Blackout Spring Card for Catherine Pooler

Happy Friday! I have another card for you today, featuring the new Party pastel inks from Catherine Pooler, and I'm using the blackout technique as well. Generally, I like to use the blackout technique with smaller images colored with markers but thought I'd try it with images from the CP Ukranian Eggs stamp set. I love the results. Scroll down for creative details and a bit of chit chat, as I tell you what my son had to say about this card! I'll also have affiliate product links at the end of this post if you'd like to browse or shop.

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This is an easy card to make, but a bit time consuming. If you're someone who finds coloring relaxing then you will love this!

 

I started by stamping my eggs randomly all over an A2 sized piece of white mixed media paper. You can also do this on heavy, smooth cardstock. I like the mixed media paper, because it doesn't leave marker streaks. After stamping with the solid egg from the stamp set, I then stamped on top with the same color of ink using the decorative egg stamps.

Next, I stamped the flower images from the stamp set, where there were gaps on the card. I decided to outline them with a black fineliner pen before going in with my black marker. I outlined the circles in the middle of the flowers as well and added more dotted embellishment. I also used a white gel pen on the blackout to give even more embellishment. 

If you're looking for perfection, you won't find it here. I began filling in my empty space with my black Copic marker. This does require some patience as it can be very easy to make a big mistake, if you're going for perfection. Luckily, I am not, haha. 

I decided to throw caution to the wind and ended up with  what I can only describe as wonky flowers. But, guess what? I love it. I really think this gives almost a cartoon effect. In fact, I consulted my know-it-all 22 year old man-child when I was finished, to get confirmation of the cartoon effect. He vehemently denied that it resembled any kind of cartoon image. What does he know, he's not a cardmaker. 

I stand by my initial assessment, haha. To quote an Egyptian Proverb, "A beautiful thing is never perfect". 

Lastly, I did some heat embossing for my sentiment on black cardstock, using one of the sentiments from the stamp set. Easter is coming early this year so you can easily swap out the sentiment. I also trimmed my blackout card panel down just a bit, so I could mount it on an A2 sized piece of black cardstock and adhere it to my A2 white card.

What do you say, cartoon effect? Yay or Nay. I'd love to hear your thoughts. If you disagree with me, I'll still like you, no worries.:)

See you next time!

Terri

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