The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge #21

What:

Day twenty-one of the second Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge. Our neighbour is in hospital for a few days and I wanted to make a card for her to hopefully raise a smile.

How:

I stamped the trash can creature and the cloud using Memento ink and then stamped the sentiment with Versamark ink and heat embossed it in silver.

I coloured the images with Copic markers and went over the outlines of the creatures with a Memento marker to give him a bit more definition. The raindrops and trash can were covered with Wink of Stella to give a little sparkle.

In hindsight I really shouldn’t have bothered to try and blend Distress ink around the edge — I can get a good blend when I’m doing a large area, but I haven’t got the knack for smooth blends around the edge of a panel. At least I managed to get it evenly grungy all the way around.

Then I just mounted it flat on a top-folding card base and added a few sequins.

Lessons Learned:

I really need to practise edging with Distress ink. And I also need to figure out how to get even coverage with the Wink of Stella as it tends to blob (though that may just be this particular pen).

Supplies:

• stamps:
  Create a Smile – bad day
• inks:
  Memento – tuxedo black
  Distress ink pad – broken china
• Copic markers:
  trash can – W1, W3, W5
  trash can shadow – 0, T0, T1, T2
  cloud – T0, T1, T2
  rain drops – B0000, B000
  critter – BG57, BG07, BG09
  critter’s eye – BG93
• embellishments:
  Doodlebug – sequins – assorted
• paper and card:
  Papermill Direct – plain ocean blue
  Neenah – solar white
• miscellaneous:
  Judikins – embossing powder – detail silver