Lawn Fawn - You Brighten My Life Card

Happy Saturday! Today I wanted to share a card I made for the current Lawnscaping Challenge. They asked for black and white cards with a splash of color and I came up with this idea:

I knew I wanted to do an underwater scene using gray tones instead of blues so I started with a piece of Distress Watercolor Cardstock and a few Distress Inks. With an ink blending tool, I started with Squeezed Lemonade distress ink and created a little circle in the middle. Next I used Pumice Stone Distress Ink to color in all around the circle making sure just to go over the edges of the circle. Then I laid on a wave stencil and used Hickory Smoke Distress Ink color to create the look of ocean waves. Lastly, I took Black Soot Distress Ink and went around all of the edges to give it a bit more depth. Once the piece had dried, I took my distress sprayer and squeezed out a few water droplets. I immediately regretted it and tried to dry it off. I was able to cover most of them up with more distress ink. Lesson learned!

Next I colored each little fish with varying tones of neutral gray Copic markers. Since I knew the little jelly fish was going to be a center light I had to arrange the fish first and color them appropriately so they appeared to be highlighted by the jelly fish. This took a little bit to figure out but I loved the result. I then colored my jelly fish in yellow and orange Copics and covered him in two coats of clear Wink of Stella to ensure he really shined!

Before I adhered the fish, I grabbed a sentiment from another Lawn Fawn set and heat embossed it in white. I also went around the yellow area with more clear Wink of Stella. I really wanted this area to sparkle. I choose to use some multi medium matte to attach the fish so that I had a bit of wiggle room to make sure they were in the correct places. I also wanted to keep them all flat. I popped up the jelly fish with two layers of foam tape and in person this really helps to make him the center of the card. My last step was to adhere the panel to a A2 size black card. Here's a close up:

I just love how the little jelly fish seems to be radiating light! I really had fun staying away from color and loved being challenged to work in just grays. This really helped me to work on my Copic shading technique. I remember a similar exercise we did in the Copic Certification class. 

Be sure to pop over to the Lawnscaping Challenge blog and check out the amazing creations some of the designers came up with. They are awesome! Have a great weekend and I'll be back soon!

Supplies:

Lawn Fawn Set LF15FF TANK YOU Clear Stamps and Dies	Lawn Fawn SO JELLY Clear Stamps LF899	Lawn Fawn LIFE IS GOOD Clear Stamps	*Tim Holtz DISTRESS WATERCOLOR CARDSTOCK Ranger Ink TDA39549
Ranger MINI ROUND INK BLENDING TOOLS IBT40965	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad SQUEEZED LEMONADE Ranger TDP40200	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad PUMICE STONE Ranger TDP40101	RESERVE Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad HICKORY SMOKE Ranger TDP47339
Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad BLACK SOOT Ranger TDP39860	Simon Says Stamp Stencil WAVES ssst121357 This is the Life	Simon Says Stamp Premium Ink Pad INTENSE BLACK Ink065	Brother ScanNCut2 Home and Hobby Cutting Machine with Rhinestone Trial Kit
Tim Holtz DISTRESS SPRAYER Ranger 4 Ounces TDA47414	Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD Watermark VM-001	Hero Arts WHITE EMBOSSING POWDER PW110 Emboss	Stampin' Up Heat Tool
*3M Scotch PINK ATG ADVANCED TAPE GLIDER 1/4"" Adhesive Glue Gun	3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Permanent	Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100# BLACK Black8	Copic Sketch Marker N7 NEUTRAL GRAY NO. 7
Copic Sketch Marker N5 NEUTRAL GRAY NO.5	Copic Sketch Marker N3 NEUTRAL GRAY NO. 3	Copic Sketch Marker N1 NEUTRAL GRAY NO.1	Copic Sketch Marker N0 NEUTRAL GRAY NO. 0
Copic Sketch Marker Y08 ACID YELLOW Bright Bold	Copic Sketch Marker Y13 LEMON YELLOW	Copic Sketch Marker YR04 CHROME ORANGE	*Copic Sketch Marker Y02 CANARY YELLOW Sunshine Cheery Bright
*Copic Sketch COLORLESS BLENDER Marker Blending Dual Tips	Ranger Stickles YELLOW Glitter Glue SGG01942	*ZIG Wink of Stella GLITTER CLEAR Brush Tip Marker 025320

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