Tuesday 17 September 2013

Atlantic Hearts Sketch #21--Watercolor Ombre

 Goodbye... summer!
The weather has definitely changed up here in Canada, and Day-light Savings Time takes effect this coming weekend! Yikes!
*RELAX* My hubby checked on the DST thing and he got it wrong! not until November...
Time to hunker down in the scrap-room...

Michelle and Darla at Atlantic Hearts have another great sketch challenge for us:
Love that ombre panel and the skeleton-butterfly.
I chose to interpret the ombre-look with water-color pencils, rendering a little scene of  summer colors at the cottage/PEI coast. The sand/soil really is that colour...such a contrast with the blue sky and vivid green foliage.

I used a panel of water-color paper, spritzing it first, to allow greater absorption and spreading of the colors. I overlapped my pencil scribbles for more color-blending, then smoothed it some more with a damp paint brush.
Kind of a nostalgic greeting. I personally hate saying goodbye to summer, but this would make a nice "farewell" card. 
The skeleton leaf is a new die from Paper Wishes. I cut it out twice in two shades of brown (Cocoa and Saddle) and overlapped them slightly for a shadowed look.
Here's the inside:
completing the farewell message. The big ampersand is a Paper Smooches stamp. A retired CTMH sentiment stamp set provided the Goodbye and Good Luck.

How will you interpret this pretty sketch?
Head on over to the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog. A new sketch is posted every Monday; Design Team creations are shared on Wednesday, and you have until Sunday night to link up your work. Join us for some creative and challenging fun!

Happy crafting,
Caroline

Supplies:
Water color pencils by Derwent
Card stock in Colonial White, Cocoa and Saddle (CTMH)
Dye ink in Saddle and Sky (CTMH)
Water-color paper from Simon Says Stamp
Corner-rounder (CTMH)

7 comments:

  1. I love your side panel and after reading your story its kinda sad...fall is beautiful but there is just nothing like summer by the sea!!!

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  2. That panel is really gorgeous, wonderful card!

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  3. That panel is beautiful! I love the intermingling of the colors. Keeping the rest of your card CAS really let's your watercolor work shine.

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  4. Love the ombre effect you did. It really is a beautiful card.

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  5. Beautiful watercolouring, Caroline! I love that layered leaf and, of course, the ampersand on the inside.

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  6. This is gorgeous!! I love the leaf embellie and it's edge dangling over the watercolor strip. Beautiful!

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  7. It is gorgeous and was such a nice surprise to find tucked in my bag when I arrived in Columbus. Thanks Cee!

    xox, Muggie

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