I fell in love with this super cute Stamping Bella “Maisy an Madeline Have Some Tea” stamp the minute I laid eyes on it, but this is the first time I’ve had a chance to color it up. So I wanted to give it a special coloring treatment and send it to a best girlfriend with whom I used to love getting coffee (sadly we don’t live in the same city anymore so we do virtual coffee time together by video call about once every couple of months).
I first stamped out the image with Versafine Black Onyx Ink and colored it up with the following Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers:
Background: Light Blue (036) and my waterbrush was fortuitously still dirty with yellow ink from a prior project so there is a beautiful blue-to-yellow ombre glow around the image too.
Table: Oatmeal (064), Beige (072), and Dark Oatmeal (066)
Mice: Pale Pink (028) (inside ears), Oatmeal (064), Beige (072), and Dark Oatmeal (066)
Leaves: Lemon Yellow, Light Green (041), Green (040)
Yellow flower centers and yellow of teacup and saucer: Lemon Yellow (051), Yellow (050) and Bright Yellow (052)
Red flower petals and teacup polka dots and saucer: Bright Yellow (052) and Geranium Red (029)
Then for more detailed nooks and cranny and highlights coloring I used the Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils over top:
Background: Canary Yellow (916), Electric Blue (1040), and China Blue (1100)
Table: 90% Cool Grey (1067)
Mice: Blush Pink (928) and White (938)
Leaves: Canary Yellow (916)
Yellow of teacup and saucer: Canary Yellow (916), Yellowed Orange (1002), Tuscan Red (937) (shadowed areas), and White (938) (highlight areas)
Flower petals and red of saucer: Crimson Lake (925) and Tuscan Red (937)
I had so much fun experimenting with this coloring, and I didn’t want to distract too much from the final image, so I kept the rest of the card simple. I die cut the image using the fourth largest Diemond Dies Cross Stitched Circles Die Set (NOTE: My readers can get 10% off and FREE worldwide shipping on all orders of $35 or more at Diemond Dies by using the coupon code: thankskristina).
For the layer underneath, I cut a rectangle of white card stock and ran it through my Big Shot with the heart embossing folder from the We R Memory Keepers Next Level Dotted Set. I also rounded the upper left and lower right corners with a We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper for a little added interest. For a tiny bit of dimension, I added a sheet of fun foam under this layer before adhering it to my standard A2 size card base.
For the sentiment, I decided to use the Neat & Tangled Celebrate Word Die, which I cut out of card stock 3 times and stacked together for a little thickness and stability. I colored it ombre similar to the colors I used in the image background and then glued it overlapping the lower part of the lower part of the image. To continue with the sentiment idea, I stamped out the sentiment from the stamp set that reads, “enjoy the little things” on the pale blue-green inside liner sheet. I also re-stamped just the two mice peeking over the teacup on the lower right of the liner sheet to add their sweet little visages again.
The following is a coloring process video:
Disclosure: Many of the supplies I’ve used for today’s project are linked. Some may be affiliate links, which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support toward the costs of running this blog!
This card is being entered into the following challenges:
CAS-ual More Coffee Please Challenge – WINNER
Creatalicious Anything Goes with Optional Cute Challenge
Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge
Crafty Gals Corner Anything Goes Challenge
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Anything Goes Challenge
Fab ‘n’ Funky Girly Challenge
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Add a Sentiment Challenge
Addicted to CAS #128 Ombre Challenge
MFT Color Challenge #85
your card is adorable and the coloring is awesome. Thanks for sharing your coloring technique. I will be ordering those Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. You make the coloring look so easy. Thanks for joining us at the Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenges for our latest challenge. {Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenges}Good luck and join us again soon. Hugs, Barbara
Thanks so much Barbara! I LOVE these Zig markers. As compared to Distress Markers, which I also have, these have a much finer point for me. 🙂
Very sweet image and awesome coloring. Love the diecut sentiment. Perfect for our challenge at Time Out. Thanks for joining us.
Thanks so much Stephanie! It was really fun to design this. 🙂
Great card, love the super cute image and your coloring. Thanks for sharing your creation with us at Creatalicious. We hope to see you back again.
Thanks so much for the kind and encouraging words!
Your coloring is awesome! What a sweet card, so cute! Thanks for sharing with us at Word Art Wednesday.
Awww thanks so much Natalie! It was fun playing with some new coloring techniques. 🙂
Stunning colouring of this image. I love your skill.
Awww thanks so much Aileen! I had fun trying some new coloring techniques. 🙂
Fab card. Awesome colouring.
Thanks for sharing at FabNFunky.
Susan
Thanks so much for taking the time to leave a sweet and encouraging comment, Susan!
This card is so cute! I really love what you did with the background and the coloring.
Awww thanks so much Sue! I am really enjoying adding color pencil details like in that background. 🙂
Amazing colouring. Gorgeous card. Thank you very much for playing along Simon Says Stamp Add a Sentiment Challenge. Gayatri xx
Awww thanks so much Gayatri! It was fun to design this card. 🙂
Super cute!!! Thank you for joining us at Creatalicious, good luck!!! Amy DT
Thanks so much Amy!
This is so cute! Such a sweet and happy card!
Thank you Victoria! You are so sweet to leave all this crafty love!
Awesome colouring!! Thanks for playing along with us at CAS-ual Fridays Challenge for our “More Coffee Please” challenge 🙂
Thanks so much Michelle! I am thrilled that this card was picked as one of the favorites!
SOOOOOO cute!! Your coloring is awesome and I love that sentiment on the inside – so true!
Thanks so much Susan! This was really fun to color up. 🙂
A wonderful card!
Thank you soo much for taking part in our “anything goes with optional cute” challenge over at Creatalicious & good luck in the draw.
Hope to see you again in our new challenge as well…
Hugs,
Melanie
(DT-Coordinator Creatalicious Challenges)
(DT Crafty Friends)
(DT The Sketchy Challenges)
(DT Stempel-Magie)
PS: Sorry for the late comment, life had been very busy these past weeks…