Hi everyone, Heidi here, today I’m showing you my second
project as a guest designer for Whimsy Stamps. In today’s project I would like
to show you one gorgeous Christmas Sprite stamp coloured three times in three different
mediums, so that you can pick and choose which one fits your supplies or style
best!
For my first card I choose to colour the gorgeous “ChristmasSprite“ image using Copic Markers. You can use any alcohol markers you have of
course. I stamped the image onto Copic friendly paper using Memento “Tuxedo
Black“ ink and let her sit for a while, so that the ink can dry completely,
before I started colouring.
Then I coloured the image using the following Copic
colours: Y000, Y26, Y04, YR18, YR21, E000, R00, R01, W1, W3, R29, R39, E07,
RV52, RV55, RV19, V17, E39, G40, YG17, YG67, YG97 and B0000. When the colouring
was done I added back in some highlights using a white Gelly Roll Pen.
On the wings I added some “Diamond“ Stickles using a brush
(wash the brush afterwards) for an extra magical look!
I choose for a round card base which I created by die
cutting a circle shape from a square white linen textured card base (make sure
that the part where the die is sticking out has the fold).
Then I die cut a slightly smaller circle shape from some
matching orange coloured mirror card stock and then I die cut around the
coloured image using an even smaller circle die.
On this last panel I stamped one of the sentiments from the
“You’re My Jolly“ stamp set using the same black ink as before.
Now I can finish my card by adhering the coloured image on
top of the orange circle using liquid glue and then adhering these combined
layers onto the circle shaped card base using one millimetre thick foam tape.
For my second card I choose watercolour pencils as my
colouring medium. I stamped the same
“Christmas Sprite“ image onto fairly smooth watercolour paper using
Versafine “Onyx Black“ ink and let the ink dry. Then I used a combination of
Caran d‘Ache Museum Aquarelle and Faber-Castell Albrecht Dürer watercolour
pencils and an aquabrush to colour the image.
From the Caran d’Ache line I used the following colours:
CA350, CA010, CA036, CA065, CA599, CA661, CA004, CA249, CA719, CA245 and CA049.
From the Faber Castell line I used the following colours:
FC19, FC125, FC132, FC189 and FC137.
I also added some “Diamond“ Stickles to the wings in the
same way as I did for the first card.
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Next I die cut a square around the coloured image leaving
enough room on the top to ad my sentiment. As my sentiment I choose a
combination of words from the “Everyday Scripted Sentiments“ stamp set, those I
stamped on the top part of the panel using the same black ink that I used
before.
To finish this second card I die cut a slightly larger
square from some matching olive green card stock. I adhered both square panels
together using liquid glue and then adhered these combined panels to a crème
coloured linen textured card base using one millimetre thick foam tape.
And for today’s final card I choose regular coloured
pencils as my colouring medium, but I decided to work on Strathmore “Toned Tan“
paper, for a different look. I stamped the sprite image onto this paper using
Versafine “Onyx Black“ and then coloured the image with a combination of Faber
Castell Polychromos and Prismacolor Premier (for the skin parts) coloured
pencils and one Caran d‘Ache Luminance coloured pencil.
For my highlights I used the White pencil from Caran
d‘Ache.
From the Faber Castell line I used: 271, 108, 283, 173,
168, 171, 188, 135, 119 and 250.
From the Prismacolor line I used: Crème, Beige, Light
Peach, Peach and Salmon Pink.
And for this card I used some “Star Dust“ Stickles for her
wings.
When the colouring was done I die cut a circle shape around
the image using the same procedure as with my first card. I also added the
sentiment from the “You’re My Jolly“ stamp set. For my slightly larger mat I
choose a yellow orangy circle shaped die cut panel and put the card together on
a crème coloured linen textured card base.
And that’s it for today’s trio of Christmas Sprite cards.
I’m curious what your favourite medium is to colour with?
Thank you for having me as a guest designer, I had a blast
while creating these projects for you!
I wish you a creative day and a fabulous time with friends
and family during the Holidays!
