Today I have a card to show you that finally has some pencil coloring on it again. This sweet digi is called Trixy Balloons and is by Digi Doodles Studio.
I sized Trixy in Silhouette Studio and printed her out onto Canson C’ a Grain Drawing paper. I colored her with my Prismacolor colored pencils. I added two spots of white on her sunglasses with a white Milky Pop pen. I find that this gel pen works the best over pencils – and I have tried a few!
Once she was colored, I returned her to my Silhouette to cut her out. I cut her and her balloons separately as I had a plan for them. I also cut the shapes a second time out of black cardstock. I ran a black marker along the edge of the digi and glued the two shapes together.
I created a background on blue cardstock with my metallic watercolors. Thank you to some inspiration from Kristina Werner, I created a cloudy wonderland on my background for Trixy to fly over. My panel was just regular cardstock, so I used the paints with as little water added to them as possible. I finished it off with the white metallic splashes in the sky to create some movement.
Another discovery I made a while ago is Scrapbook Pal’s Scrappy Tape. I like to adhere my cardpanels with double sided tape to that the corners don’t lift and so that the panel stays put. This has a lower price-point than the Scor-Tape I used to use, but works just as well. I have been very happy with the results. I used it here to adhere the panel to the black cardbase.
I added Trixy to her dream world, adding button thread as balloon strings and threaded it under her hands. I added the sentiment using a Spellbinders die that allows for cutting, embossing and stenciling. I popped the sentiment up with foam tape and that completed my card.
Supplies Used
 Canson C’ a Grain |
 Prismacolor Pencils |
 Milky Pop White |
 Black Tombow |
 Paintbrushes |
 Platinum 6 |
 Craft Tweezers |
 Tuxedo Black |
 Blending Tool |
 Blending Foam |
 Aleene’s Tacky Glue |
 1/2 inch Foam Tape |
 Scrappy 1/8 |
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Monica
Beautiful coloring. I love the soft colors. I've never heard of metallic watercolors. Beautiful!
Absolutely lovely. The coloring is fantastic. I love the watercoloring. [Bunny]`
Great background Monica-gorgeous image and beautifully coloured
Carol x
Stunning card, love the coloring and image, so pretty, hugs, Lori m
She is darling, Monica! So beautifully colored, and a lovely, dramatic scene! Your use of the Silhouette is just incredible! Hugs, de
A sensational interpretation of this sweet digi. Your magical land looks like the Enchanted Land of Delicious Ice Cream. I would like to be there too. You used metallic paints nicely, they create a beautiful scenery for Trixy.
xx