A creative crafting community like ours is bound to come up with some crazy ideas, and Pepita (IG: @pepitahasenkeks<\/a><\/span>), on Instagram, has launched a super fun wave of “melonizing” stamps. I’ve jumped onto the melonizing band wagon with some of my favorite roly poly dogs (of course, I had to try this new coloring technique\/theme with dogs)!<\/p>\n

<\/a>I first made a card using the pup from Paper Smooches’ “Chubby Chums” stamp set<\/a><\/span>. I thought I could stamp a background with the pup and leave all but one of them in their simple stamped state. The one chosen pup, I melonized with the following Copic colors, and added a hand written sentiment\u00a0with a white Stabilo Uniball pen that reads, “You’re One In A Melon!” This is for a friend who has a winter birthday and is turning\u00a060 soon, but really likes the summer (especially summer fruits).<\/p>\n

Green rind: G29, 17, 12, and 40
\nRed watermelon: R20, 22, 24 and 37 (for the tongue)<\/p>\n

To help blend the light green and pale pink, I used the 0 blender, and I drew in the seeds with a 0.1 Copic multi-liner pen. \u00a0I also used a black Sakura Glaze pen on the nose and paw pads of all the dogs on the second card. I thought that without the eyes open on these pups, they needed a little more of a shine element to help them pop a bit.<\/p>\n

<\/a>I made the second card using one of the pups (the one that most looked like a collie to me) from The Greeting Farm’s “Lucky Dogs” stamp set<\/a><\/span> (this is a new-to-me set I picked up during The Greeting Farm’s last Farmer’s Market Sale). I used the same Copic colors, and hand wrote, “Don’t Be Melon-Collie” for the sentiment. This card will be sent to a friend who is having a really rough time lately, and I hope it will cheer him up (or at least bring a smile to his face).<\/p>\n

I know these are simple silly cards, and I think that is one of the beauties of paper crafting. We paper crafters can brighten someone’s day by creating a simple silly thing and sending a little happy snail mail. I love this avocation. Thanks for spending a little time with me today! Big hugs, Kristina<\/p>\n

The following is an easy-to-follow repeat stamping technique tutorial with lots of stamping tips and tricks to create these types of backgrounds on cards:<\/p>\n