Have a Cool Yule

When I saw Jill Foster's Tag with a Feminine Twist, I wanted to run ... her style of coloring leaves me with my jaw dropping every time ... but it also scares me.  She manages to make her designs look natural and a bit artsy-messy ... without actually being messy.  I tend to veer into messy-land.

However, I committed to make every tag, so I went in search of a Christmas image I could color.  I chose this vintage ornament stamp from Magenta, because it already looked sort of mess and had nice white lines for me to stay inside.

After I used her water-color Pencil technique to color my ornaments, I wanted to stop there ... but decided to brave it and try to add the highlighting around the image where she did ... that's were it started getting a bit muddy/messy (hence the sentiment along the messiest part at the bottom) ... however, overall I was pleased with the finished design.

I used a Pilot Silver Marker for the tops of the ornaments and mounted my tag on black for a bit more contrast ... yea! my tags are caught-up ... what a fun weekend of Christmas creating.

I'm also joining the Non-traditional Holiday Colors Challenge at the Love to Create Challenge Blog.

Comments

[Diane H]

Oh yes, this one scares me too..LOL...but YOU did a wonderful job with it...perfect!! You are more caught up then me..I am still 3 behind!!

[Kitty]

Beautiful card. Colors go great together.
Thanks for joining our Non-Traditional Holiday Colors Challenge at Love to Create. Good luck!

Kitty
LTC DT

[Sue VanDeVusse]

This technique scared me too! Yours turned out beautifully.

[Ruza]

Beautiful tag! Love the watercolor effect on your coloring. Thank you for joining our "Non-Traditional Holiday Colors" Challenge at Love to Create this week.
Ruza ~ LTC Designer
Ruza's Craft Corner

[Jacki]

Beautiful Christmas tags!! Thank you so much for sharing with us at Love to Create Non- Traditional Holiday colors challenge.
Hugs'
Jackie LTC~owner