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My one layer card today is primarily for Less is More 2-week challenge - to use any card base other than white!

My card is grey, bought at our local Officeworks store, and the stamp and sentiment are Stampin' Up! - The flower spray from Awesomely Artistic, and the sentiment and butterfly from Butterfly Basics.

I used Prismacolour pencils to colour the image, outlining in black, slightly shading in pale grey and highlighting with white, and ultimately adding a little more white with a Signo pen.  The outline of the whole image is also shaded slightly.  I added white liquid pearls to the flower centres.

So one layer, and also simple!  I thoroughly enjoyed my half hour or so of colouring - very relaxing!

Thanks so much for visiting!

Comments

  1. Trina P.18 July 2017 at 02:15

    So gorgeous and elegant. Beautiful job shading and highlighting. The liquid pearls is the perfect finishing touch. Thank you for joining us at Less is More in collaboration with AAA Cards.

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  2. Susan18 July 2017 at 04:09

    Such a beautiful and intricate stamp. I love that you kept this simple without adding color. So elegant! Thanks for sharing at Less is More!

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  3. Anonymous18 July 2017 at 12:31

    Beautiful card. I'm pinning this to CASE later. I have both these sets and don't use them half as much as I should! I also hardly ever use anything but white cs!

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  4. Sharon Traynor Designs21 July 2017 at 20:03

    Stunning colouring on this card Ann. You have captured the delicacy of the blooms perfectly and the shadows add so much dimension that you feel you can pick the flowers right off the card. Totally smitten by the beauty of the classy card. Thank you so much for popping it in at Less is More xx

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