Hi Friends! We’re super excited to have Samantha Pfrimmer Guest Designing for us today!

She wanted her card to be a one-layer card so she first started her scene by stamping out the images from Rock Climbing onto masking paper and fussy cutting each image along the black lines.   Starting a one layer card by first making masks makes it easier to arrange your images when designing your layout before stamping!

Once the masks were finished, she grabbed an A2-sized panel of Copic Xpress It cardstock and stamped out her scene.  She first stamped out the foreground images, applied the masks, and then stamped the background images before masking the whole scene. 

She also wanted to create a hand drawn frame around her design so using masking tape, she created a border around her stamped images and then carefully hand drew a border along the masking tape using a black fine-liner pen. 

Since this was to be an encouragement card, she wanted to show the featured rock climber image leaving a space that was all grayscale and moving into a place of full color.   To do this, she used a sunray stencil and ink blended using Distress Oxide inks: Squeezed Lemonade, Dried Marigold, and Saltwater Taffy.   Once completed the ink blending, she removed the masks and moved onto coloring with Copic Markers.

She used her stencil as a guide and color the open areas first using bright colors.   Once the colorful portions were complete, she removed the stencil and finished the scene using warm grays. 

To finish, she stamped a heart warming sentiment from the Rock Climbing set.

We hope this card will inspire you to play with color. Thanks for stopping by! Thanks so much Samantha for Guest Designing for us today!

Sharon for Penguin Palace