What:
For November’s challenge, Gerda Steiner offered up this little bear with his scarf and mug.
Inspired by:
The colouring on the bear was inspired by a tutorial I found over on the Color Me Copic blog.
The idea:
My initial idea was to foil the digital stamp and sentiment and also to have the image partially cut off at the edge of the panel.
How:
I created the layout with the bear and sentiment on my Mac using Affinity Designer and printed it on the laser printer so that I could foil it using the Minc mini. I used two different foils — copper for the bear and red for the sentiment — I just had to be careful the foils didn’t slip in the transfer folder.
Once the foiling was done, I rounded the corners and sat down to think how best to colour it.
Inspired by a tutorial I found for colouring animals and keeping some texture in the fur, I got out my trusty Copics and had a play. I’m quite pleased with how most of it turned out, but some bits could have done with a smoother transition. Still not bad for a first attempt.
The bear was finished off with a coat of pico embellisher shimmer over the scarf and mug.
I cut out a mask for the bear and used two colours of Distress ink through a Tim Holtz stencil to create the background.
The panel was mounted on a dark green card base (with rounded corners) using a piece of fun foam to pop it up.
Lessons learned:
I am becoming more and more convinced that it isn’t actually possible to photograph a card that has colouring and foiling on so that you can see both the colouring and the foiling. Or at least not without a completely different lighting setup to the one I have.
Challenges:
Gerda Steiner progressive monthly challenge – November
Supplies:
- digital stamps:
Gerda Steiner – little mug bear - font:
Comic Neue Angular (free font) - stencils:
Tim Holtz – tracks - foil:
Wow! – fab foil – copper
Wow! – fab foil – red - inks:
Distress – ink pad – tattered rose, cracked pistachio, antique linen - Copic markers:
bear – E34, E35, E57, E59, E02
scarf – R27, R46, R59
mug – G12, G14, G07, E17, E18
shadow – W0, W1, W3, W5 - embellishments:
Irresistible pico embellisher – shimmer - paper and card:
Papermill Direct – plain – dark green
Neenah – solar white – 216gsm - miscellaneous:
We R Memory Keepers – ¼″ corner chomper
Heidi Swapp – minc mini
Crafty Rat 