patriotic

So the next WIST theme is Red, White and Blue. I was stumped for a while, and then a challenge to use any Wryn image over at Tiddly Inks popped up in my FB feed...

Thinking there had to be something I could adapt to fit the Team WIST challenge, I started scrolling through the images. 

Suddenly, there she was.

Patriotic Wryn.

I bought her immediately and printed out a card-sized version of her and got to work. Because she's a little 'sketchy', I knew colored pencils would be perfect for this round. I'd like to try crayons, too, though I might have to do a lot of sharpening for that... or print her bigger.

Still plotting on the background, I added clear Stickles to the sparkler and let everything sit for a day.

The background needed to be simple, as I wanted the attention on Wryn, so I thought making some red, white and blue stripes would be the most effective. I toyed around with adding more (or subtracting: using the star puncher on the blue), but in the end, knew I had to stick to simple. I also decided to keep her flat, rather than popping out, thinking she would still stand out from the background. 

Man, she's cute!