Whale of a Birthday Card no. 2 (Jane's Doodles DT September Spotlight)

  

Hi everyone! :o)

This is my second post today. If you missed the first one, just scroll down or follow a direct link here. :o)

Last weekend I planed to share my Jane's Doodles spotlight projects that I made in June, July, August and September, but I didn't share them here on my blog (full list of projects that I planed to share here). I managed to share all except my September's JD spotlight projects. My plan was to share them on Sunday, but I spent the day outside and didn't have strength to write after I came home.

Today I'm sharing my September spotlights and my JD spotlight project from last week, three spotlights in total, all in separate blog posts. My posts are scheduled and will go live every hour.

Second card today is this Whale of a Birthday Card. It was my spotlight project for Jane's Doodles on Tuesday, September 23rd, 2020.  :o)

To make this card I used stamps from a GORGEOUS Jane's Doodles 'Whales' stamp set. Jane's whales from the set are the most beautiful and realistic whale images available as stamps and that I'm familiar with . ♥

How I made my card...

First I made a panel from a watercolor paper. For coloring the background I went with ink smooshing technique. I used blue tone Stabilo markers, a plastic pocket bag, a sprayer bottle and water. I added some color on the plastic pocket bag, sprayed it with water and smooshed color on the panel. I was adding color by color, couple of layers, drying them between with a heat tool, until I was satisfied with color.

After coloring my panel wrapped quite a lot, so I flattened it with an iron. I placed the panel between two printing papers and ironed it. Flat. :o)

Then I stamped a sentiment on the panel and glued it on a white side folded card base.

Next up was an image. I used a gorgeous Blue Whale (lat. Balaenoptera musculus). Find more about Blue Whales on National Geographic pages (here).

I stamped the whale on the watercolor paper and colored it in watercolor technique using Stabilo markers. I used two colors: light and dark grey.

How? I scribbled a color on an acrylic block, picked up the color with a damp paint brush and colored the image. With a clean wet brush I spread the color and added more color where needed.

Coloring (and watercoloring) with Stabilo markers is a technique I've learned couple years ago from a very talented crafter/cardmaker, Julia Alterman. She filmed and shared few video tutorials on how to use inexpensive Stabilo markers (find them here). Thank you Julia!!! :o)

After drying, I fussy cut the whale and traced edges with a black marker. I stamped another whale on a piece of the white cardstock paper, colored it with the grey marker, fussy cut it, leaving white thin border around it, and glued the watercolored whale over it. I did this because the watercolor paper I use is thin and I needed a thicker image. :o)

To add some dimension on my card, I glued 3-D foam squares on the back of the whale and glued it on the card. As a finishing touch, I drew white highlights on the whale with a white pigment ink pen and my card was finished. :o)

Card measurements: 120 mm x 86 mm (4 3/4" x 3 3/8")

List of supplies:

• Jane's Doodles 'Whales' stamp set
• white cardstock paper
• watercolor paper
• Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Stabilo Fiber Tip Pens (Markers):
• lightest blue 68/13
• light blue 68/57
• mid blue 68/41
• dark blue 68/32
• light grey 68/94
• dark grey 68/96
• black 68/46
• UHU liquid glue
• 3-D foam squares, 5 x 5 x 2 mm
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• round acrylic block
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• Ranger Heat It Craft Tool
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. 3/0
• scissors
• water
• paper towels
• iron
• printing paper

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Stop by at 6 PM, when my third card for today is scheduled. Enjoy and smile! :o)

Milka