I was so excited and honored when Justine Hovey<\/a><\/span><\/span> asked me to do a collaboration with her on YT. She is so talented and creative! We decided to demo no line Copic coloring (a first for me!), and I chose to do mine on one of the latest release Gorjuss Girls called “The Owl.”<\/p>\n

<\/a>My mother asked me to make a graduation card for my niece, who is graduating high school next week, and I thought this little girl trying to fly using two large feathers was the perfect image. The inside sentiment ties the design of the project to the graduation theme nicely. I also decided to make this into a shaker card, because, well, who doesn’t like a shaker?! \ud83d\ude00 \u00a0It’s one of my favorite techniques. LOL<\/p>\n

I stamped the image with Tsukineko Memento Ink in Desert Sand<\/a><\/span><\/span>, and then used the following Copic colors:
\nHair: B00, C5, C7, and C9
\nSkin: E50, 51 and 53 with R30 blush
\nFeathers: B00, B01, B04, BG13 and BG18 with White Sakura Gelly Roll Pen<\/a><\/span><\/span>\u00a0dotting and Clear Wink of Stella for shine
\nSkirt of Dress: Boo, 01 and 04 with White Sakura Gelly Roll Pen<\/a><\/span><\/span>\u00a0highlights
\nBodice of Dress and Boots: Boo, BG13 and BG18
\nHearts: R32 with Ranger Tickled Pink Stickles<\/a><\/span><\/span> over top for sparkle
\nOwl: E53, 55, 57 and 59
\nStriped Stockings: C1, 3 and 5<\/p>\n

<\/a>The biggest difference that I found with no line coloring and regular coloring is that this is a little less forgiving. It’s amazing how that thin stamped black line creates a buffer for coloring oopsies. \u00a0Also, for parts of stamped images that you want showing up, you have to go back with a thin marker to redraw them in. I actually made this little girl’s eyes bigger\u00a0when I drew them back in with a\u00a00.03 point pen from a\u00a0Copic Multiliner Fine Pigment Ink Pen Set<\/a><\/span><\/span>. \u00a0While I love Gorjuss Girls I do find that their eyes are a bit small for the head\/body proportions.<\/p>\n

The attached video includes the process of coloring and assembling the card, so rather than be repetitive I’ll just include the materials I used\u00a0here: the 9th and 10th circles from the Diemond Dies Circle Nesting Die Set<\/a><\/span>, the 7th largest Diemond Dies Scalloped Circle Nesting Die Set<\/a><\/span><\/span>, the “Dream” die from the\u00a0Little Yellow Bicycle Hope Dream Believe Scripted Die Set<\/a><\/span><\/span>, Tsukineko VersaMark Ink<\/a><\/span><\/span>, Recollections Sparkle Embossing Powder in Opaque Bling, Pebbles “Sunny Side Paper<\/a><\/span>, Studio Calico Wood Veneer Birds<\/a><\/span><\/span> (which I sprayed with Heidi Swapp Color Shine sprays in Mustard<\/a><\/span><\/span> and Primrose<\/a><\/span><\/span> before adding them as shaker pieces), Jillibean Soup Teal Bakers Twine<\/a><\/span><\/span>, buttons and sequins from my stash, and Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Inks in Tumbled Glass, Broken China and Salty Ocean<\/a><\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n

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I hope you enjoy this\u00a0process video (it’s a long one, but I figured\u00a0folks short on time\u00a0can skip ahead when they want to and other folks might want to see the whole process):<\/p>\n