I find using colored pencils (and sometimes markers) to be the easiest way to color these printed 'stamps'. Now, I'm no expert! I've spent a lot of time studying the different posts that Marianne Walker has done on coloring. My coloring has improved significantly since I found her - and she certainly inspires me to try new things.
In the spirit of finding CDAC and getting caught up in digis, I used a lovely freebie from Mo Manning for this card. Isn't it the sweetest image? :)I printed the image on regular white card stock. After it dried overnight (sometimes I hit it with a heat gun - otherwise it tends to smear when using OMS) I started coloring with pencils. Mostly I used my favorite Lyra Polycolor pencils, but I did have to fill in some of the colors with Prismacolors also. I did a lot of blending with OMS (odorless mineral spirits) and a lot of adding more layers of pencil in order to get the depth of color I wanted. After I finished coloring the image, I went around the outside using a warm gray Copic marker (see, Marianne ROCKS!) to give some dimension. I then cut and embossed with a circle nestie.
The base card is one of the precut letterpress papers you see all over (for use with the Epic Six & letterpress kit). Let me tell you - it takes embossing from a folder like a dream! :) This card was embossed using the Cuttlebug folder (twigs?) and then lightly brushed with Antique Linen to show the embossing. Since that wasn't enough for me - I also went over the raised portions with a clear Spica pen too - even though you can't see it! You also can't see the tiny bit of Smooch in the main image - the hearts and some streaks in the straw - but the lighting was all wrong today (storm a comin' - snow tomorrow?). The ribbon was just folded back on itself using (an indecent amount of) Scor Tape.
Soft and sweet. And it makes me happy! :)
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1 comment:
ok, see, one of the things that makes me hesitant to try really working on COLORING with digis is that i sort of ASSUMED no matter what i did or what markers i used that the inkjet ink would SMEAR when anything wet touched it. but it seems like you are saying that when it dries OVERNIGHT you can carefully go over it with copics and maybe even OMS??!?!??!?! LIGHTBULB moment!!!!!!!!!!!! :) :) :)
(btw, sorry, i have made this comment ALL ABOUT ME which is obnoxious! in my defense it's mostly b/c EVERYTHING you do is soooooooo very very VERY super-naturally COOL that i wanna do it too!!!!!) (so all your own fault, really, just for bein' SO flippin' ♥♥♥GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD♥♥♥ at this, missus!!!) :)
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