Hi everyone!!! :o)
Today is my turn to be on the spotlight over at Jane's Doodles and I made this Chameleon Birthday Card. :o)
I stamped the chameleon and two flowers on a watercolor paper and colored them with Stabilo Pens (Markers). I used a wet brush paint to spread colors on parts I didn't color with markers and to blend colors.
After drying, I fussy cut images and traced their edges with a black marker.
Then I stamped the sentiment and same images on a white top folded card base. I colored images with a grey marker and glued colored images over the grey ones. As a finishing touch, I've drew white highlights.
At this point I finished my card. Well, that was just for couple hours. More I looked at my card, less I liked it. Something was missing. I decided to add a cloud background. :o)
I masked the chameleon, branch and flowers with post-it paper masks. I ink blended clouds directly on the card base using a mini ink blending tool, a Distress Ink Salty Ocean and a cloud stencil I made by myself (I've described how I made the stencil here). I added more pressure at the top of the card and less towards the bottom.
When I was satisfied with clouds, I removed masks. The result: much much better than with a white background. :o)
Today is my turn to be on the spotlight over at Jane's Doodles and I made this Chameleon Birthday Card. :o)
To make this card I used stamps from two Jane's Doodles stamp sets: a chameleon and flowers from 'Chameleon' and a sentiment from 'Doodle Butterflies'. :o)
How I made my card...
After drying, I fussy cut images and traced their edges with a black marker.
Then I stamped the sentiment and same images on a white top folded card base. I colored images with a grey marker and glued colored images over the grey ones. As a finishing touch, I've drew white highlights.
At this point I finished my card. Well, that was just for couple hours. More I looked at my card, less I liked it. Something was missing. I decided to add a cloud background. :o)
I masked the chameleon, branch and flowers with post-it paper masks. I ink blended clouds directly on the card base using a mini ink blending tool, a Distress Ink Salty Ocean and a cloud stencil I made by myself (I've described how I made the stencil here). I added more pressure at the top of the card and less towards the bottom.
When I was satisfied with clouds, I removed masks. The result: much much better than with a white background. :o)
Card measurements: 89 mm x 121 mm (3 1/2" x 4 3/4")
List of supplies:
- Jane's Doodles 'Chameleon' stamp set
- Jane's Doodles 'Doodle Butterflies' stamp set
- handmade cloud stencil
- white cardstock paper
- watercolor paper
- Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)
- Stabilo Fiber Tip Pens (Markers):
- yellow 68/44
- orange 68/54
- light green 68/33
- mid green 68/43
- dark green 68/36
- mid brown 68/75
- light grey 68/94
- black 68/46
- Tim's Holtz Distress Ink, Salty Ocean
- Uniball Signo White Pigment Ink
- Mitsubishi Uni Pin 0.3
- acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
- Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
- bone folder
- scissors
- Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #1
- Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tool
- post-it paper (for masking)
- water
- paper towels
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