“If they give you ruled paper, write the other way.”It’s Inspiration Challenge day at SCS. And did I ever love the inspiration from Mizue Hirano. I chose the two in the third row down.
Both were done on water color paper using a flat wash brush and a small detail brush. Instead of watercolors, I used dye reinkers because I like the vibrant color and transparency. I first made the abstract backgrounds then dried them with the heat gun because I’m too impatient to wait.
I made the white frames with the method I developed for resizing the Nestabilities rectangles. The tutorial for this is under my Tutorial heading. I edged the frames with a red marker. All the images were embossed using black pigment ink and black embossing powder. These cards measure 4.25″ x 5.50″. The greeting tag on Reindeer was cut out using a nestie circle.
Supplies:
Stamps: Autumn Leaves, Inkadinkado, Studio G, Stampendous, Imaginisce
Paper: white, water color, red
Ink: black pigment & black embossing powder
Accessories: paint brushes, dye reinkers, nestie rectangles & circles. red marker (to edge the frame & tag), black marker (to edge the Christmas Trees panel)
October 11th, 2008 - 6:34 pm
These are so beautiful – I just love the dramatic contrast of the black images on the soft water colors!!
hugs, Jami
October 11th, 2008 - 7:04 pm
Hi Julie!!! OMG – I love all your latest creations!!!
Sorry – I don’t mean to ignore you, but I’ve been super busy these last couple of weeks!!! Hope you are doing well???
October 12th, 2008 - 5:45 am
Oh my! I love the reindeer card so much. The background with the green and red is so perfect and I love the black embossing used on both of your cards. Wow! You are so very creative.
October 12th, 2008 - 8:19 am
Lovely take on the artist’s work — I saw these on SCS before I saw them on your blog and they immediately jumped out at me. Nice!!
October 12th, 2008 - 11:37 am
These are seriously some of my very favorites from the day! You have such vibrant colors with such amazing designs!
October 13th, 2008 - 8:20 am
Fabulous take on the inspiration Julie!
October 13th, 2008 - 11:10 am
WOWZER! These are amazing creations!! Love that BG!!
October 13th, 2008 - 11:46 pm
These are wonderful!! Your backgrounds turned out fantastic – such a perfect take on the inspiration pieces. They must have been so much fun to make, too!