Hi crafty friends!
My name is Kelsey Thomas and I am so excited for my very first DT blog post with Kat Scrappiness! Every Sunday, I will be sharing a project where I create a card using Kat Scrappiness products and sketching in my own background and supporting elements for the card.
For today’s project, I created a card using the Easter Quokkas stamp set as my focal point for my scene.
Card details:
- Card size: 4.25″ x 5.5″ (A2)
- White A2 card base
- Black matte measures 4″ x 5.25″
- Stamped panel measures 3.75″ x 5″
Step-by-Step Tutorial:
Step 1:
I started by trimming down a panel of white cardstock to 4″ x 5.25″ in size (I end up trimming this down later). I then used a stamp positioner and black ink to stamp the quokka sitting in the grass with some Easter eggs from the Easter Quokkas stamp set. I made sure to wipe the ink off of the bottom of the stamp before stamping so that the grass the quokka is sitting on would blend in nicely with my scene.
Next, I used an oval die to trace an oval shape behind my quokka lightly with a pencil. Any oval die or oval-shaped object will work for this – just choose one that will take up most of the card panel, as in the picture below. This will be used as the outline for the large Easter egg we are creating.
Step 2:
Next, I created a mask for my quokka and placed it over my image. I typically just stamp on a post it note, cut out the image, and use a repositionable adhesive on the back, but feel free to mask the image using your favorite method. I used repositionable adhesive to stick my panel to my work surface so it would stay in place to do stenciling. I positioned the grass stencil from the Clouds and Grass 6×6 Layering Stencils set over my panel and held it in place with some low tack tape. I then used a blending brush and Mowed Lawn Distress Ink to add some grass.
Step 3:
After removing the stencil/mask and cleaning my work surface, I then roughly sketched in some spots on the egg with my pencil. When I was satisfied with how it looked, I used a black fine line marker to trace over the pencil lines and then erased them.
Step 4:
Next, I needed to create a sky. I used a blending brush and Tumbled Glass Distress Ink to carefully add blue ink around the egg/grass for my sky. I went up close to the egg with the brush, not being too worried about getting some ink on the egg since it is such a light color of blue, but if you are worried about how this will affect coloring, you can always mask off the egg by tracing the same oval shape on masking paper and covering up the egg.
Step 5:
We are now ready to color the scene. For this, I used Prismacolor colored pencils. I will list the specific colors below in case you want to re-create my color scheme, but feel free to use any coloring medium that you prefer.
- Quokka: Sienna Brown, Mineral Orange, Goldenrod, Black, 90% French Grey, and 70% French Grey
- Ears: 30% French Grey, 20% French Grey, 10% French Grey, Pink, Blush Pink, and Deco Pink
- Eggs: Sunburst Yellow, Canary Yellow, Deco Yellow, Pink, Blush Pink, and Deco Pink
Step 6:
At this point, I decided that I wanted to matte my panel on black cardstock, so I trimmed it down to 3.75″ x 5″ in size. I then used Kat’s Crafty Dabbers to do some more inking. I replaced my quokka mask and used the Mowed Lawn Distress Ink to add a shadow under the quokka and eggs to ground him in my scene. I also darkened up the corners of the panel. For the sky, I brought in some Salty Ocean Distress Ink to darken the corners and really bring the scene to life.
I also die cut “Easter Wishes” using the Easter Wishes and a Bushel of Bunnies dies from black cardstock. I cut it out three times and glued them together for dimension. I stamped a sub-sentiment from my stash onto a white strip. I glued “Easter Wishes” across the large egg, centered on the panel and placed the sub-sentiment in the bottom right corner.
I then trimmed a piece of black cardstock to 4″ x 5.25″ and glued the colored panel to it. To finish off the card, I glued everything to a white A2 card base.
Kat Scrappiness Products Used:
- Easter Quokkas stamp set
- Clouds and Grass 6×6 layered stencils
- Kat’s Crafty Dabbers
- Easter Wishes and a Bushel of Bunnies dies
I hope you enjoyed this card process and feel inspired to try your hand at sketching your own elements into your card scenes.
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See you next Sunday!
Kelsey