Chevron Print with Green, Yellow, and Rust

Saturday, July 7, 2012

Chevron Print with Green, Yellow, and Rust

A bit of abstract art on my card today. My chevron pattern is an "original" hand-pressed print. I love the clean, modern colors, and I'm very happy with my layout, which I'll use again sometime to showcase an interesting paper.

My print came from a "what have I got to lose" experiment. After much Copic airbrushing with a 6x6" plastic Crafter's Workshop chevron template (stencil), it was time for a cleaning. (I don't clean it every time, just when the ink starts building up heavily.) I knew it would clean up nicely with alcohol, but I wondered if I could put all that ink to a good use.

So with my template lying flat on some scrap paper on my table, I spritzed the template with Copic "0" blender solution. Then I pressed down on it firmly with a piece of white card stock. The result was beautiful. What a nice reward for cleaning the template! and a lot less messy, too ...

Card details:

Card stock is Papertrey Ink simply chartreuse (green), summer sunrise (yellow), terra cotta tile (rust), rustic white (patterned paper), and stamper's select white (sentiment).
Copic colors are ... quite a mix! I know there's some Y19, Y38, YG97, B05, R35, and more. I could never recreate this exact pattern. It's just the happenstance of colors that ended up on my template.
Dies are Papertrey Ink double ended banner (smaller die) for sentiment, and pinking shears border die.
Sentiment "Thinking of You" is computer-printed in green ink with darker green outline, using "BlairMdITC TT-Medium" font.

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." (169)

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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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Saturday, July 7, 2012