Thursday 28 January 2016

Romance in an umbrella

Hello lovely people,

I've been in Bath studying for a couple of days and Dr. Hubby has been working away for a few days so we are now re-united and going to enjoy a day together...I think it's coffee date time!

It's also time for a new challenge at As You Like It and our theme is...

YOUR FAVOURITE...1 LAYER OR MULTI-LAYER
...and don't forget to tell us why it's your favourite!

Our sponsor this time is Crafts-U-Love with a £10 voucher

I love to make multi-layered cards as I enjoy combining lots of pretty papers and it works well with the slightly vintage style that I like.

Romantic vintage style wedding card featuring cute mice in an umbrella (image from Crafter's Companion)

Sometimes I find it hard to achieve a soft look when colouring with Copics but I was delighted with how this turned out :-)
The umbrella was tricky because BG70 is so much lighter than BG72 that it is really hard to blend it nicely but I used a bit of 'tip to tip' technique and it worked a treat.
If you haven't come across this technique before, I coloured the image as I usually would but then touched the tip of BG70 on to the nib of BG72 to pick up a bit of the darker colour and applied this to the image to smooth out the shading between these 2 colours on my image.

Romantic vintage style wedding card featuring cute mice in an umbrella (image from Crafter's Companion)

I finished off by adding a couple of random lacy edges, some flower clusters and a little metal charm...ah, so romantic :-)

Romantic vintage style wedding card featuring cute mice in an umbrella (image from Crafter's Companion)

Card recipe;
Image: True love - Everyday in Moonbeam meadow - Crafter's Companion
DP: Summer Crush - Maja Design (available from Live and Love Crafts)
Tag: Sentiment tags - LOTV
Dies: Old Swedish lace - Magnolia Doohickeys

Copic colours;
Umbrella: BG70/72/75
Mice: E40/41/42/43
Roses / butterflies / heart: R30/32/35
Leaves: YG61/63/67
Wrapping: W00/1/3
Moon: YR30/31
Water: BG70/B25
Shading round image: BG0000/000

I hope you will pop over to As You Like It and check out the fabulously creative projects from the rest of the team :-)

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,


24 comments:

  1. Stunning Kat, simply stunning xx

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  2. Absolutely beautiful. Gorgeous colouring and lovely and romantic x

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  3. Awwww what a little pair of cuties in their own little world! Of course, as always, your layers are perfect... your layout - fabulous.... and your colouring - superb! I've just recently discovered that tip to tip technique too... it's so easy when you know how!! LOL!

    Big hugs
    Christine x

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  4. PS.. enjoy your day together! x

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  5. Beautiful card, I love the soft colours. Must try that tip-to-tip technique :D
    Hugs,
    Katrina x

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  6. So gorgeous! Love the flowers and hanging charm!
    Lucy x

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  7. Kat this is so sweet ( I have this stamp and love it) you have definitely achieved soft colouring, the umbrella looks amazing.
    Have a lovely day with hubby.
    Sending hugs xxx

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  8. Gorgeous...love your colouring and what a super card and cute image. xx

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  9. Simply beautiful. A very cute image and delightful colours. Elaine

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  10. Such a sweet stamp Kat and coloured to perfection. Love the design and the addition of the die cut lace...really pretty xx

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  11. Oh Kat you do create the most beautifully designed card that I see here in Bogland, the colours and papers you choose are fabulous. The image, well I have fell in love with and so beautifully coloured. Hugs Jennifer xx

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  12. This is gorgeous Kat, love the image and pretty papers.
    Hope you enjoyed your date with hubby
    Lorraine x

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  13. So gorgeous Kat - stunning colouring as always and fabulous layers.
    Hope you had a lovely 'coffee date'.
    Debs xx

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  14. Hi Kat, on my! This is an absolutely beautiful card. Your colouring is amazing and I love your card design with those wonderful lacy layers. The pretty flower clusters and charm are the just the perfect finishing touch - you are fab! Hope you had a nice day with hubby.
    Sue...xxx.

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  15. Hi Kat
    Fabulous card ... Love that image... Beautifully coloured...
    Hugs Sylvie xx

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  16. Oh! Kat...this just melted my heart..what a cute image and coloured beautifully..I love your layers and stitching and pretty details...just gorgeous.

    luv CHRISSYxx

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  17. Kat this is utterly enchanting hun. I LOVE that gorgeous Swedish lace edge, it finishes that make so beautifully. Stunning colouring on that sweet image, I love the nib to nib tip, that's awesome! The blooms and sweet charm are the perfect to finish that gorgeous card. Hope you had a gorgeous coffee date with hubby and had a good catch up on the last few days adventures. Big hugs, Wends x

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  18. So beautiful Kat. I could've done with this brolly this week as I got soaked! LOL

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  19. Beautiful Kat. Love your colouring and the papers are gorgeous.
    Deborah A

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  20. A very romantic card, lovely image and your colouring looks beautiful. Your paper layers are so pretty with the added lacy die cut details, this is just gorgeous.
    Lorraine

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  21. I love the entire creation but the soft sweet coloring (ant the stitching) is my favorite thing. Hope you have a great weekend!

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  22. This is beautiful Kat, such a sweet image and your colouring perfect as always, love the touches like the borders and your embellies.
    Hugs,
    Kaz x

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  23. You never cease to amaze me, Kat! Such GORGEOUS cards with all the layers and your coloring is UH-MAY-ZING! Beautiful....

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