After yesterdays more complicated flip it card, I thought I would go to the other extreme and try a single layer card. I purchased this adorable Paper Smooches “Chubby Chums” stamp set about a year ago (I HAD to have it! \u00a0It is so stinkin’ cute!), and I am embarrassed to say that this is the first time I have inked them up. Better late than never, right?!<\/p>\n

I decided to create a bouquet of balloon animals that are\u00a0flying through the air, trying to\u00a0carry along a girl from the Mama Elephant “In My Heart” stamp set–think of Russell, the little boy from the movie “Up!” that was traveling by a house carried along by a slew of balloons. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

To create the balloon bouquet, I created a post-it note mask for each\u00a0chubby chum. After stamping each one on the card base, I placed the mask on top before stamping the the next chubby chum\u00a0so that I could make them appear as though some of them were in front of others. As I imagined these balloons to be made of mylar rather than rubber, I did not try to create a translucent look.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Then with a Copic multi-liner pen, I drew in the mouth of each balloon and used a ruler to draw the strings from the balloons to the little girl’s outstretched hands.<\/p>\n

I used the following Copic colors for each of the animals and for the girl:
\nGirl’s hair: B01, C7 and C9
\nGirl’s Skin: E000, 00, 11 and R20
\nGirl’s Dress: R22, 24 and 29 with C1 for the white collar and lace trim
\nChick: Y11, 15, 17 and E15
\nCow: W1, W3, 0 and R30 for ears
\nCat: E31, 33, 37, 97 and R20 for nose
\nOwl: BG10, 32, 23, 45, 49 and E97 and 33 for beak and feet
\nDog: RV52, 55, 66
\nI also added highlights with a white Sakura Gelly Roll Pen and put a coat of Glossy Accents over the whole lot of balloons.<\/p>\n

To create a look of a sky filled with puffy clouds,\u00a0I sketched out a row of different sized arches onto some scrap card stock and hand cut it out. This was the mask I used to ink around using Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Tumbled Glass. For the grassy hill, I lightly drew in a hill with a pencil and colored and drew in grass with Copic colors: YG03, 07 and 09.<\/p>\n

The following is a process video for creating this card:<\/p>\n