OCC Color Theory-Day 1

Jennifer McGuire demonstrated a technique that I wanted to attempt.    She stamped one color and then stamped another color partially over the first color to create a secondary and tertiary color on the color wheel. She created a rainbow background of stripes, this is what I came up with.

I stamped the circles from Lawn Fawn's Let's Bokeh stamp set. For the most part I was able to get a secondary and tertiary color by stamping the circles in overlapping colors. The photo doesn't catch the colors well.  The 'hello' die is from Simon Says Stamp and it is cut three times from black card stock, stacked and glued together. I also added some sequins for a little dimension.

I am looking forward to the rest of this class.

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OCC Color Theory-Day 1 Color Wheel

This is Post 1 of 2 for today.  Debby Hughes is teaching an Online Card Class called Color Theory.  Good start today, her instruction is very clear and easy to understand. It was suggested that we make a Color Wheel, of which Debby demonstrated.  Here is mine:

This is harder than it looks, lol  Mixing secondary and tertiary colors is a little daunting.  All my colors are tubes of Windsor and Newton paint.  For the most part I think I got it right. 

Thanks for stopping by, stay tuned for post #2. 

Early Halloween Card

Last week I saw a video made by Nicole Spohr that inspired this card.  It was a tri-fold card and I just love how gorgeous it was.  She created a mermaid card and I decided to work on a Halloween card for my granddaughter.

There was a LOT of masking, stamping etc to make this card.  This is an Art Impressions stamp.  I realized that the whole stamp would stamp right where the fold of the card would be, so I just masked off the image on the left  and stamped it separately from the rest of the stamp.  The rest of the images are from a lot of different stamp sets.  I created masks for everything and then used Distress Oxides to blend the sky.  I stamped a fence behind the the images.  All images are colored with Zig Brush Markers on Bristol cardstock.   I colored some white tissue paper with Distress Inks (Candied Apple, Walnut Stain, Mustard Seed and Twisted Citron)  to make leaves.  I went over the colors lightly with Walnut Stain so they wouldn't be so bright and look more like fall leaves. I ripped the tissue paper into little pieces and glued with  Multi Matte Medium.  I finished it with stamping some bats and embossing a few stars. I also applied some glossy accents to the jack-o-lantern faces.

I enjoyed making this, I hope you like......

OCC Simply Watercoloring=Day 5

So I think this was my favorite lesson, only for the fact that it packed a lot of instruction and how-to's in one lesson.  I think I will enjoy practicing and creating florals and leaves for a long time to come.

My rose needs work, but I will keep at it till I get it more natural looking.

Thoroughly enjoyed this class.

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OCC Simply Watercoloring Day 4

The first thing that struck me in today's lesson was the beautiful landscapes that you could create.  This seemed to come easier to me than the other lessons. 

This scene looked so serene to me.

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OCC Simply Watercoloring-Day 3

Who knew it would be so hard to commit your handwriting to a card front? lol  I really did spend way too much time on figuring this out. :)  What I came up with is ok, but I know that, with more confidence, I will do better.  Practice, practice, practice!

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OCC Simply Watercoloring-Day 2

This is my second attempt for this bear.  I had it done yesterday but just as I was finishing up, I dropped a paintbrush filled with black paint.  You guessed it....all over my work.  Soooo I just decided that I should begin again  the next day and I just finished    This was a cute and useful lesson.  If you need a certain look and don't have the stamp for it, you can just create it.  I like this idea!  lol

I need desperate help with shading but all in all I liked making this.

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