Friday, 25 July 2014

Clash of colours!

UPDATE ADDED 16/8/14
YAY, this design was in the top 3 DT picks for Graph'it Marker Challenge - wk 30 hot colours
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Hello again,

I'm just popping into give some inspiration for the new challenge over at Polkadoodles challenge blog.  The theme is 'clash of colours!'....what a fabulous theme!

I decided to use the theme to highlight the natural clashes of colours all around us so I looked no further than one of my fav images on the Dollie Daydream Goes East CD from Polkadoodles which is also available as a complete collection digital download.  Amongst all of the glorious images of Dollie, embellies galore and backgrounds is the wonderful digi images of Koi carp!  What you all are saying...you went past all of the fab characters and chose the fish!!! A bit fishy!!! (*bad joke alert!*)  But bear with me...because our challenge is clash of colours and the orient does just that, even in nature....so I present....Koi Clash of Colours....
I really enjoyed this one...I used satin silk card for the background as I wanted the glossy finish and used distress inks in mustard seed, shabby shutters, broken china and momento amathyst applied with a combination of ink dusters (brushes) and cut n dry foam.  The 'seaweed' and the bubbles are hand doodled designs onto the backing using a black micron pen and highlighted with my Graph'it white shaker pen.

For the Koi themselves I used my Graph'it Marker pens which give such lush vibrant colours that they were perfect for this theme.
Colours used were: 1150, 2150, 3130, 4155, 2160, 5220, 3150.
I have added a close-up picture to show the fab colours a little better :)
The Koi were added to the background with glue gel (like silicone) to add a little height to the project.

Final touches were to mat onto black card and add a corner embellie made from a piece of old scarf (see never throw anything!) and some raffia.


 
 I hope this gives you some inspiration...and you can hop over to http://polkadoodle.blogspot.co.uk/ and join in the fun :)




Happy Crafting

Sandie
(polkadoodles challenge blog DT)


Challenges entered:
Fantastic Tuesday - anything goes (45)
The Papershelter - summer challenge Anything goes
Moving along with the times - colour challenge
Sister Act card challenge - Anything goes 67
4kraftygirlzchallenges.blogspot.co.uk - 23 anything goes
Graph'it Marker Challenge - wk 30 hot colours












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22 comments :

  1. As.I.Do.Rodos.25 July 2014 at 09:37

    Beautifully coloured fish great card Ginny x

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  2. Laine25 July 2014 at 10:05

    This is lovely. Fabulous image and colour.
    Laine
    xx

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  3. Cumbrianlass25 July 2014 at 12:31

    Nature always gets it right and this image is gorgeous Sandie. Makes a smashing card.
    Janet xxx

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  4. Anjie25 July 2014 at 13:04

    ADORE this card!
    Hugs
    Anj
    xx

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  5. Karon25 July 2014 at 13:09

    Gorgeous! Love the colour and design! TFS

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  6. Linda Simpson25 July 2014 at 13:18

    This this is fabulous and I love the vibrant colours and fabulous fish.
    Hugs
    Linda xxx

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  7. Scrappy Scatty25 July 2014 at 13:29

    absolutly defishus xx

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  8. shampylou3025 July 2014 at 15:29

    Beautiful card. Love these fish so pretty xx sue xxx

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  9. Doreen25 July 2014 at 15:38

    Gorgeous,love the fab colours.xxx

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  10. Unknown25 July 2014 at 21:35

    Hi Sandie,
    I love you fishy card, its so elegant and your colouring is fab!
    Thanks for entering it in the Hot Colours Challenge at the Graph'it marker blog too :)
    hugs xx Cara xx

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  11. Blossom Cards25 July 2014 at 21:36

    lovely card thanks for sharing with FTT this week Rachel dt

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  12. Melanie Joyce25 July 2014 at 22:09

    This is amazing Sandie, LOVE LOVE LOVE it! xx

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  13. starcyl26 July 2014 at 12:27

    Who'd have thought a fish card could look so fab! I love your colouring and the idea is great.
    Jenny x

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  14. Bev26 July 2014 at 14:05

    Fantastic idea hun everyone is doing such a great job of this colour clashing

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  15. Claire27 July 2014 at 15:53

    Gorgeous card hun, beautiful shading on those fish
    Claire xx

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  16. Unknown27 July 2014 at 16:47

    Hi
    Im Becca and I'm from agirlwhocrafts,
    i love your colouring and was wondering if you would like to be a part of the DT
    if you are interested please email me for more details
    Agirlwhocrafts@gmail.com
    BEcca
    http://agirlwhodrawsdigistamps.blogspot.co.uk/

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  17. Judith30 July 2014 at 21:06

    What a cute card with a great idea! - I love this! Thank you for playing along at MAWTT this week hugs Judith x

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  18. Unknown1 August 2014 at 09:19

    Just stunning
    hugs Susan xxx

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  19. Sam K1 August 2014 at 11:28

    This is amazing, loved it when i first saw it, sill love it just as much, hugs xx

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  20. BJJS1 August 2014 at 19:51

    Your coloring on your koi is beautiful!

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  21. Anjie4 August 2014 at 09:52

    Fabulous make, I love it. Thanks for joining us in our Hot Colours challenge at Graph’It Markers Colouring Challenge
    Anjie (DT)

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  22. McCrafty's Cards6 August 2014 at 23:21

    This is gorgeous Sandie,I love the hot colours Thanks for playing along with us at Graph'It colour challenge, good luck,
    Kevin xx

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Crafty Hugs

Sandie xxx

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