Well I've got another Bella card to share with y'all today - and it ended up being two cards b/c I couldn't make up my mind with the first attempt so I re-did it!
Here's the first attempt:
I had stamped i-can't-see-a-thing-abella onto white cardstock, masked her feet and stamped one of my A Muse Ovals (tutorial on that here).
I then colored her in with Copics.
I went with orange, green and pink as the main color combo - and decided to follow out the circle theme (from the balloon).
I don't think it's a horrible card per-say - just has WAY too much going on!
I got a little too happy with my Swiss Dots and Spots and Dots embossing folders and circle punches!
I do love the texture of the cardstock (DoodleBug by Bazzill) mixed with the embossed dots but it still just looked WAY too busy to me!
SO.........I pulled the main image off and the ribbon and re-did the card:
This time I went much simpler - left the base just white, added the ribbon (May Arts), some DoodleBug mini brads, and switched the sugarcoated brad that held the "sentiment flag" from pink to white.
Personally I am now liking both versions - but the simpler one allows you to focus on the main image rather than all the embossed circles!
I used Fruit Punch Stickles on her shirt and had, and my clear glaze pen on the balloon to make it all shiney.
The sentiment is from A Muse (not sure if it's still available anymore or not) - I stamped it onto the DB cardstock, trimmed it with my paper cutter then cut the flag end with scissors.
I curled it a bit before attaching it then used some red-line tape to hold it the way I wanted (I don't plan on mailing this so I don't need to worry about it getting flattened).
On the inside of the card I just inked up the balloon and stamped it 3 times then colored it in with the Copics. I added a strip of DB cardstock (scalloped with my SU! punch) and more May Arts ribbon and that was it!
STAMPS: i-can't-see-a-thing-abella by Stamping Bella, sentiment by A Muse, Clear Oval Set by A Muse.
CS: White, DoodleBug colored CS.
INK: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers, Palette Green.
ACCESSORIES: Ribbon, Brads, Stickles, Clear Glaze Pen, Dimensionals, Scallop Edge Punch (SU!).
