… like a spark dropped from the sun

Sharing a birthday card featuring the super sweet Dandy Lion from Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps.

Loved colouring up this beauty.  I did her in the no lines technique using my NBUS Simon Says Stamp! Barely Beige ink.  I am so sold on this ink colour for no lines, it works way better than the previous colour I was using.  After I finished colouring the image I restamped just her skirt and hair ties and the dandelion in her hand in embossing ink then added in some white embossing powder.  With a bit of sparkle from a Wink of Stella pen and her eyelashes drawn back in with a Copic Multiliner my Dandy Lion was done.  She looked a bit plain on a white background though so I gave her a background with my PanPastels.

I’ve kept this card pretty CAS so I could play along in two different challenges.  Over at CAS on Friday they want you to use markers or pencils on your card.  I got my Copics out to colour the gorgeous image and also used them to colour up the fabby ‘wishes’ chippie from Make it Crafty.  And at Always Happy Birthday they want to see a CAS birthday card.

The card looked a bit like it needed something but not too much of anything to keep it CAS.  When I saw the current theme at Southern Girls was round and round the Mulberry Bush (use round embellies) it made me think of my sequins so I added some to mimic the petals of the dandelion.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E000, E00, E11, E21 (E02 cheeks)

Eyes BG000, BG01, B05

Lips R46, R56, R59

Hair E23, E25, E27, E29

Outfit BG70, BG72, C1, YG91, YG93, YG95, YG97, YR23

Chalks & Powders etc

Stampendous! Embossing Powder ~ Detail White

Embellishments

Make it Crafty Chipboards Layered Words ~ 3'' Wishes

Sequins from stash

Inks & Paints etc

Copic Multiliner ~ 0.05 Black

DecoColor Opaque Paint Marker ~ White

PanPastel ~ Ultramarine Blue Shade & Ultramarine Blue Tint

Simon Says Stamp! ~ Barely Beige

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Embossing

Wink of Stella ~ Glitter Clear

Papers

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock ~ Marshmallow

Bazzill Monochromatic Cardstock ~ North Sea

Moxxie Winterland ~ Slip Slidin’

Stamps

Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps ~ Dandy Lion

Challenges

CAS Birthday

CAS on Friday #125 ~ Colour me pretty: Use markers or pencils on your card

Southern Girls #177 ~ Round and Round the Mulberry Bush

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