Its April which means its time for a new challenge over at The Flower Challenge! This is the challenge that celebrates cards using floral images. Our challenge for April is …..
Our Guest Designer this month is Trina P from Phamtasticdesign our October winner. Do check out her blog if you have a minute as she makes such fabulous cards. We also have a sponsor this month, Bugaboo Stamps who will be giving a $12 gift code to our winner, (approx 4 digital stamps). They have a variety of beautiful and fun digital stamps!
For my card today I’m using Bugaboo 4 Block Tulip Square. I printed it out on Copic friendly paper and printed it so that the 2 blocks would measure around 3 7/8 x 8 7/8.
Once I printed my image, I used Copics to color it up. Here are my color combos just in case:
Flower – V0000, V01, V12, V04, V15, V17
Large leaves – YG01, YG03, G07, G09, G14
Smaller leaves – BG10, BG11, BG32, BG34, BG49
Lady Bug – R22, R24, R27, R29
Gray Shading – C1, C3, C5, C7
Yellow Background – Y000, Y00, Y02, Y15, Y19
Once I was done using my Copics, I used colored pencils for addition shading and details along with white gel pen and a black pen.
I cut the squares down and attached it to a black card base and traced the squares with white gel pen to add a little more detail.
I used a die from the Classic Word set from Pinkfresh and layered green glitter paper over vellum back to finish my card.
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you get a chance to check out the inspiration from the other design team members. Stay safe and healthy!
Supplies
*Listed below are the products I used and contain affiliate links when possible at no cost to you. Thank you for your support! All products were personally purchased by me or provided by companies I design for.
 Hammermill Paper, Color Copy Digital, 28lb Shop at: AZ |
 Double Sided Tape Shop at: TP | CSS |
 Copic Sketch Markers Shop at: EH | Blk | CSS |
 COPIC Multiliner Set Fine, Black, 4pc Shop at: EH |
 Ranger White Pen Shop at: EH|RN |
 Faber Castell Polychromos Color Pencil Set – Tin of 120 Shop at: Blk | AZ |
 Sizzix – Big Shot Machine Shop at: EH | SC | Blk | AZ |
 Tonic Studios – Tim Holtz – Glass Media Mat Shop at: EH | SC | AZ |
This is so gorgeous 😍😍😍
Thank you so much! It was so fun to color.
I love your card and the bright bold colors you used. Putting them on a black background really makes them stand out. Great job!
Thank you so much! It’s such a fun image to color!
How wonderful your masterpiece is! Love it!
Thank you so much Donna!
It’s a great idea to use only two blocks to make it a slimline card, Ericka! Awesome coloring as always!!!
Lovely bright colours again Ericka, love huow yo enlarged the image too…inspired. Stay safe 😉 hugs Viv xx
Love the vibrancy of your colours on this amazing bold cheerful card xx
Thank you so much Hilary!
WOW!! Your coloring on this is amazing!! I LOVE the shading you can get. This is a piece of art!!
Thank you so much it was such a fun image to color up.
This is so you, Ericka, zooming in on the flower and coloring it with bright colors. It looks fabulous.
holy cow….stunning…amazing…what can I say!!
xx Karen