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 ...
Can we take a minute and talk about this beautiful color? I only have it in the Distress Ink pad, but the color is amazing. It's the perfect red-orange! Not quite orange, not really red. On this card, I combined it with Forest Moss and Gathered Twiggs to build the background. The end result was such a perfect fall color scheme or manly. We all struggle with masculine cards, and I've been working to build more into my card making repertoire. These colors seemed perfect for that.
I love a good happy accident. I stamped the lantern in VersaMark ink, shook on some black embossing powder, and tapped it off. I thought the background was dry and I forgot to use my embossing powder tool. I ended up with various dots of embossing powder all over my background. I opted to just leave it, the end result was added some cool spots of texture.
I went in with a bit more of the Forest Moss to color the lantern, added some Wild Honey to the glob for an effect of fire, and added a few red highlights to parts of the lantern with the Crackling Campfire. To finish the image I used a glaze pen on the glob and red highlights to give the look of glass and enameled parts. The card was completed with a black mat and adhered to a kraft card base.
Market Place: Available at Smiling Moose, Delta Junction, AK
Technique: Distress Inking, Stamping, Heat Embossing, Watercolor
Additional Supplies: Tim Holtz Christmas Blueprints 5
Supplies Used with Affiliate Links:
 Ranger Ink - Tim Holtz - Distress Oxides Ink Pads - Wild Honey Shop at: SSS | SBC |
 Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad CRACKLING CAMPFIRE Shop at: SSS | SBC |
 Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad FOREST MOSS Shop at: SSS | SBC |
 Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad GATHERED TWIGS Shop at: SSS | SBC |
 WOW Embossing Powder PRIMARY EBONY REGULAR Shop at: SSS |
 Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD Watermark Shop at: SSS | SBC |
 Sakura CLEAR Pen 2 Pack Shop at: SSS |
 Canson XL Watercolor Pad, 9"X12" Fold Over Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 Simon Says Clear Stamps ORNATE ORNAMENTS Shop at: SSS |
 Fiskars PREMIUM CUT LINE Paper Trimmer 12 Inches Shop at: SSS | SBC | AZ | MFT |
 Kokuyo Tape Glue Dot Liner Long tape, Refill cartridge 5 Pack, Shop at: SSS | SBC | AZ | MFT |
 Kokuyo Tape Glue Dot Liner Long-Blue Shop at: SSS | SBC | AZ | MFT |
 Tim Holtz Tonic GLASS MEDIA MAT Shop at: SSS | SBC | AZ |
 Tim Holtz Tonic TRAVEL GLASS MEDIA MAT Shop at: SSS | SBC | AZ |
 Clear Double Sided Adhesive Roll - 1/4 Inch x 81 Feet Shop at: SBC |
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