Topic: Stamping
I haven't worked much with 'digital stamps' (also known as 'digis') because 1) there haven't been many free ones I have been impressed with 2) I don't have a printer at the ready so I have to save, move to a thumb drive, take to another computer, and print 3) I have a lot of stamps already and should use them since I paid for them!
However, I did download and print some free digis from the OWH Stars and Stamps site and have started coloring up a few. Because the printer is inkjet I have to use Copic or other alcohol markers to keep from smearing the ink when I color.
This is the first I have colored up and I also tried an alternate shading method that I saw done on a blog. This method uses a light neutral (I used warm grey) to color the shadow areas FIRST then color over the image areas with the feature color. This way I used only four pens: a light warm grey, a medium warm grey, one pink, one green.
I used one of my own card sketches for the layout and layered green and yellow over a light pink base. The image was cut close around with a craft knife and a pink ribbon tied onto the stems.
Fine-line pen doodles adorn the edges of the diagonal sash and a layered block provided a place to stamp the sentiment.
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