Wednesday, 3 April 2013

Thank you, Mary J!

I fancied doing some colouring on Kraft today.  It's something I really enjoy but as I don't often get the time (and it takes time!) I'm often disappointed with the results, especially when it comes to colouring skin.  So I did a bit of preparatory blog-hopping and found Mary J's excellent tutorial (here) on colouring skin using Prisma pencils. 




Now the colouring isn't even remotely in Mary J's league, but I'm pleased with the improvement!

I've kept the card layout really simple, partly because the image is quite big and partly because I always seem to need flat cards for posting - not easy for someone who likes to clabber everything with flowers!  I was very brave and cut into some of my Maja Designs paper, but don't worry, I do have some whole sheets for stroking and admiring!   A wee strip of seam binding and some splodges of white ink using a Stempelglede stamp were the only other additions to the card, so it's as flat as I'm ever likely to get anything I ever make.

I thought I'd enter the following challenges:

Cupcake Craft Challenges - Get your kraft on (colour on kraft cardstock)
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes (option to use kraft cardstock)

Have a lovely evening!

Hugs

Tracey xx

15 comments:

XxJULESxX said...

Hi Tracey, well done it looks fab! i am wanting to have a go at this for a while now, so thanks for the link for the tut i shall have a look!
I do love that image you used!

Claire said...

Lovely card, sweet image, looks fab on Kraft. Hugs, Claire x

catherine said...

This looks fantastic Tracey and such great colouring on the Kraft. A great image to use
x catherine

Wishcraft said...

I think your colouring looks gorgeous Tracey, and the lilac shades look very pretty with the kraft card :o) Hugs, Lisa x

Cardmaking Galore said...

This is so cute, I like the image and how you colored it.

mixamatoasties said...

Wow Tracey that's fab! Love it.

Susan xx

Chris said...

I really like this Tracey! your colouring looks great! I'm about to check out the tutorial so thanks for the tip!
Chris
x

Anonymous said...

This is gorgeous Tracey ! Your colouring on kraft looks absolutely stunning ! Hugs, blessings and love from Catherine

coops said...

simply stunning tracey.gorgeous sweet image and your colouring on the kraft is fantastic ;D

xx coops xx

An Occasional Genius said...

It looks wonderful Tracey! I'm all for flat cards so that gives it extra thumbs up! Hugs xx

Unknown said...

What a gorgeous card!!! I love your coloring on kraft! Thanks for joining us over at Cupcake Craft Challenge this week! Good Luck! Hugs and sunshine

Delphine said...

Gorgeous, gorgeous! I love the CAS layout and your colouring on kraft looks fantastic, Tracey! Thanks for joining us at Cupcake and good luck! Hugs Delphine xx

Faye said...

Long time, no see, my bad! You have rocked colouring on Kraft and I love the whole card too, so there. And thanks for playing at Cupcake too. X

Fiona said...

wow Tracey...it's gorgeous!! I have only attempted to colour on kraft a couple of times, can't really get he colour the way I want it so might have to check out Mary's tutorial too.

Fi
x

Doreen said...

fabby card Tracey. Lovely image
Big hugs
Doreen xx