Sunday, June 22, 2025

Cast A Spell for the Paper Players

Hello friends!  It's Sunday and we have a new challenge at the Paper Players.  This week, the amazing Elizabeth is hosting our sketch challenge and asking everyone to make a true one-layer card.  That's right, no layers allowed.


Since this is sketch week and not CAS week, the design I came up with is definitely not clean, although technically it is pretty simple.  Let's take a look!


Colorful, yes?  Also, cute, right?  I adore so many of the stamps from Whimsy Stamps, but especially this wizard with his little dragon and the cute frog!!  

Anyway, I started with a white card base and since I needed a landscape layout, it became a sidefold.  After stamping and masking the images, I opened the card, laid it flat and taped off the back so I could ink blend on the front, using Distress inks in green, blue and purple.


Next, the masks were removed and I colored the images with Copic markers.  I did lean on a couple of samples by amazing Jennifer Dove on the web site, for shading ideas.  Once the coloring was done, I put the masks back over the images, then splattered the background using a paint brush dipped in an iridescent spray.  

I love how this turned out.  The funny thing is that cutting out the masks was some of the most time-consuming things about the card.


Thank you so much for stopping by.  My fabulously talented teammates have lots of wonderful cards for your inspiration, so I encourage you to visit the blog before heading off to your crafty space.  The challenge will be open until 3pm EDT Friday, June 27th.  I hope to see your card in the gallery! 

Take care!

Stef

  • Whimsy Stamps Cast a Spell and Create Magic stamp sets
  • Hero Arts White Iridescent spray
  • Chipped Sapphire, Wilted Violet and Twisted Citron Distress inks
  • Copics:  Hats and robe - B39, 37, 34, 32, Y15, T4, 2, 0; Beard - C03, 01, 0; Wand - E77, 74, 71, YG67, 17, 05, 01; Book/Shoes - E79, 77, 74, 71; Dragon - V09, 06, 04, 01, YG05, Y15; Frog - YG67, 17, 05, 01, T2, 0

6 comments:

ElizStewart said...

Stef... you took get inky to heart! Love the COLOR! and so adorable!

LeAnne said...

Wowza, this is fabulous! Love these fun images and your coloring is simply amazing! One layer, but oh-so-detailed!

Jan Clothier said...

WOW! With such amazing use of colour, it's hard to think of this as a one-layer card! It's just sooooo gorgeous!

Lisa Elton said...

No matter the recipient... their day will be magical upon opening this adorable card!

Joanne James - The Crafty Owl said...

Just fabulous Stef! The depth of colour in those fun images and the ink blended background makes you forget it's a one layer card. Magical indeed!

Ann Schach said...

What a fun card, Stef! This is such a cute image. I love the sentiment. Of course, the background is blended to perfection and your coloring is spot-on, as always! This is going to make the lucky person to receive this card very happy!