Oh I love the spring — all the cheery bright and pastel colors — and how the earth seems to come back to life after being dormant through the winter. My parents’ wedding anniversary is in mid-April so I thought I would get ahead of the curve (that almost never happens!) and make them a card early.
I stamped out a prince and princess from The Greeting Farm Ever After collection using My Favorite Things black licorice ink, picking the flirty Leonard to represent my dad and the short wavy-haired Sheena to represent my mom. I used the following Copic colors to put them in aqua, teal, and pink outfits:
Leonard: Skin: E50, 51, 11 and R30; Cape and belt: B000, 01 and 02; Shirt and pants: G000, BG10 and BG13; Hair and shoes: C2, C6, C8 and B000
Sheena: Skin: E50, 51, 11 and R20; Dress and headband: R30, 20, 32
I fussy cut them out and then worked on creating an interesting and dimensional base for them to pop up from. I used a Simon Says Stamp stitched rectangle square die to cut a white base, then designed a “stripe” made from white crepe paper streamers that I box pleated, a little pom pom trim and a few mulberry paper flowers. I made sure to position the little boy and girl before adding the flowers, using double layers of foam adhesive to get them level with all the trimmings.
I wanted to keep the card base all white so that the attention would go to the little prince and princess so I triple die cut the “happy anniversary” sentiment from the Sizzix Celebrate Thinlit dies in white card stock and glued them one on top of the other to achieve a good thickness. I adhered them at an angle because the words seemed to fit that way better.
For the inside of the card, I used pale pink card stock for the liner sheet and the “Dreams Do Come True” sentiment from the stamp set. Then because I didn’t wait for the ink to fully dry, I got some smudges that I had to cover up. Luckily, I had a scrap of beautiful cherry blossom (my mom’s favorite flower) pattered paper to I was able to fussy cut out a few branches and flowers to add wonderful interest and cover up the smears. I liked the card much more with these flowers, so in a way I’m glad the smudges got me to dig into my scrap box for these last minute additions!
The following is a process video with some skin and hair Copic coloring details:
This card is being entered into the following challenges:
MarkerPOP Spring Challenge
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge
Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday Pastel Challenge
Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge
Farm Fresh Challenge – Bloom Where You Are Planted!
Card Mania Spring Challenge
Whimsy Stamps Spring Colors Challenge
Craft Your Passion Anything Goes Challenge
Crafty Girls Creations Anything Goes Challenge
MFT Card Sketch #274 Challenge
The images are so regal, and the layered sentiment casts a bit of shadow. Thank you so much for entering your creative and beautiful art in our challenge at Word Art Wednesday.
Blessings, Carole
DT Member
Thank you so much Carole! It was fun to make this little prince and princess into my parents. LOL TF stopping by and leaving such a kind and encouraging comment! Hugs, Kristina
this is gorgoeus, your coloring is amazing! I am so glad you played along with us at simon says stamp Wednesday challenge!
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sparkle & shine, kindness *~*
Thanks so much Teresa! I really had fun coloring up these cutie patooties from The Greeting Farm. LOL tf stopping by and taking the time to leave such a kind comment. Hugs, Kristina
A gorgeous card,a lovely design with such a beautiful imagesn- wonderful colouring and a super sentiment and lovely details!!
Hugs
Heather xx
Thanks so much for joining us with Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.
Thankyou so much Heather! I really appreciate you stopping by and leaving such a sweet comment! Big hugs, Kristina
What an adorable couple!! I love it!! Thanks for joining us at TGF!
Thanks so much Rachel! They came out so cute and so much like my parents! 🙂 TF stopping by! Hugs, Kristina
Thank you so much Rachel! I am really hoping my parents like the card. Those princes and princesses are so cute!
It’s so cute 🙂
Thank you for playing with us at CardMania Challenges 🙂
Thank you so much for stopping by! It was a super fun card to make. 🙂
Thank you so much! It was fun making this card!
Stunning card! Great colouring! Thanks for playing with us at Craft Your Passion.
Good Luck
Jenna, DT
Jenna’s Design
Thanks so much Jenna! I really appreciate you taking the time to stop by and leave a comment! Hugs, Kristina
Thank you so much Jenna! It was really fun coloring up these TGF cuties. 🙂 tfstopping by! Hugs, Kristina
This is adorable! I bet your parents love this card.
I don’t know anyone that wouldn’t love this card! Beautiful!!
Happy Anniversary to your parents.
xo Nana
Oh thanks so much April! That is such a sweet thing to say! You’ve made my day! TF stopping by! Hugs Kristina