chrissy D

27 comments:

Shelley said...

Nice Patty's Day card!

Denise said...

Lovely cheerful card. Thanks for joining us at DYSU xx

Cheryl said...

Cute card! You did great on the coloring.

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Anonymous said...

jolie réalisation bravo Isabelle

WencheP said...

Wonderful card, great colors. Thanks for joining us at Do You Stack Up.

-Wenche

Shelly Schmidt said...

Fun leprechaun card! I love all of the embellishments and the beautiful paper...!

Sandra P said...

Such a fun card! Great ribbon :)

Thanks for joining Paper Romance this week!

Hugs,
Sandra P

Miranda said...

lovely st Paddy;s card Chrissy
thanks for joining the DYSU challenge this week
hugs
Miranda

Karin said...

Fun St. Patty's card!

CraftyC said...

Love your card Chrissy, and what a fantastic image!
Clairexx

Beeceecreativity said...

super cute St. Pat's Day card...
thanks for playing along with Party Time Tuesdays and hope to see you again next week... hugs Bev PTT DT

jimlynn said...

SO VERY CUTE!!! Love that image and ribbon too. Just great - and I already know it SHINES!
Lynn

Gabbi said...

Adorable card love the little leprechaun thanks for sharing it with us at fussy and fancy.

Unknown said...

What a cute card....and I love how the water color looks. Thanks so much for joining our ribbon challenge this week at Shelly's Images. We hope you will join us again soon.

Terry said...

He just makes me smile! Very cute card and perfect coloring!

Ted said...

Thanks for playing along with the HEC, Chris! :)

Anonymous said...

What a great card for St. Patrick's day! Your Leprechaun is adorable. Thanks for joining us this week at PCJ. hugs ~ Cindy

Jolara said...

lovely, great colors ! Thanks for joining the Pixies this week ! Joyce xo

Mandy said...

Beautiful card...Love the image...Thank you for joining in with us at A Gem of a Challenge...
Mandy x

Peggysue said...

Beautiful card Chrissy! Absolutely gorgeous coloring job. I’m glad you joined us for the DYSU Anything Goes challenge & hope to see you again!

Katie said...

Super!
Thanks for joining us at A Gem of A Challenge :)

Min said...

Wow, the water color is just fabulous!
Thanks so much for playin' along with the Shelly's Images "Let's Play with Ribbon" Challenge this week. We hope you'll join us again next week!
Hugs & Happy Days!
~Min

debby4000 said...

Oh fabulous card, love the image and the details.
Thanks for joining us at A Gem of Challenges.
luv
Debby

Unknown said...

Lovely card, thanks for joining us this week on Some Odd Girl.
Caz
x

Sarah Rice said...

so adorable!!

Thanks for playing with us at some odd girl

Sarah Mullanix said...

fantastic card, thanks for playing along with us at SOG!!

Helen F. said...

Fun card, Chris. Love your great coloring here :o)