Polynesian Paradise

MFT Polynesian Paradise Card

Hello everyone! I'm here today to share a card I made with the Polynesian Paradise stamp set from My Favorite Things. This card is masking and Copic intensive.

Here is the card:

To begin, I took an A2 size piece of Neenah Solar White 80 lb. and stamped the girl in the center of the paper. Then I began stamping the flowers, masking as I went along.

Here is a photo I found online of a beach scene that I used for inspiration:

I wanted to use the sun on the water but I didn't have enough room to play so I focused on the beach instead.

This is how the background looked in the very beginning. I have to admit, sometimes I am intimidated by my ideas but I got there in the end. haha

After I started coloring the girl, I learned a valuable lesson that I had forgotten over the years.. Practicing coloring the image before coloring on the final piece! My coloring skills are a bit rusty. I was going for a nice suntan but she ended up looking like she had a bad sunburn so I colored her multiple times until I was finally happy with the skin tone.

After finishing the Copic coloring, I die cut a piece of Neenah Desert Storm from the larger frame from the Femme Frames set from Mama Elephant and glued it to the card base before adhering the Copic panel.

The final step was fussy cutting and adhering a few of the flowers and adding some sparkle to the pollen and the waist of her skirt with a few of the Wink of Stella colored glitter pens.

Here are a couple more images of the finished card:

Special thanks to my cat for his interest in photography. haha



Thanks for stopping by and have a beautiful day!

In Case You Didn't Know... You Are Amazing

In Case You Didn't Know... You Are Amazing

Hello, friends!

It took me roughly two weeks to remember the email I used to log into my blog. Good grief, after two years of not making a card I almost forgot how to create a blog post. haha

I'm here today to share a card I made for a dear friend, Maggie (@rahzicrafts on IG) on June 1, 2018.

I will be catching up and posting the cards I made recently on my blog over the next several days.


Here is the card:

To start, I cut an A2 size panel out of Neenah Solar White 80 lb card stock and began stamping some images from the My Favorite Things stamp set, You Gnome Me, using Simon Says Stamp Intense Black ink.

I thought it would be fun to use large flowers to make the gnomes appear smaller so I picked the Altenew set, Peony Bouquet. I masked the gnomes and the boot and began stamping the peonies and leaves using Altenew's Jet Black ink. For the top right flower, I used the mini Altenew inks in the colors: Frosty Pink, Coral Berry, and Ruby Red, and for the other two I used Coral Berry, Ruby Red and Grapevine.

For the yellow flowers, I used Altenew ink colors: Warm Sunshine, Caramel Toffee and Paper Bag.

For the leaves, I used Altenew ink colors: Frayed Leaf, Forest Glades and Evergreen.

The sentiment is from the My Favorite Things stamp set, Amazing. I stamped the sentiment using Versafine Onyx Black and heat embossed it with Hero Arts Ultra Fine clear embossing powder.

After sketching out a path for the gnomes and laying down a base for the grass, this is where I stood with the card:

As you can see from this photo, all the gnomes originally had blue hats but seeing as I rarely leave well enough alone, that changes as the card progresses. haha

Next, I finished coloring the road, grass and boot with Copic markers. I didn't want to stamp even more flowers (I was all masked out) so I used my Copics to fill in the blank spaces above the flowers. I also used my Copics to add more depth to the leaves.

I can't tell you how many images of gnomes and their clothing colors I saw before I settled on red, green and blue. While I was coloring, I started thinking about what it would be like if this is how people dressed. What a visual. I should probably start distracting myself with music while coloring. haha

To finish, I colored the gnomes and like the pro I am, I neglected to finish shading their clothing in my haste to finish the card. Nonetheless, I am pleased with how it turned out. :)

Thanks for stopping by!