I bought this MFT die set a while back and then didn't get round to using it straightaway. When I did, I felt that the coloured cardstock still looked a bit flat and uninspiring. However, while procrastinating on the computer I found Yana Smakula's "colouring on coloured cardstock" posts and out came those die cut pieces I'd put away.
My initial reservations about colouring on coloured cardstock were largely unfounded. I still wouldn't recommend it for colouring an entire scene but for shading and light layers, it's just fine. I used the cardstock itself as my lightest colour and added depth with darker greens in the YG90 family. I found two offeset layers of the wreath worked well but you could use an extra layer if you wanted even more dimension.
I wanted the Joy diecut sentiment to have some dimension, too so I cut it 3 times and glued the layers together. I only coloured the top one and created an ombré effect by using the same Copic colours as the wreath. I started with YG99 at the bottom of the letters, gradually fading out with lighter colours and leaving the very top portion in the cardstock's original colour.
I wanted to keep a good amount of white space so I just dotted a few contrasting enamel dots here and there.
Possibly not something for mass production as it takes a bit of time, but I'm tempted to give this a try in non-traditional colours. What do you think?
Stay safe xxx
3 comments:
It's beautiful Tracey. The colouring definitely adds dimension to the die cuts, the wreath looks gorgeous, love the clean design. I think it would look great in other colours too - go for it.
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This looks fab, that added shading really works well x
So beautifully done Tracey! LOVE the tones in the leaves and sentiment and it's such a striking and gorgeous CAS design. Perfect hun. Hugs, Wends xoxo
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