Posted by Daniel West
on October 18, 2021
Hey there, Daniel, here, with a video showing you how I colored in the new Gift Shop Background Cling stamp and turned it into a peek-a-boo card!
Sometimes I color something and it turns out ok, but other times I fall in love with the project. This one I love! What makes one coloring project stand out more than another? Let me know in the comments below.
Here are some differences I have observed.
- Limit your color palette to a few colors that are adjacent or opposite each other on the color wheel. For this project, I used just brown, blue-green, red and yellow.
- Create contrast by choosing some very dark shades of those colors to sit next to very light shades.
- Focus on the project as a whole composition. Pay attention to details, but do not sweat the smallest ones.
- Enjoy yourself. You will know if coloring is your thing. You will feel a sense of joy and satisfaction as you go.
Creating this card is super straightforward. I stamped the Gift Shop Background out on Dove White cardstock with Hero Arts Intense Black Ink – which is Copic friendly. Then, I colored it in with Copic markers. You can watch the video to see it all come together.
After coloring it in, I die cut a Dove white panel with the Peek-a-Boo Doors Fancy Die , and did the same with the colored panel. Then, I stamped some images from the Hero Greetings Christmas Gift Shop stamp set on the plain die cut panel and colored them in with Copics.
To finish it all off, I adhered the top panel to the middle panel and then everything to the front of a card base .
I hope you enjoy this relaxing project. It's a complex coloring job, but a fairly simple construction.
Alternatively, you could make the same card style with no Copics by simply heat embossing the gift shop image over your favorite Hero Hues Cardstock .
You will find links to all the supplies I used throughout this post and in the grid below. Have a wonderful week!
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