WELCOME FELLOW PAPERCRAFTERS!
This week (week 18 of COVID 19 isolation) I am working with the July Stamp of The Month (SOTM) from Close To My Heart. Out comes my terrible secret....for all the crafting supplies I own, I do not usually make handmade cards.
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For My Beautiful Friend - July Stamp of the Month |
I decided to dive right in with a birthday card that was inspired by a card I saw on facebook.
This month I need birthday cards for a long list of people. Last week we celebrated 3 famly birthdays and 2 friend birthdays. This week there are 2 more family birthdays. I need to get rolling.
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| Monday July SOTM card |
I stamped the corners first with the stamp on the bottom left corner of the stamp sheet. Next I stamped to left and right sides with the stamp on the bottom right of the stamp sheet. I used the same stamp on the bottom of the card, first placing a post it note on the left corner. I needed to cover the corner because the stamp was too long and I did not want to cover up the corner stamp.
To complete the card, I stamped the Happiness saying, followed by the large butterflies, then the small butterflies. After stamping all the outlines, I started coloring. I am not much of a colorer...just like I am not much of a card maker. Lol, I am thinking you could tell by looking at the card. It's Monday, try something new with me.
I starting with the flower in bottom left corner, experimenting with bright pink and Pale Pink TriBlend™ Marker. The two colors did not blend at all.
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| Coloring the flowers |
On to another color combination. I gave blending the medium and light Pale Pink TriBlend™ Marker a try on the flowers in the bottom right. These blended too well. The flowers do not look like they have any shading at all. In the end, I just used the light tip of the Pale Pink TriBlend™ Marker to color all of the flowers.
I colored the small butterflies light yellow using the Light Yellow TriBlend™ Marker. For the larger butterflies I used the light tip of the Orange TriBlend™ Marker on the inside of the butterfly and then colored the same yellow marker on the tips of the wing. Another fail! I used the medium tip of the Orange TriBlend™ Marker close to the butterfly body and then tried to blend using the light tip of the Orange TriBlend™ Marker. Yeah, not thrilled.
After coloring the butterflies, I decided to "fix" the card by adding some shimmer to the large butterflies and popping another "flying" butterfly on top of the ugliest of the butterflies.
Very seldom to I feel like I am adding lipstick to a pig but in this case....lol. Well the point of Motivatin Monday (or Make it Monday) is to simple motivate myself to make something. Which I did.
Sometimes we need to remind ourselves, it was just a piece of paper. After all both Van Gogh and Monet painted over their canvases whenever they were not pleased.
Hoping for better results tomorrow for Technique Tuesday.
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