My card today is for the Penny Black Saturday Challenge, where the theme is Anything Goes with the option of food or drink. Hope you'll join us this month. Who knows, you just might win a gift certificate from our sponsor, 1,2,3 Stitch! Come on over and play with us!
I recently saw a sign for a little shop called 'The Blue Pear.' I loved that name, and was inspired by it to create, well, a blue pear! So, here it is...
Penny Black stamps: Perfect Pear 40-493, Faith 30-409
I used the Misti to stamp the pear, stamping it with a very pale blue mini distress ink pad. I added deeper and deeper blue-green colors gradually, building up the colors to create depth and dimension with each stamping. This is one of my favorite techniques with the Misti.
I added further depth with colored pencils.
For the background, I used a cotton makeup square to apply pastel chalk in the rust color.
I added some of my favorite PB background designs and script, then added the verse from the Faith clear set, stamping it with Ranger Archival ink in sepia.
Inside:
I am adding my card to these challenges:
The Library Challenge - Be inspired by book name or colors (I went with colors)
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Make your own background
Penny Black At Allsorts - Summer colors - blue (ocean) and brown (beach) - both say summer to me!
Thanks so much for stopping by today. I appreciate your comments.
Blessings,
Day 15 of the My Daily Marker 30 Day Color Challenge . Wow, these days are just flying by! We're half way through already.
I chose Penny Black flowers and background stamps for my card today. I used the tape and watercolor technique for the background. You can check out how to do this in a wonderful video by Jill Foster on the Penny Black blog HERE . I know I will be doing this technique a lot!
I am also entering this in the Paper Players Ann's clean and simple floral challenge HERE , and the Penny Black Saturday Challenge, spring blooms, HERE .
If you want to see yesterday's challenge piece, please visit my other blog www.TangledInTheWord.blogspot.com . I colored a Zentangle for the challenge yesterday, for St. Patrick's Day.
Thanks for your visit. See you tomorrow!
Blessings,
lynda
I used the Misti to stamp the pear, stamping it with a very pale blue mini distress ink pad. I added deeper and deeper blue-green colors gradually, building up the colors to create depth and dimension with each stamping. This is one of my favorite techniques with the Misti. 
