Hey my bloggy friends! Are you ready for a fabulous sketch? I found an awesome sketch blog and I had to enter their cool challenge. The blog is called Retro Sketches (CLICK HERE) and I LOVED the layout for this week. This one is going in the repertoire for sure. A perfect clean and simple design…
I have had this adorable Hey Pumpkin stamp set from Simon Says Stamp on my work table for a couple of weeks and wanted to ink and color it. It worked perfectly! A sweet halloween card! I colored a second one so I could give you a tutorial on coloring pumpkins with your Copic markers too. Thank goodness it's Friday and I hope you have a wonderful Autumn weekend!
Here's my card! EEP! That stamp set is so cute! This is Kristina Werner's cat Mannie, and I'm sure a lot of you know him already!
Here's the sketch:
Isn't that crisp black nice against the gingham? Can't go wrong with a traditional halloween color scheme. I fought the urge to add glitter…. That was hard!
I popped the top panel up on some foam tape. I also trimmed my image and popped that up too for some added dimension and shadow. These glossy dots are a nice alternative to gems….
Here are all my supplies:
And my Copic Palette for this project….
I did a step by step tutorial for you on how I color pumpkins with my Copic markers. First I start with a super light orange YR01 and feather in the color from the top and the bottom, making sure to leave some white space in the center.
Next, i went over the same area with a slightly darker orange, YR04, feathering the color in a bit less than the other color.
I did the next two colors the exact same way. Adding less and less of the darker colors to give some depth and contrast. I also went over the lines of the pumpkin with the darkest color.
As the last step, I added a mid tone yellow color, Y15 to make the pumpkin warm and glowy. This is always a matter of preference and personal taste so there is no right or wrong way to color! The only rule is to…HAVE FUN!
After I had all my coloring done, I added my jack-o-lantern face with dark rich StazOn ink. This way it really pops!
Thank you to the lovely ladies over at Retro Sketches blog for the great idea for today's card. Take care, until we meet again! Mwah!
Comments
8 responses to “Hey Pumpkin! Retro Sketches #83!”
Fabulous card Wanda, and a great tutorial–thanks so much.
SOOOOO in LOVE with this card…so sweet love this stamp ..and others too with this cute cat…Stunning coloring and a great tutorial Wanda!
So so cute! Love the grey kitty…like mine! 😉 Happy Halloween and NCMD! 🙂
What a neat sketch! Love the pumpkin tutorial. Must try it!
That stamp set is adorable and your card is super-duper adorable!! Thanks for the coloring lesson! You are an inspiration!
Ooh, I love that unique sketch and LOVE your take on it, Wanda! So crisp and clean and graphic with the black and white, and so perfectly Halloween with the orange gingham. And thanks so much for sharing your coloring technique. Adorable!
What a neat sketch design. I love the SSS stamp set. I know I bought that this year so now I’m going to have to hunt him down.
Soo CUTE Wanda!! LOVE your Sweet little Kitty cat peeking out of the pumpkin! I am Soo Loving the Cutie Patootie SSS critters! 😉 Super take on the sketch too! The gingham and black look Fabulous together as well! Just Love every Awesome detail!
Hugs
Shannon