Catnaps - Honeypie ft. Polkadoodles

 

Hello everyone!  Hope your spring is going well.  It's still kind of cold and

rainy where I live...😞. Today I'm sharing a project made with products from

Polkadoodles

Catnaps - Honeypie Digital Stamp

Just Lovely - Honeypie Papers

Just Lovely Sentiments

I made an easel card today to show off Honeypie and her kitty.  It's not difficult

to make, so let me show you how I made my card!

I first composed and printed out my images onto white card stock.

Everything was separate.  I didn't do any layering.  I die cut my plaid

paper with a scalloped rectangle die.  I made a white A2 size top folding

card base and scored the front of it in half.  I cut my die cut plaid panel in half

and adhered one on either side of the fold on the front.

I also cut out my sentiment and backed it with a piece of the left over

plaid.  Next it was time to color my focal - Honeypie and her kitty!

Coloring is probably my most favorite part of card making!  And I

aways start with the face first.

The hair came next.  Often times I'll Google image "hair Copic

markers" for inspiration like I did here.  That gives me a 

jumping off point for the hair coloring.  And usually there is

a list of markers that were used.

I wanted to keep her clothing and hair scrunchies the same colors

as the plaid paper.  To give a little more interest to the scrunchies I

made a pattern with my markers.

I didn't go too wild with the coloring and it worked up quickly.  After

that, I fussy cut the image.

I printed out another sentiment and die cut it for the front of the

card.  To put this together I adhered the longer unmatted sentiment

to the front of the card with foam tape.  I die cut a small lavender

bow and adhered it above that sentiment.  I adhered Honeypie to just the 

front of my card, so that when it was popped up, you would see

her whole image.  I adhered the other sentiment that I had backed

with the plaid paper, inside the card with foam tape to act as a

stopper when the card was put upright.  I added a bit of shimmer with

a silver sparkle pen and added a few dots with a white gel pen.  Then I 

sprinkled a few tiny gems around Honeypie and one right in the

middle of the flower in her mug.  And that finished my card!

I hope you enjoyed today's tutorial.  So easy to make such a cute reminder

of how much you love and appreciate a close friend!  Supplies are listed below.  You can find 

this digital stamp set and many more at

Polkadoodles

Supplies

Catnaps - Honeypie digital stamp

Just Lovely - Honeypie digital paper

Just Lovely - Sentiments

Card Base

Tiny Gems

Silver Sparkle Pen

White Gel pen

Banner Die

Foam Tape

Bow Die

Scalloped Rectangle die 

Copic Colors:

E00, E01, BV000, B02, RV10, Y20,

BV000, YR20, YR31, E23, E35, E37,

E33, YR24, RV52, RV13, C1, C5, C3

C2, E57

Til next time,

Betsy

In my capacity as a 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.

 

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Hello everyone!  Hope everyone id doing well and having fun with summer

activities!  Today I'm bring you a fun card using products from

Polkadoodles

Let's Hang Out - Winnie - Big Kahuna Bundle

I love working with the bundles - they have everything you need to make

multiple cards - images, sentiments and papers!  I've used one each of these!

Let me show you how I made my card!  I first rated out by composing an

sizing my image and sentiment and placing them onto the digital paper.

When I dropped the paper in I didn't have to resize because it prints

out to about 6" x 6".  The thicker font allowed me to just placed the

sentiment on top of the paper.  

Once again I used my sparkle watercolor paper from Paul Ruebens (Amazon).

Such a subtle sparkle!  I love it!

I decided to use Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers for all of the

coloring.  I used the Zig Blender Marker to blend all of the colors

together.  One thing that I forgot while doing this - watercolor paper

stays damp longer.  So I did have to combat some coloring that

were bleeding into each other.

I kept testing my colors to make sure they would match the

background paper so I would have a cohesive look.

Zig marker colors used:  Blender, Beige, Dark Oatmeal, Vanilla,

Tea Rose, Pink Flamingo, Mid Green, Olive Green, Pale Yellow,

Lemon yellow, Fog Grey, Black, Flesh Color, Lt. Brown,

Medium Beige and Mid Brown.

I next prepared a white A2 size top folding card base.  I die

cut the colored panel with a frame die from my stash.  I cut it 

again out of a coordinating color for the frame.

I did some black ink work to add in some details - whiskers on the

bunnies, texture on the big flower, a pattern on the top layer of her

dress.  Then I added more sparkle.  I used glitter glue on the big

flower, the bunny tails, the pocket and sash on her dress, the bows

on her socks.  The I used a silver glitter gel pen and put dots in

her hair, dots on the sides of her shoes, on her patterned dress and

the bunny ears.  

I adhered the frame to the card base and then I placed the colored panel

on with adhesive foam.  And that finished my card!

This was a fun card to make and I really enjoy coloring with my

Zig Markers.  The colors are so vibrant!  You can find this big digital

bundle and many more at

Polkadoodles

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.

 

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