World Card Making Day Seasonal Challenge: Holiday Cards by Debbie Olson (EHWCMD7)

Is there anyone else out there in blog land who seems to need "just a few more" cards around December 20 every year? I can think I have enough, but it seems that I'm always running out and then having to mass product a dozen or so cards toward the end! 

Just in case you need a friendly shove in the direction of getting started, I'm sharing a darling little Lockhart Limited Edition snow globe, Nicholas & Kitty, paired with some Cosmo Cricket Jolly by Golly Mini Deck papers. Keep in mind that you can click on any of these pictures to make them larger. 

First, I chose the papers from the Jolly by Golly Mini Deck that I thought I might want to use, along with some coordinating Copic markers, R30, R32, G40, G12, and C0. I colored the trees, coat, and cat's bow with this first batch of markers. (Shall we pretend that Nicholas is Nikki today? I really wanted some pink in here, and a pink cat just didn't seem right! ;-D)

Next, I chose Copic BG000 for the sky, BG72 for mittens, hat, and scarf, and some cool gray (C1) for defining shadows on the snowman and on the snow.

 

The toughest decision for me was how to color the cat. I chose Copic E21 and added a dab of E25 in shadow areas, using my lighter marker as a paintbrush to dab at and apply the darker marker. It's a good way to avoid having to try to blend extreme values, and it's not a problem with Copic markers since they cannot be cross-contaminated. 

I added a few more cool shadows to help the white of the snow and snowman pop, as well as coloring the base so that it would appear reflective. Normally I would go with a darker value right next to the light to indicate reflectivity, but I toned it down here because I didn't want to draw attention to the base of the snow globe. 

Here are the Spica glitter pens that I used to touch up an add highlights. All but the orange one are the newer colors; my caps aren't colored because mine are prototype markers. If you order them, they will have colored caps as always.

Finally, here is a close-up of the colored "Nicholas and Kitty" image--I love this one! Thank you for visiting the CLASSroom on World Card Making Day!

HOLIDAY CARD CHALLENGE

This is our last challenge for the day and it is an important one! Create a card to use this upcoming holiday season! It would be fun for you to share how many cards you have already created as you leave your comments below or in the post above.

Once you have completed this challenge be certain to post a comment as well as a link to your project, in our WCMD Challenge Blog Candy post! It would also be great if you could please refer to Challenge EHWCMD7 when you upload to a gallery to make it easier for us to spot your creations!

BLOG CANDY

Thank you for stopping by our corner of World Card Making Day today! After you have finished drooling on your keyboard be certain to leave a comment to be entered in a random drawing for the following delicious goodies used to create this project:

 

• Cosmo Cricket Jolly by Golly 6x6 Paper Pad
• Lockhart 2009 Limited Edition, Nicholas and Kitty
• Cosmo Cricket Jolly by Golly Ribbon Packet
• Memory Box Cardstock - Eggshell, Robin's Egg, Wheat Grass, Currant, Raspberry

All comments must be made by 11:59pm Pacific Time on Sunday, October 4th to be eligible.