White Christmas Card

I've been down and out with sickness ever since Thanksgiving, but I finally feel like creating again! I still have a lingering cough that is driving me nuts and I'm still on meds for that, but I've come a long way, let me tell you. Today's card features Angie Blom Digital Designs and OLO Marker coloring. I actually had a different plan for this card, and I'll tell you about it further down. I think you'll find it very interesting and maybe you'll even identify with what went down, haha!

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But first, let me share some tech stuff. I resized my images in Microsoft Word. If you've never worked with digital images, you'll want to use png files for arranging multiple images. I have another project on my blog that goes into greater detail about creating a scene and moving images around. Check that out here. However, Angie usually offers printables with each collection, so you can also print, color and trim your images to make a card.

I used 2 different Angie Blom collections for this card - Warm & Cozy Holiday Girl (girl, trees, sentiment) and Camping Adventures (thermos). Angie is currently having a year end sale and everything is 50% off! That's a pretty good deal so take advantage of it, particularly since the Warm & Cozy Holiday Girl is a new release. You'll see the discount apply at checkout.

Next, I colored my girl and thermos with my OLO Markers. These are artist markers and I love them so much. I'm also an affiliate for OLO Markers, so if you decide you'd like to make a purchase, I would greatly appreciate it if you shop through the highlighted affiliate links scattered throughout this post.

In case you're wondering, I am not an affiliate for Angie Blom Digital Designs, just a fan of her designs!

I did a little swatching with various colors, to decide which markers I wanted to use. The photo above shows all the markers used on this card and where I used them.

I'll talk more about the coloring in a minute but first let me talk about the plan for this card. The trees in the digital collection I used are solid so they will print in black unless you change the color.

Since I planned to color my trees green, I selected the Picture Tools Format and selected "color" to change my image to a very light gray. I planned to color over the light gray with my green markers. Keep this in mind, that was the plan....green trees, haha. The plan was also to possibly color in some sky for the background.

Once I added all my images and arranged my scene, I decided to color my girls face. Next, I colored her hair, dress, boots, socks, cocoa and thermos. I wanted to color all the smaller images and build from there. However once I finished all those images, I saw this card in an entirely different light.

Suddenly, I wanted her hat, scarf and coat to remain white. I loved how the pops of color enhanced her "winter white coat". I also took another look at the trees and it dawned on me, this would make a really cool winter scene if I left the trees as is. 

With that in mind, I decided to splatter lots of snow around, using white acrylic paint. However, I did use small pieces of masking tape to cover her face and also the sentiment while I proceeded to make a pretty mess.

 

Once I finished splattering paint, I grabbed some iridescent glitter and sprinkled all over the wet paint, tapping off the excess. Unfortunately, the glitter doesn't show in these photos due to my bright light settings, but I will be posting a reel on my Instagram account, so you can see it there. It's so sparkly!

I also used a light gray marker for shading along the bottom of the card to make a snow effect, and also where you see white on the girl and thermos, along the edges and to emphasize curves in the scarf, hat, pockets, etc. on the girl.

I'm also linking my card to these challenges:

Inspired by Challenge - Christmas Picnic

You can choose color, theme or objects, and sketch or photo inspiration. I was inspired by the photo and chose the thermos for my inspiration.

I rarely do minimalist coloring on cards but  I absolutely loved how this turned out. This would be my ideal White Christmas! I hope you like my card, let me know in the comments. Have a great weekend!

Terri

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