TGF's September Retrofresh!

Hello! A new retro-fresh challenge premieres today over at The Greeting Farm! The theme for September is Jumping in the Leaves -- just use leaves on your project, a TGF stamp/digi that is at least 6 months old, and you have a whole month to enter this challenge.

Here's my little owl from Hoo Loves You. I stamped him on watercolor paper and colored him with watercolor pencils. Really old watercolor pencils but they still work okay. I added him onto my felt leaves/branch diecut from PTI. The sentiment also comes with the set and it was heat embossed. Did a little bit of distressing around the edges of my paper and added brads in the corners.

After stamping on watercolor paper and coloring him in, I usually go back and trace the image again just to define the lines a bit more. I usually do this with eyes. I like the eyes to stand out so I go back and color them in.

Please head over to see all the challenge details HERE. Hope you'll be joining us!

Thanks for reading! I'll be back with another post in a bit.

Comments

Cheryl said…

Neat coloring! The watercolor look is nice too. Ha ha, retro pencils too! Pretty card!

September 11, 2012 at 7:34 PM

Denice said…

How sweet is this pink owl?!!
I still use my watercolor pencils and love the soft effect they give. A super sweet card and perfect for the this month's retro challenge.
:Dxx

September 12, 2012 at 3:03 AM

Anonymous said…

I love how you use all kinds of different elements to make your cards. (I bet your home decor is awesome)

September 12, 2012 at 1:56 PM

Creations by Shirl said…

Super cutie card.. love that precious wise owl...

September 12, 2012 at 4:36 PM

Leanne said…

hehehe.. sweet. your card made me smile when i saw it on the tgf post. simple and so very cute!
;)

September 18, 2012 at 6:40 AM

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