I volunteered to design a second image for the January challenge which is happening over at
Our sponsor is Conie Fong. I chose to go with 2 Conie images one is Bamboo Pandas and the second is Balloon Bears.
On the Panda Balloon image I used my TH distress inks, crushed olives & peeled paint. I printed and minimized the images to fit an ATC card and colored them w/ copic markers.
I created a small slit beneath the panda to insert part of him into it
and cut some slivers of card stock that I colored to represent grass.
I also hand drew and colored the bamboo sticks some on card stock and some on frosted vellum paper. Below are some samples of how I created and painted them.
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I began with prepping the ATC using my Salty Ocean and Mermaid Lagoon Distress Inks. Setting the ATC aside and printed out the Balloon Bear image and began coloring with my Copic markers.
Liquid Applique was used to form the clouds, I used a heat gun to make it puff up. For the string on the balloons I used thin metal wire, this photo does not do it justice.
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to join in on the Anything Goes challenge before the end of the month.
These images were entered on the following challenges listed below.
Hope you have been inspired.
Ivette
