Thursday 17 September 2015

A little bit of horsing around

I thought I would post one of my first attempts with aqua markers today just so you can see how easy they are to work with!

I made this card when the Crafter's Companion Thelwell set first came out, and it was for my sister's birthday as we were both very much involved with horses when we were younger.

As you can see, I didn't have any proper water colour card at this time, so I opted for a linen card called Lana Laid, which I happened to have in my stock at the time. As you can see it worked quite nicely, but the paper does tend to ball up a bit as it gets wetter, so I definitely think that a good quality water colour card is well worth the investment.

So I printed on e of the digi scenes from the CD and matched it with some complimentary papers, in order to make a large 8 x 8 card.

I think the bit that took the longest was making the rosette embellishment!

I would like to enter a few challenges before I leave you today, and here they are:

http://withoutwordschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/september-for-boys.html
http://craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/please-welcome-our-newest-dt-members_16.html
http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/challenge-77.html
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/animal-magic.html
http://carabbiemomentsofcraft.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/challenge-77-anything-goeskids-ruleback.html

Thanks for visiting today.

Sharon


5 comments:

  1. Brilliant....fab job with the aqua markers.
    hugs Jo x

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  2. Oh what a beautiful easel card and so brilliant having the ribbon there Sharon! The image is very cute and close to my heart for I love horses and have the opportunity to do a couple riding in past years. Beautifully done Sharon. Thank you for sharing with us over at Without Words. Have a lovely weekend.

    Christina Hor
    GDT - Without Words
    memoriescrafter.blogspot.com (my personal blog)

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  3. Fabulous colouring and a great easel design; the rosette detail is brilliant!

    Big hugs, Kat xx

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  4. Gorgeous make! Thank you for joining our challenge at Creative Moments

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I love to receive your comments, so thanks so much for taking the time to visit me and tell me what you think. Happy crafting! Sharon