Farm Friends

Day 2 of 3: Coloring Virtuoso

Welcome back to day 2 of my 2017 Card Design Superstar reveal! Today’s theme showcases coloring of any medium. My medium of choice has always been Copics – but I’ve never done a one layer card covered in Copics before. I had to look to Sandy Allnock for inspiration here because she’s amazing with her one layer cards using Copics.

I stamped the images using the Farm Friends stamp set. I even did mirror-image stamping with the lamb/sheep on the right. I hand-drew the barn on the left but forgot to snap a photo before I colored it. as you can see….it started as a blank sheet of white paper. I was so nervous coloring this!

You guys…I’m pretty darn proud of the barn I drew. I didn’t know what to put in the window there so i decided to put a lamp – that’s appropriate in a barn right? 😉

So much green….and I only used 2 Copic colors to achieve the look above. To give it some contrast, I added a gravel road and a little bit of sky. The clouds are created using the colorless marker.

The tractor even has glossy accents over the glass – but the photo doesn’t show it too well. After coloring all the images, I added some white accents with a white Gelly Roll pen. There you have it – a one-layer, full Copic-colored card. I hope you like it! I tried to be really adventurous with it – had to go over it several times to even out the green pasture and hill.

Please come back tomorrow to see my third and final card – the theme is “Innovation Master.” Sounds so intimidating but I’m excited to share what I’ve spent so much time working on over the past week. Thanks for stopping by!

XOXO,

SUPPLIES:

*Disclaimer: I am not being paid by any company to promote their products. I make cards using stamp sets and materials which I love and I love to share. To view where these items can be purchased, click on the linked abbreviations below (SU for Stampin’ Up!, SSS for Simon Says Stamp, EH for Ellen Hutson, AMZN for Amazon, LF for Lawn Fawn, MFT for My Favorite Things, etc.).

Copic Liner size: 0.25
Copic Colors:
Barn:. R27, R29, R39, E55, E57, W8, W6, W4, Yo0
Grass: G03, G05
Sky:. B000, 0
Gravel: E43, E42, E25, E27
Sheep:. N3, N2, N0, R20
Tractor:. W10, W7, R27, R29, R39
Mouse: T0, T2, R20
Pig: R11, RV42
Cow: E41, E31, R11, R21, N7
Horse:. E53, E34, E41, N8