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Farm Animals Clean and Simple Scenic Card

A project from our live show MONDAY MADNESS - Join Simon LIVE from AVAGO-INK - Broadcast 21st March · 21/03/2022

A masculine-style card featuring a watercoloured farmyard landscape with a die-cut sheep character. The design uses layered triangular panels in coordinating colours with an embossed gold sentiment, creating a clean and contemporary look.

16steps
24:30in the show
Step 1 of 16

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  1. 1

    Pre-cut three triangles from watercolour card stock, a backing card, and gold cardstock for layering.

    ▶ watch this step 25:00
  2. 2

    Stamp the large farmyard background image from the Farm Animals 2 collection onto a triangle using Versafine black ink, inking only the area you need.

    ▶ watch this step 25:30
  3. 3

    Apply a light green wash across the stamped image using the Miya Himi watercolour palette.

    ▶ watch this step 27:15
  4. 4

    Add darker green to the tree line and mix the greens together to create a more vibrant background colour.

    ▶ watch this step 27:45
  5. 5

    Add black to darken the greens and yellow to complete the landscape base layer.

    ▶ watch this step 28:00
  6. 6

    Add definition by painting darker lines along the furrow marks and shading on the hillside.

    ▶ watch this step 28:15
  7. 7

    Darken a few bushes on the hill with additional shading to add more tone and depth.

    ▶ watch this step 28:45
  8. 8

    Apply a very pale blue wash to the sky area, starting from the clouds and brushing down to the hills.

    ▶ watch this step 29:30
  9. 9

    Heat-set the painted landscape panel to dry completely.

    ▶ watch this step 30:00
  10. 10

    Stamp the sheep character from the Farm Animals 2 collection using Versafine black ink.

    ▶ watch this step 30:45
  11. 11

    Watercolour the sheep with grey, adding darker tones to the fleece and black for the legs and ears.

    ▶ watch this step 31:30
  12. 12

    Add red cheeks and darken the tail and swells with a darker colour for definition.

    ▶ watch this step 32:00
  13. 13

    Heat-set the sheep to dry, then die-cut it using the complementary die from the Farm Animals 2 set.

    ▶ watch this step 33:30
  14. 14

    Stamp the 'Sending you love' sentiment onto the card blank using Versafine black ink and embossing pads.

    ▶ watch this step 35:15
  15. 15

    Apply clear embossing powder to the stamped sentiment and heat-set with a heat gun.

    ▶ watch this step 36:00
  16. 16

    Apply gold Izink embossing powder to the sentiment and heat-set to create a shiny gold finish.

    ▶ watch this step 36:30

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