Monday Mania @ Club Anya & Friends...


This weeks Monday Mania Challenge over at Club Anya & Friends, is all about couples, Caz challenged us to make a card using an Anya and Ian stamp, and make them look like a couple.

Choosing which Anya and Ian to use was alot easier than normal; i recently received some new TGF stamps, and Quarterback Ian was one of them, so i thought he'd look perfect paired with Cheerleader Anya.  My paper choice was another easy one too, this paper comes from the Papermania - Love set, and i thought was perfect for this challenge.

I stamped Anya and Ian in memento ink onto watercolour paper, then coloured them with Caran d'arch Watersoluable Crayons; i love these crayons and haven't used them for a while.  Most of the colouring i did with a brush, taking colour from the tip of the crayon, i add some shadows using the crayons direct to the paper, and then added a little extra water.  I was fairly happy with the effect, but felt that the browns needed to be darker, so i used my prismacolour pencils to add darker browns into the image.

I cut Anya and Ian out and mounted them on the card with some foam pads.  I added some paper pricking detail to the flourishes of the patterned paper, and round the edge of the card.  For my finishing touch i added 3 metallic red hearts.

This is a very simple card, and i'm not sure weither i should have added some extra layers to it?  But i like the overal effect, and loved working with a brush again, just need to find my watercolours now :)

Thanks for looking, and please pop back tomorrow to see my debut post for 'Raise the Bar' Challenge blog which launches tomorrow.

Suzi
xxx


Comments

♥Rach♥ said…
LOVE the vintage type colors and the characters you used! Awesome football card :0)
This is SO darling! What a cute, cute couple!!!!
Pam Varnell said…
Awwww .... this is so cute. Love the Cheer Anya and Football Ian for a couple. So cute Suzi.