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Hi Oddies! Today I’ve got a colorful card full of spring feeling for you.

My plan for today is to show you how I made this colorful and messy background for sweet Daffodil Fairy.

I began with supplies. My digi stamp, all colored up with Polychromos, some scraps of patterned paper, a couple of acrylic paints with a small brayer and some sewing thread.

I tore the paper in smaller pieces and attached them to my background. For my background I usually use a piece of heavy weight smooth cardstock, like cardstock for mixed media.

Then it’s time to add color! I just love the texture and inconsistency I get with a brayer.

And here is my finished background. I softened the colors with a white acrylic to match my already colored stamp and then created more interest with a stencil, some black splashes and the thread.

Do you like to make your own backgrounds when you create? Don’t forget to show us your SOG cards in our Facebook Community!

Hugs Susanne!

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When I saw the new digi, Magic Tia, I immediately thought of a Garden Fairy.  Then I wondered if she could bring on Spring?  One could only hope!  And of course, I couldn’t resist coloring her with my Copics.

I thought I would take you through the colors I used, step by step…

Dress: Y15, Y13, YG11 and BV20.
Shirt: YG21, YG03, YG25 and YG17
Belt/shoes: E81, E84, E87, E89
Skin: E04, E11, E21, E00 and R20
Eyes: YG05, YG03 and YG01
Hair: E13, E15 and E09
Gold: Y11, Y15, Y26 and E27
Gems: YG03, YG17, YG67

Other items used to complete this image were a Signo Uniball white pen, Sakura black glaze pen, Sakura green stardust pen, Glossy Accents and Wink of Stella clear.

When you have this much fun coloring an image, make it the focus of your card.

I hope you enjoyed my coloring step by step! Make sure you share your coloring in our Community and join the Coloring Club. I’ll see you next time!

–Carol

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This image took me back to being a teenager with her first crush.  Everyone girl remembers picking up a flower and playing the “he loves me…he loves me not” game! Just like Love Me Not Mae.

I love to use my Copic markers on these images.  Below are my steps to coloring and creating this card.

  • SKIN: E04, E11, E21, E00

    CHEEKS: R20
  • HAIR: Y15, YR23, YR24, E99
  • SHIRT: R17, R29, R39, R89
  • SKIRT: T9, T7, T5
  • FLOWER STEM: YG61, YG63, YG67
    FLOWER MIDDLE: YR23, Y17, Y15
    FLOWER PETALS: Y15, T0
  • EYES: YG67, YG63 & Black Glaze pen
    GROUND: W7, W5, W3
    OUTLINE: BG000, BG0000
  • The “He Loves Me” I printed on my laser and foiled with red Deco Foil. The heart is LF Lacy Heart and cut from foil cardstock.
  • I layered the two pieces of patterned paper together with Tombow mono permanent adhesive.
  • I put one layer of foam behind Mae.
  • The sentiment strip and heart has two layers of foam tape.
  • And to finish it off I added red sequins.

I always print my images on Neenah 80# solar white and use Neenah 110# for my card bases.  The patterned paper I used is something that I have had in my stash for awhile.  It is from DCWV and it is called Everlasting Love.

I cut out Mae using my Brother Scan N Cut and the black paper was die cut with Honey Cuts A7 Double Stitched Frame die.  The gold polka dot paper was just trimmed to 5″ x 7″.  The sentiment was die cut with the Lawn Fawn Everyday Sentiment Banner die and the heart was the Lawn Fawn Lacy Heart Stackables.

To give it a Valentines feel I used the red Deco Foil on the sentiment, the foil die cut heart and red sequins from Darice for the finishing touches.

I hope you enjoyed this trip down memory lane playing He Love Me…

Happy Valentines!

-Carol