Saturday, September 10, 2011

Colored Woodgrain


Have you ever had the chance to walk through a wooded acre at night, complete with humongous oaks, towering pines and rows and rows of cornfields? Not that I make it a habit to go wandering in the pitch black, but I do go out occasionally with my boys (big and little) while they take the hounds out to hunt. It is beautiful. Every item takes on a different hue in the moonlight or saturation when discovered with the spotlight.



I wanted to take a slightly unconventional direction of the Young Crafter's Unite Challenge: Color a Stamped Image by choosing a non-traditional stamped image to color. I remembered the bold graphic lines of this woodgrain stamp and thought how interesting and modern it would look when the lines where colored with different shades of one color family-as inspired by the Birthday Festivities at The Paper Variety.


Supplies Used:
Cardstock: (White) Office Max
Stamp: (Woodgrain Background) SU, (In Bloom and Mega Mixed Messages) PTI
Ink: (Tuxedo Black, London Fog) Momento
Other: (Markers) SU, (Sticker Sentiment) SRM, (Heart) Fiskars, (Button) Denami, (Twine), (Circle Cutting System) CM

30 comments:

  1. Sounds like a lovely evening walk! Love your colorful woodgrain!

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  2. Karen, they are stunning!!! So beautiful, I can imagine that it took a while to colour each grain on the stamp, but it was most definitely worth it. So gorgeous :)
    Thanks so much for joining in the birthday celebrations with us at TPV :)

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  3. WOW! Absolutely LOVE how you colored this! Amazing job! thanks for playing at TPV!!!

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  4. These remind me of drawings I used to do when I was a kid, I would trace around the outside of an image or word with different colors of markers each time getting bigger and bigger until I filled up the whole page. These are indeed a unique take on the YCU challenge! Thanks for joining us! :)

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  5. Wow! This is fabulous! I just love the various colors in the woodgrain!

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  6. Your cards are so beautiful, what awesome colored woodgrains!! BUT the thought of going out in the dark as you have described... I will admit to being too chicken to do that :)

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  7. Wow Karen, love the coloured woodgrain..... such a different effect.
    Jenny x

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  8. Awesome cards! Love the beautiful colors you paired together in your woodgrains =) Thank you so much for joining our first Young Crafters Unite challenge!

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  9. I really like the boldness of the woodgrain, its a fantastic effect. You always make such unique and beautiful cards :)

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  10. these are so cool! love your interpretation on both challenges. so modern and beautiful! hope you have a lovely weekend! =)

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  11. Karen.. this is so wonderful.. :) I love love love this idea.. What kind of markers did you use? I sooo need to try this.. :) HUGS

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  12. Wow, this is really pretty! Love them both!

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  13. Excellent Karen!
    I love them both!!
    TFS~

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  14. The first card looks like a path, what an ingenious idea!

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  15. OK, wow!! Karen you are amazing. These cards are awesome. I might have to CASE these. :-)

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  16. your words paint a beautiful wooded evening, karen! great card design today:)

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  17. Love your beautiful and unique view!

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  18. it is a VERY bold & graphic look- I dig it!

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  19. AMAZING, girl! Absolutely LOVE what you have done with that woodgrain background. Absolutely beautiful!

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  20. So striking! Colorful and beautiful! Plus creative :>)

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  21. Wow! Talk about impact! These are so cool! I love the bold colours!

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  22. I love these cards. The woodgrain looks awesome. What a great idea. Thanks for playing along with The Paper Variety.

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  23. So fun Karen! Seriously love the way it looks!

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  24. Oooooooh! I LOVE LOVE LOVE how you coloured that woodgrain. It looks amazing!!

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  25. Wow, I love the "follow your heart" card so much! Love it, love it!

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  26. That is so cool! When I saw these cards in my reader (especially the orange/pink/yellow one), I was trying to figure out what on earth you did. Very clever. Love the retro-looking effect!

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  27. Love the idea of colored woodgrain. These are so cool, Karen!

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