It’s going to be a colorful week. I have so many fun cards to share, all using lots of coloring. My hope is you will enjoy these cards as much as I had fun creating them.
Let’s Create!
I started this card using the Hoppin’ Good Time stamp set from My Favorite Things (MFT). Oh my word, isn’t this a cutie!? I started the card using Tim Holtz Heavystock cardstock to ink blend the background. This is a fantastic cardstock when you want to use a lot of ink on a card. It’s super heavy and holds many mediums well without a HUGE amount of warping. Using Cornflower, Sno Cone and Sour Apple inks from MFT, I ink blended the background. Since MFT inks are water reactive, I added some water splatter to the ink blending which gives great interest to the card.
Next, I stamped several areas using the Typewriter Text Background stamp from MFT using VersaMark ink, then placed Brutus Monroe Alabaster White Embossing Powder over the image. I added white ink splatter along with some darker blue ink splatter across the A2 Card Panel. I die cut 3 each of the letters HOP from the In Stitches Alphabet, glued them together and then added the Cornflower and Sno Cone ink over the letters.
Time To Color
Next it’s time to color! I used the following Copic Markers to color the cutie patootie Froggy’s.
Copic Markers Used
Frogs: YG17, YG13, YG11, YG01, G20 Dots: BG99
Balloons: Blue: B99, B95, B93, B91 Orange: YR68, YR65, YR61. Yellow: Y17, Y15, Y11
Water: B45, B41, B52, B000
Rocks: T5, T3, T1, T0
Lily Pad: YG17, YG25, YG23, YG01.
Cat Tails: E37, E55, E31 Leaves: BG99
Finishing the Card
The finishing touches for this card was adding some pattern paper. I love all of the MFT pattern paper packs. In fact, the Subtle Plaids Pattern Paper Pack was my inspiration for this card. Unfortunately this particular pattern paper stack is no longer available. I highly recommend looking at MFT’s other packs available HERE. I added a 1″ x 5″ strip on each side of the 3 3/4 x 5 1/2″ card panel. Note, the card panel is popped up using foam tape. The last element for this card was adding the greeting. Using Black cardstock and Brutus Monroe Alabaster Embossing Powder, and changing the greeting a tad by cutting into strips, I added the sentiment using my favorite tool from My Sweet Petunia- the Glue Press.
Tips
- Adding teeny tiny dots of color using your darker Copic Markers on your critters adds just enough interest to make anyone smile.
- Jelly Roll Pens! I love my Jelly Roll pens, especially White, Black and Red. I use the white to often fix when I go outside the lines of my colored image and to add tiny dots around an image. You will see this a few more times this week on other cards. I use the black Jelly Roll on the eyes of critters to make their sweet faces come to life.
Thank you, as always, for taking time to read today. I hope you enjoyed today’s card!
