Yellow Card with Turquoise Vine and Polka Dots

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Yellow Card with Turquoise Vine and Polka Dots

A bright, happy card with turquoise polka dot flowers and flower buds on a leafy vine.

I used two new items (new to me, anyway) to make this card. I really like both of them.

For my clear rounded dots, Viva Decor gloss gen pen (transparent). At first it looks rather milky, then dries very clear. Takes several hours to dry (overnight to harden completely), but for me, still easier than fiddling with the self-adhesive round stones. My local scrapbooking store carries the Viva Decor pens, but didn't have this one.
For my blue wavy line, the stitch-doodle-dot mini (6x6") plastic template TCW131s The Crafter's Workshop. (Scroll about 2/3 of the way down the TCW page to see it.) The template (stencil) is thin and very flexible, and I found I needed to hold it down firmly for best results. Craft Critique (one of my favorite websites) has two helpful reviews here. I bought my template at a local craft store. It's also available on line from Ellen Hutson.

Other materials: The card stock is PaperTrey Ink harvest gold (yellow), Paper Source pool (aqua), and my own polka dot PowerPoint file, printed on Neenah solar white. The vine, leaves, and lines are drawn with B14 Copic marker. The punches are 1/4" circle punch and 1/2" EK Success flower punch.

Created for Operation Write Home, "supporting our nation's armed forces by sending blank handmade greeting cards to write home on, as well as cards of gratitude to encourage them." (091)

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Operation: Quiet Comfort

Starting in early 2016, most of my cards are now made for Operation: Quiet Comfort.
As explained on their web site, "Operation Quiet Comfort exists solely for the purpose of honoring and comforting America’s military men and women who become sick and injured while serving in harm’s way. We also provide support to those who care for them. We collect, package and ship supplies for U.S. Military men and women receiving care at medical facilities abroad." These packages also include cards with messages of support and encouragement ... "thinking of you, patriotic, thank you, cheerful cards." I'm happy to have the opportunity to support our troops in this way.

About My Cards and My Blog

Unless noted otherwise, all my cards are A2 size - 4.25 x 5.5" when folded.

I was making cards long before I started stamping, so for my card images, I sometimes will do my own line drawing, then color it with markers. To use it multiple times, I scan it before coloring, then computer-print it. For more on my drawing process, see "How I Draw," and also "Anybody Can Draw."

I use Copic markers (I prefer "original" and also have some of the "sketch" type), Copic multiliner pens, and the Copic airbrush (airbrushing with my markers). See "About My Tools and Materials" for my Copic colors and other tools, materials, supplies and sources. Techniques and materials may also be noted in the blog post.

I will post a few times a month, whenever I have a new card to share. For cards before 2012, the date on the post is the approximate date of the card, not always the posting date. Reference posts like "About My Labels" are filed together as 1973, but are much newer.

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Sunday, August 14, 2011