Are you following Ellen's Spring Fling activities? Last night I got to play with one of Karen Lockhart's new Images, the Lavender. The first thing that came to mind when I saw this image was the old song, "Lavender Blue, Dilly, Dilly"--hence the strange name for my post. (Some of you may be my age or older and actually know it! ;-D)
I stamped the Lavender image on kraft cardstock with Tuxedo Black Memento ink and colored it with the Copic markers shown below. After getting my base colors down with the Copic markers, I used a couple of Prismacolor pencils to lay down some highlights: white, cream, and lilac. I added some Spica Glitter pen next, clear, lavender, pink, and mint. (The pink and mint colors are coming out soon.)
Backgrounds are CHF Daisy Chain and Ornamental Borders Scrapblocks, stamped in Adirondack Purple Twilight ink and distressed with Vintage Photo Distress ink. I knew that I loved the Ornamental Borders stamp, but I had never tried the Daisy Chain stamp before--what a great pattern!
What does any of this have to do with my mother? (That was part of the challenge!) Well, my mother is sweet and elegant, and old-fashioned--not in a dowdy way, but in the best of ways that mothers can be. She is my friend. She's quiet and unassuming and a breath of fresh air--that's a bit like lavender, right?
Thanks for visiting the CLASSroom!
