The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #6

What:

Day six of the second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. My mini robot stamp set turned up this morning so I could finish off the birthday card I originally had in mind when I started working on the blueprint stamps.

How:

I watercoloured the balloon with Distress ink, fussy cut it out and used glossy accents on the highlight. Then I cut the red paper layer to size and trimmed down the watercolour cardstock and the buckram and die cut the curved dividing line. I stamped and watercoloured the mini robot and used an ink blending tool to colour the edges of the two-tone panel.

I assembled the card by gluing the two base panels to the card base, mounting the balloon on the card using foam pads, tying a silver string to the balloon and fixing it to the robot’s hand with some multi-medium matte.

Lessons Learned:

Be careful trying to die cut overlapping pieces of card as the edges will inevitably emboss just where you don’t want them to.

Supplies:

• stamps:
  Tim Holtz – birthday blueprint
  Tim Holtz – mini robots blueprint
• dies:
  Lawn Fawn – stitched hillside borders
• inks:
  Ranger – archival ink – jet black
• colour:
  Balloon:
  Distress ink pad – spun sugar, barn door, festive berries
  Robot:
  Distress ink pad – pumice stone, frayed burlap, black soot
  Edging:
  Distress ink pad – tea dye
• embellishments:
  Embroidery silk – silver
  Glossy accents
• paper and card:
  Distress – watercolour cardstock
  Papermill Direct – harvest buckram
  Bazzill Basics – ladybug trio