Green Stars with Tan

Saturday, July 6, 2013

Green Stars with Tan

It seemed like time for a bright green card ... and with some dark green and tan, that's what I made. Lots of texture and contrast. I like the stars with the wood grain background and the old-fashioned sentiment font.

Card details:

Card stock is Papertrey Ink (PTI) new leaf (bright green), pinefeather (dark green), fine linen (tan), and the stripes print from PTI fine linen pattern pack.
Dies are My Favorite Things western star border duo (star circle in dark green, with plain circle backing in tan stripes) and PTI sketched shapes (short wide banner.) I used a 3/4" EK Success circle punch to neatly trim off the bottom circle of the shorter strip.
Embroidery floss is DMC 500 (dark green), 738 (medium tan), and 3047 (light tan.)
Embossing folder is The Paper Studio woodgrain.
Sentiment "Miss You" is computer-printed in dark green ink with Rosewood font. It's an all-caps font, so I increased the size of the "M" and "Y" to make them look like capital letters.
The tan color of the sentiment is darkened with E43 Copic marker.
I drew a border on the banner with a ruler and Copic 0.5 olive multiliner.

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." (293)

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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 6, 2013