Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Shine On Witch Card using Distress Watercolor Pencils

 Welcome to another Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge!  This week our theme is Sparkle and Shine.  I decided to draw a "Shine On" witch card using Distress Watercolor Pencils.

I started by sketching out the face using Distress Watercolor Pencils, then blended it together with water and a #6 Dina Wakley brush.  I used Black Soot and Wild Honey for the basic outline sketch, then added in some shading and green tones (since she is a witch) with Hickory Smoke and Rustic Wilderness.  I added red to the lips with Candied Apple. 

Next I cut a hat out of black paper and added color to it with acrylic paint.  I gave my witch some braids using Crackling Campfire, Black Soot and Wild Honey.

For the background, I used some watercolors from Prima and also stamped a few circles from Darkroom Door's Open Circles stamp set.  I did some more sketching with various colored pencils and added acrylic paint to the edges.  I decided to add some text paper to the background (Dina Wakley's Ledger 2 paper), which was, of course, harder to do once I'd already had the witch glued down!  But we made it work.  I added a yellow glow around the witch using a Mustard Seed pencil, then I typed the Shine On sentiment on a typewriter and added that to the hat.  My watercolor witch was complete!

Here are the supplies I used that you can find at Simon Says Stamp:

• Distress Watercolor Pencils, Set 1 and Set 3
• Prima Confetti Watercolor Set
• Darkroom Door Open Circles Stamp
• Dina Wakley Ledger Paper, Set 2 
• Dina Wakley Media Brushes
• Dina Wakley Acrylic Paint: White, Turquoise, Ocean, Olive

We're excited to see what you come up with this week!  Upload your Sparkle and Shine creations to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for your chance to win a $25 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store.  And get excited because STAMPtember is right around the corner!  Wa-hoo!