Saturday, April 27, 2024

Tropical Blooms with Kate Hadfield Designs

 


Hello everyone!  I can't believe it's almost May already!  Because things
are starting to grow and blossom, I'm bringing you more floral goodness from

Tropical Blooms

I love flowers and I especially love to color them - particularly when they
are free!  This was a set I was able to download on my computer as a
perk for signing up to receive The Doodled Newsletter - sign up is at
the bottom of the homepage.  Kate's art make coloring fun and easy!
Let me show you how I made my card!  I started by composing the
design in my computer.  I used a piece of digital paper from my digital
paper stash and then layered my flowers over it.


Each flower, leaf cluster and curly-que are separate stamps making
it easy to compose a design.


I wanted to keep my colors bright so they would pop against the
black background.


I, unfortunately, threw away the list with my marker colors on it...😬
but I used YG for the greens, B for the blues and Y for the yellows and
R for the pinks.


For the leaves and flowers I used a 3-color blend.


I inked a checkerboard around the center of what will become
the blue flower.  It gives the card a sense of playfulness.


Once the coloring was done, I used a silver glitter pen and did the
squiggly vines and dotted the centers of the yellow and blue flowers.
I die cut this panel with a large scalloped/stiched oval die.  I chose
a warm grassy green and a yellow to complement the colors of
the design.  The green was the A2 size card base and I cut the
yellow panel 1/4" smaller and then embossed it with a dotted
embossing folder.

I layered the yellow onto the green and then popped up the focal panel
with foam tape.  The dots in the background were grey and white, so
I added iridescent bubbles to the white ones.  I also added more 
checkerboard design on some of the leaf sections.  I used thin black
peel-offs between the yellow and green and added a black checked bow.
And that finished my project!


I hope I've inspired you today to sign up for Kate's newsletter and
receive the freebies there!  You can find so many other stamp sets
in lots of different themes at


Til next time...

Betsy

In my capacity as a design team member for Kate Hadfield Designs, I do receive the products I use from them. 

All opinions and creative decisions remain my own, and I only work with companies/use products that I love.

 

 
















Thursday, April 11, 2024

Perfect Peony with Polkadoodles

 


Hello everyone!  Today I'm bringing you more Spring goodness with
this gorgeous digital stamp set from


I am so ready for warmer weather and flowers!  I love peonies and this
stamp set is gorgeous!  Let me show you how I made my card project.
I sized my peony image in the computer and then my digital paper behind
that flower cluster.  I love digital stamps and being able to print off the
stamp along with the background paper in one printing.


My sentiment was printed underneath this panel just on the white part of the
paper.  I used white card stock to print this out.  I trimmed up my image
somewhat just to make it easier to move around as I colored.


I started with the peony in the back.  I liked it but it was a bit dark so
I decided to color the other 2 flowers lighter.


In between coloring the flowers with my Copic markers, I added just
a few layers of green to the stems and leaves.  This gave me a better
perspective as I was coloring.


Because the background was a saturated shade of green, it could
support the brighter pinks of the peony.  Copic colors used:
RV02, RV55, RV000, R39, R20, R85, R32, R37, R35, R83,
Y02, Y15, G82, YG11, YG63


I used some of the lighter pinks to color the sentiment before I die cut it.


I die cut the colored panel so it measures 4" x 5 1/4".  I used a white card
stock card base that was top folding and adhered bright pink card stock to it.
I adhered my sentiment across the bottom of the colored panel.  I added a
few pretty pink confetti sequins to complete the card!


I love the bright colors of this card.  You can find this wonderful digital
stamp set bundle and many more at


Til next time...

Betsy

In my capacity as a temporary design team member for Polkadoodles, I do receive the products I use from them. 

All opinions and creative decisions remain my own, and I only work with companies/use products that I love.