Strawberry Slush is definitely in my Top 5 favorite colors right now, so I was excited to see it paired with Old Olive and Basic Black in the Create with Connie and Mary Color Challenge. My mind went right to the tulips in the Blessed Easter stamp, and it looks like Deb Currier on the Design Team had the same idea.
I had planned to color the tulips with my blender pen. As it turns out, I am just not that good at subtly shading an image with my blender pen or markers – the proof is in my trash can. My tulips were turning out nothing like Deb’s! I will definitely benefit from the new Blendabilities marker line when they become available.
I considered watercoloring, but then thought it would be nice to simply have color in the general area of the tulips, not necessarily “in the lines”. The Happy Watercolor brushstroke stamps didn’t fit my oval too well. In the end, I was happiest with the effect I got from my daubers. I pounced more color right at the base of each flower, and only pounced lightly outside of that area. I did the same where the leaves come together.
While I had all of my Strawberry Slush designer papers, embellishments and cardstock ready to go, this turned out Clean and Simple. I even removed an extra Strawberry Slush mat because it was distracting. I think that limiting the Strawberry Slush to the tulips and greeting was the way to go.
There are so many great cards in each of these challenges. You can check out more Color Challenge inspirations at Create with Connie and Mary and more Clean and Simple Spring cards at The Paper Players.
