February Release Blog Hop Day 2 w/Joy Clair Designs

Hello carmakers and Joy Clair Designs fans!!!  Today is Day 2 of the February

Release Blog Hop & Giveaway!

You can hop along with us for your chance to win a $25 gift card to Joy Clair Designs store, valid for Digital and Clear Stamps. The hop will end on Feb. 3rd @ 11:59 PM EST. Winners will be announced on the Joy Clair Designs Blog between February 4th - 9th . The release is live now, so happy shopping!

This is another beautiful digital stamp set from the February 2021 Release!  

It's called "Spring Bouquets".  Let me show you how I made my card!

I first printed my card onto Neenah 80lb Classic Crest Solar White card stock.  I printed

the design out in gray - not black.

You can tell by the way the design is drawn that the shading lines are already

drawn in.  This is so helpful when coloring and pretty much assures you that

your card will be shaded correctly!  I thought at first that I might color this with

the new Pantone Colors of 2021 - gray and yellow.  But it wasn't coming

together when I was testing my colors.  I definitely wanted gray leaves, but I

finally decided to go with pink/burgundy.

I started by coloring my leaves.

I loved how these came out!  See that smooge under the flower?  I just

colored it with colorless blender about 4 times and it was gone - whew!

The more I colored these leaves, the more I loved them!  Next I moved

onto the flowers.

Although you can still see the gray lines from the printing, it isn't as

harsh as black would have been.  I loved the effect.

Copic markers used:

Leaves:  W0, W1, W3, W5, W7

Flowers:  RV000, RV0, RV21, RV55, RV17

Flower Centers:  RV55, RV17, R39, R89, W7

After my coloring was completed I trimmed my panel and I cleaned up

my edges on my coloring with an Arteza white gel pen 0.6.  These are

the best white gel pens I have ever used.  I mounted my card onto a

gray slimline card base that measures 3 1/2" x 8 1/2". I added

some flat back silver foiled gems around the leaves and

my slimline card was finished!

If you haven't hopped along yet there's still time!!!!  There's a nice prize

for this hop!

This "Spring Bouquets" is only one of the beautiful designs released for

 February at Joy Clair Designs!

Make sure you comment and hop along with us!

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope you have found some

inspiration!

Betsy