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March 2025 Procreate Designs

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 ...
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Inspired by Kelly - Two for One Balloon Cards

The inspiration for these cards came from the archives of Kelly Taylor's videos - Layering Balloon Stencil 5 Ways: Birthday Parties.  Knowing I had these stencils in my stash I dug them out and set out to ink blend a few panels.  I wanted to try a couple of the ideas I saw in her videos.  


I ink-blended my balloons using Distress Ink in Villainous Potion, Peacock Feathers, and Cracked Pistachio onto my first panel.  I wanted to add more interest, so I pulled out another stencil and layered it over the second layer of balloons, while the balloon stencil was still in place, and added some tone-on-tone details. 


Once I had a completed panel I wanted a bold sentiment, but instead of adding the sentiment over top of the panel, I opted for a die-cut inlay.  Which left me with the reverse, which I could have tossed or used later.  Instead, I made two cards for the price of one.  


Rense and repeat.  This go round I used Mustard Seed, Peacock Feathers, and Salty Ocean and once again layered my balloons with ink-blended.  Then I took two of the ideas Kelly shared and used them on one panel.  First, I added the black outline to the top layer of balloons before removing the stencil.  After removing the stencil, I added shimmer to the balloons with the thin black outline for even more interest.  


For this version of the die-cut inlay, I left the balloon panel as an A2 size (4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches), to fill the full card front, and cut only the sentiment.  For the reverse card, I used my go-to stitched rectangles to create the black panel.

All of these cards were mounted on white card bases and kept clean and simple.  I felt the balloons were bold enough to carry the cards on their own, with no need for additional embellishments.  


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