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Tuesday 7 August 2018

Calypso Statements

Hi!

Welcome to the new Colour Creations Blog Share. This week we are featuring Calypso Coral.


Did you know that in Greek mythology Calypso was a nymph who was the daughter of Titan Atlas and Pleione and is famous for trying to keep Odysseus captive so she could marry him - sadly for Calypso, he was already married! Thanks, Wikipedia! Totally irrelevant to my card, but interesting nonetheless.

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I've had this image from Floral Statements stamped and ready to colour for over a year, and I decided that this week's Colour Creations was finally the time to use it. I coloured the flower with my Calypso Coral and Old Olive Blends.

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I also used my Light Cherry Cobbler Blend to add some darker highlights to the flowers, and finished by using my Light Pool Party Blend to draw an outline around the outside of the image. It's a simple trick that helps the image to pop against the white background.

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I finished the inside with a sentiment and some leaves from Flourishing Phrases. I found that the leaves were a bit stark for what I wanted, so I went over them with a Blender Pen (not to be confused with a Blend marker!). This pulled some of the colour into the veins of the leaves and softened them a little. Much better!

As always, you can find the links to the rest of the blogs over at Catherine's blog. It's always worth a look - the ladies do such a great job with the colours each week.

Bye for now,

Tina

5 comments:

  1. I love this stamp too Tina and you've done a beautiful job with colouring in. Love your Greek mythology trivia as well. Thanks for hopping along on the colour creations hop!

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  2. Isn’t that a beautiful card. Calypso Coral makes your flowers pop.

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  3. Beautiful colouring, Tina & I love your little tidbit about Calypso 😜

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  4. I love it Tina I actually don't have this stamp but I look at all the cards made and think I really should get this stamp as they are so beautiful. Your colouring is just gorgeous. Thanks for the little lesson on Calypso as well, I didn't know that little bit of information.

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