Dahlia Card

I wanted to try my hand again at coloring the, what I call, Dahlia flower from Unity’s March 2015 KOTM. I decided to pattern and coordinate the flower after flowers in the Bo Bunny pad I had. You can see a small piece of the paper in the first photo.

I used my Misti to stamp the image a few times in Watering Can Archival ink. This time, to color the image, I wanted to try some pens I picked up at the Expo I attended in March. I used 2 pink Spectrum Noir Glitter pens and 2 Zig watercolor pens (a pink one and green one). The good news...my flower is very sparkly! They were all very pigmented. However, for me, I didn’t feel I had enough control over color hue, tone and tint. I used a marker to help darken the middle and shaded areas and a white pen for accent. Once completed, I added a little wash in pink and green using oxide inks and a grey shadow using Kuretake paints.

To stamp the sentiment from the Kindness Like Yours kit, I used my Misti and the same archival ink. I diecut the paper with a Penny Black Die. I pulled the card together using paper from the same Bo Bunny pad, added the image, a ribbon bow and some embellishments gifted to me from an ATC swap group member.

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