Five Cards with Stems Drawing

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Five Cards with Stems Drawing

For this group of five cards, I used my own flower image with a variety of card stock colors and layouts. I began my flower drawing with some sketchy black ink lines. I scanned it and printed, then added dots of Copic marker for the flowers, and streaks of marker for the stems.

See below for the other four cards and all the details. 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." (083)

Card details:

Copic markers: YR20, YR21, YR07, Y13, YG61, YG63, B000, B01, B24, B41, V04, V17
Card at top of post: PaperTrey Ink (PTI) orange zest base, strip of Paper Source (PS) sage (light green), ribbon colored with B41
Middle left card: PS leaf (green) base, PS lake (blue) layer, strip of PTI orange zest edged with Fiskars corkscrew scissors
Middle right card: PTI simply chartreuse (yellow green) base, PTI melon berry (light orange) layer, grosgrain ribbon colored with YRoo and YR21
Bottom left card: PTI spring rain (light blue) base, PTI true black layer, sheer-and-satin ribbon colored with YG61
Bottom right card: PTI blueberry sky base, PTI summer sunrise layer, light green satin ribbon

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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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Unless otherwise noted in the blog post, this is my original creative work. All of my cards, drawings and text are copyright, and are shared only for your personal, non-commercial use and enjoyment. Copyright © CPOvermyer 2009-2024.

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Sunday, July 17, 2011