My First Magnolia Card

Today I finished my first Magnolia Card. Since I have been coloring images for quite some time, I thought that I would start with one of my finished images. However, in trying to use my copic airbrush system for the first time, I destroyed that image and had to start over. (The airbrush system definitely takes some practice.) Several hours later, and here she is. I used Beach Tilda and the coordinating bathing ring. I picked her because I am so ready for Spring and Summer that she seemed like a great choice.

In any case, here is a picture of my card:

She is a little more involved in putting her together than most images. I stamped Tilda first and then used my stamp positioner to get the bathing ring right where I needed it to be. I then used my Labels 4 nesties to cut out the image. I left the image in the nestie and used my airbrush to add the water and sky colors. I used a little darker pen to add shading to the water. Since I wanted to paper piece the bathing ring image, I stamped that image on DSP and cut it out. I glued that paper pieced image over the original image matching up the images. The next step was to stamp another Beach Tilda image, color the image and cut the image out. I then glued the cut out image over the paper pieced bathing ring and the original image mathching up the images. The rest of the card was just puting all of the other pieces together.

Below is a close up picture of my coloring:

I also took a picture of all of the copic markers that I used:

I hope that you enjoy her as much as I do. I look forward to any comments and suggestions that you may have for me.

Dawn