Looking back on the art I’ve been making for the past few months I’ve done quite a bit of digital work. I started really delving into Procreate when we went on Vacation earlier this year, and I haven’t stopped exploring the possibilities since. While planning for our vacation in late February and early March of his year I opted to take only my camera and iPad. No knitting, no sketch book, no art supplies. This was the first time I’d ever taken only my iPad, with the intent of creating art while on a vacation. I had a plan to limit my supplies and challenge myself to only using procreate. My plan worked, I learned a lot about procreate and I enjoyed to process. The biggest thing I learned was how very freeing being able to sit on the couch or the porch at night with just an iPad and a pencil was. There was no figuring out where to put supplies, or how to juggle a sketchbook on my lap, or being confined to the table. The other bonus ...
I won't lie this was out of my comfort zone and was really time-consuming, but I loved making it. There will be more cards like this in the future. Let's talk about what I did.
I started with Bristol Smooth Paper and built a bouquet using VersaFine black ink and stamps from Tim Holtz's Flower Garden stamps and a leaf stamp from a discontinued set of See-D's Stamps.
I took my Inktense pencils and added a few lines of color to the leaves using the Leaf green and Apple Green for the perfect shade.
I used the same method for the flowers, working with Fuchsia and Poppy Red, working with one flower at a time. The curled edges of the flower are colored using just the Fuchsia. I had to use two layers of color to create the deep intensity. I also used Sun Yellow to put the spots of yellow on the stamens.
Once the piece was dry I took a Micron 01 to outline the flowers and the leaves, which brought back the intensity of the black outline. I don't usually do this, but felt this card needed this extra touch.
The centers of the flowers needed to be outlined with a Micron 005 to keep the fine details. This really made the middle pop.
After I outlined everything I used a stamp from the Momma Elephant Pretty Peonies stamp set and the Mother stamp from an older discontinued stamp set from Impression Obsession, to create the greeting. The "Wishing you a beautiful day" is all one line, but I broke it up using the post-it note trick to block off sections of the stamp while inking. I used a Sakura Clear Glaze pen and put a dot on each of the yellow stamens, which doesn't really show up in the pics. In real life, it really adds a lot of interest to the card.
I took my Inktense pencils and added a few lines of color to the leaves using the Leaf green and Apple Green for the perfect shade.
I used the same method for the flowers, working with Fuchsia and Poppy Red, working with one flower at a time. The curled edges of the flower are colored using just the Fuchsia. I had to use two layers of color to create the deep intensity. I also used Sun Yellow to put the spots of yellow on the stamens.
Once the piece was dry I took a Micron 01 to outline the flowers and the leaves, which brought back the intensity of the black outline. I don't usually do this, but felt this card needed this extra touch.
The centers of the flowers needed to be outlined with a Micron 005 to keep the fine details. This really made the middle pop.
After I outlined everything I used a stamp from the Momma Elephant Pretty Peonies stamp set and the Mother stamp from an older discontinued stamp set from Impression Obsession, to create the greeting. The "Wishing you a beautiful day" is all one line, but I broke it up using the post-it note trick to block off sections of the stamp while inking. I used a Sakura Clear Glaze pen and put a dot on each of the yellow stamens, which doesn't really show up in the pics. In real life, it really adds a lot of interest to the card.
For the finishing touches, I added some jewels using Multi Medium Matte. I picked up these jewels at a local scrapbook store when I was home in November. I really love how this card turned out.
Links to Products Used:
 Kokuyo Tape Glue Dot Liner Long tape, Refill cartridge 5 Pack, AZ | SSS |
 Kokuyo Tape Glue Dot Liner Long-Blue AZ | SSS |
 Ranger Ink - Multi Medium - Matte - .5 Ounce SB | AZ | SSS |
 Tsukineko VersaFine Pigment Ink Pad - Onyx Black AZ | SSS |
 Derwent 12 INKTENSE COLORED PENCILS Watercolor SB | AZ | SSS |
 Sakura CLEAR Pen 2 Pack SSS |
 Sakura MICRON BLACK PIGMA PENS 8 Pack SSS |
 Strathmore - 9 x 12 Bristol Smooth Paper Pad - 20 Sheets SB | AZ | SSS | MFT |
 Mama Elephan Pretty Peonies SSS | EH |
 Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamps FLOWER GARDEN SSS |
 Faber-Castell COLLAPSIBLE WATER CUP SSS |
 Faber-Castell COLLAPSIBLE WATER CUP SB | AZ | SSS |
 Martha Stewart MEDIUM FOOTED STAMP MOUNT SSS |
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