Rosy Weekend

Hi, friends, I've spent a lot of time lately coloring other people's art and I felt the need to make my own drawing, even though I'm not a professional. We have a single plate from a yard sale when I was in college and I pulled it out to put fruit on the other night when we had friends over for dinner. I love this plate and I was studying it while washing dishes. This is what it looks like.

Here's my interpretation in Prismacolor pencils. I started with the rose bud.

And then I drew a rose (and added petals because I drew it lopsided) and then I used my black pencil to darken the edges. I think some Gamsol to soften the pencil strokes might be warranted but I'm out and it would've smeared the black. I kept the pink and gray color scheme.

That's it for today, friends, except I may have to do some cards in gray and pink and silver. Maybe something like this card you can find on istock.

I love when something all of the sudden inspires me, even if I've seen it lots of times!

Happy Friday!

Chark

Power Poppy Roses in Pink

I tried merging two digi stamps together for the Power Poppy Challenge this month "Mix and Match." I used Rose and Chamomile and the Let It Be stamps and liked the combo but wanted to do a little nudging of the flower placement, so I tried it again.
This time I'm using pinks for the flowers instead of purples. I used copper corner stickers to frame the sentiment and Prismacolor pencils to color the image. I do like the right-hand flower lower better (like in the pink version), but maybe I should move it a little more to the right for balance. Ah well, I'm not a professional stamp designer! :)

Which do you like better? The pink/yellow or blue/purple?

I'm entering the pink/yellow in the challenge too...hope you'll join in here. I love their intricate but easy-to-color flowers at Power Poppy...and you can pick up a freebie over at their shop too!

Happy Wednesday!
Chark

Hey Girl

So if you've seen these posted, they can be kinda funny. This particular Hey Girl is my favorite because, well, I'm a champion dining table crafter.

 

And now, an actual craft created at the actual dining table.

 

This uses my favorite triangle die from Hero Arts and available at a2z Scrapbooking Supplies. The sentiment is from the Be Happy set here. I watercolored the background with markers, added a die cut from black and made the rose by twisting a wide satin yellow ribbon adhering it to a cardstock circle (starting at the flower center). I tucked the end behind it and adhered the whole thing to the card. I added some judicial Diamond Stickles to some of the colored triangle parts and called it a day.

Happy Weekend!
Chark