No Lines and Birthday Tulips

Hello & a very happy Friday to you, crafty friends!

It's my turn to hostess the Power & Spark Challenge over on the Power Poppy blog this month, and I chose to do a No Lines Coloring Challenge.  What does that mean, you ask?  Well, it simply means you stamp or print your image in a light colored ink, rather than the usual black or dark brown.  This creates a beautiful, soft painterly affect on your image.  For full details, you'll want to hop on over to the Power Poppy blog.

The pretty patterned papers on my card are from Echo Park's For the Record 2 collection.  Yes, that's another oldie but goodie.  I've been trying to use some of my beloved older paper packs before I do a big clean-out, which is happening very soon.  It's high time I updated my stash!

I printed the gorgeous Tulips in Hobnail Pitcher image in a pale green ink onto X-Press It Blending Card.  I used a slightly darker shade of green ink to print the sentiment on. I airbrushed the sentiment flag with a W5 Copic Marker & my Copic Airbrush System.  A coordinating button (love that the shape works so well with the patterned paper!) & some dainty white enamel dots finish off the details.  

I colored the image using the following Copic Markers.


One thing I have found to be true is that I use more markers when I do the no lines coloring technique.  I like a lot of contrast & depth in my images, and without those black lines, I have to create it all myself.  

You may be wondering why I have three different kinds of grays in there.  I used the Warm Grays on the pitcher, the Cool Grays on the ground, and the Neutral Gray (N8) to create some extra shadow depth on the background leaves.

Here's a close up look at the image:


I added touches of white to the flower centers with my Pearl White Kirarina Wink Pen.

Here's a look at the inside of the card:

The tulips and sentiment from Dynamic Duos: Peonies and Tulips were stamped in Memento Nautical Blue.  Then I added left-over strips of patterned papers down the left side to dress it up a bit.


So, don't you want to play along with us this month?  You have the entire month of February to play along, and you can enter as many times as you like!  Oh, and did I mention that this involves FREE STAMPS?!!  Umm...yeah!  So, click the above graphic for all the details, and try your hand at no lines coloring!

Check out the beautiful work of the Bloom Brigade!

Allison Cope
Christine Okken
Cindy Lawrence <---You are here!
Katie Sims
Marcella Hawley
Stacy Morgan

Thanks so much for visiting with me today, friends!  I hope you have an AMAZING weekend!

~Cindy

 

Comments

[Kris Boydstun]

1.

What a gorgeous card! Just love the blue with the pewter!

[Nancy Sanders]

2.

Beautiful coloring on these tulips! How did you get the speckled effect on the pitcher?

[Karen Wallace]

3.

Fun idea and gorgeous coloring on your card!

[JoAnn Burnham]

4.

Gorgeous card and your coloring is fabulous. Love it.

[Stacy Morgan]

5.

THUD!!! Picking my mouth up off the floor. I started with this image and soon realized no way... and I am glad I didn't try to continue as it would be NOTHING like this. You used blue.... gasp!!! Be still my heart you know I love this. You printed it in a soft green color, hhhmmm... I seriously loved this challenge idea but struggled. I followed the rules of the videos and all. I won't give up, but will wait to try it again. This is truly gorgeous miss Cindy. LOVE IT!!!

[Lori]

6.

I can't even... so beautiful!

[Linsey R]

7.

Oh, wow! It's even more stunning up close and personal!!! The depth you've created is amazing and so very inspiring!!! Thank you for sharing your beautiful work, Cindy and also for taking the time to share your colors and process. It truly inspires me to want to be a better color artist, which my skills are tremendously lacking. I shy away from coloring images these days, but seeing your marvelous work makes me want to delve back in and really try to get better. Thank you, sweet friend. Have a great day!!! <3

[Leslie Miller]

8.

No doubt about it, you've always rocked the no-line coloring, Cindy! And, of course, you're a master with Copics. This is utterly gorgeous!

[Pauline]

9.

Gorgeous! Beautifully done!

[Patti J.]

10.

What a fun challenge! Your card is utterly gorgeous! Thanks for sharing!

[Billie A]

11.

Stunning.

[creatingincolors]

12.

Asbsolutely gorgeous!

[Linda Carson]

13.

Wow that's one breathtaking, jaw-dropping, elegant beauty! Did I mention exquisite too!

[Daria J. Carraro]

14.

Gorgeous card! Your coloring is incredible. TFS.

[Chris R.]

15.

This card is absolutely stunning!! I think it is my favorite card of all time! Gorgeous!
Chris R.

[CherylQuilts]

16.

WOW! Cindy, I keep thinking you cannot outdo yourself...and you do it - again and again! Ha! This is truly exquisite and absolutely out-of-this-world amazing with your no-line coloring technique! Love it, and I am so inspired! I keep on looking at it and will definitely use it as inspiration for when I try no-line coloring again! As always, sweet friend, thanks for sharing your beautiful work with us! Hugs, sweet friend! xoxo