Free to Fly Encouragement Card

Greetings! It's time to share a project created for the Lost Coast Portal To Creativity's March Woman Challenge 195.

Here's an encouragement card created with the Harlequin Manga Girl Rubber Stamp and the Wings Rubber Stamp Set by Lost Coast Designs.

Products Used:

Harlequin Manga Girl Rubber Stamp by Lost Coast Designs 

Wings Rubber Stamp Set by Lost Coast Designs

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Raven (Black) Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Commodore Cardstock by My Colors

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink

Stone Blue and Cotton Candy Dye Ink Pads by Catherine Pooler Designs

Copic Markers:
 Skin: BV000, BV0000, E50, E21, E11, E000

 Cheeks: R20

 Lips: E04, RV42

 Hair: B45, B41, C7, C6, C5, C4

 Eyes: B45, B41

 Clothing: N7, N5, N4, RV95, RV93, RV91, RV69, RV10

 Feather Earring: RV69

 Gold Earring, Necklace Chain, Buttons: Y26

 Necklace: RV95, RV93, RV10

 Wings: N7, N5, N3, B66, B63

Cloud Stencil by My Favorite Things

Assorted Stencil Brushes

White Gelly Roll Gel Pen by Sakura

Gold and Clear Stardust Glitter Pens by Sakura

Clear Glaze Glossy Dimensional Gel Pen by Sakura

Gold Metallic idea-ology Stickers by Tim Holtz for Advantus

Repositionable Sticker Paper by Avery

Clear Plastic Sheet

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Glassboard by Glassboard Studios

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Create a 5" x 7" card from Commodore cardstock. Set aside.
2. Place a panel of white cardstock onto the stamping platform and secure with magnets.
3. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp the Harlequin Manga Girl Rubber Stamp twice — once onto the white cardstock image panel and once onto repositionable sticker paper. 
4. Fussy-cut the sticker paper version and place it atop its counterpart on the image panel as mask. 
5. Position the two large butterfly wings from the Wings Rubber Stamp Set  facedown on either side of the masked Harlequin Manga Girl.
6. Place a plastic sheet over the masked image panel on the stamping platform and secure with magnets.
7. Ink the Butterfly Wings Rubber Stamps with Memento ink and stamp to check to see if the wings are positioned as desired. If not, wipe off the plastic sheet, adjust the stamps' position, ink the stamps, and ink again.
8. Remove the plastic, re-secure the image panel, ink the stamps with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, and stamp the Wings twice — once onto the image panel and once onto repositionable sticker paper.
9. Fussy-cut the sticker paper Wings  and place them over their counterparts on the image panel.
10. Place the image on a magnetic surface and secure with magnets.
11. Place the Clouds stencil over the image panel so that the top of the stencil is a bit below the top of the image panel. 
12. Working from the top, brush Stone Blue Dye Ink over the top of the stencil onto the image panel. 
13. Move the stencil downwards and shift it a bit to the side (or flip it completely). 
14. Brush Stone Blue Dye Ink over the top of the stencil. 
15. Repeat Steps 12 to 14 until you have a cloudy sky.
16. Clean the stencil.
17. Place the cloud stencil back into the same position at the top of the image panel.
18. Using a small shading brush, brush Cotton Candy Dye Ink over the stencil onto the image panel, blending with the blue ink, and adding a tinge of pink to the white clouds.
19. Repeat Steps 12 to 14 using the Cotton Candy Dye Ink until you're happy with your sky.
20. Remove the stencil and masks.
21. Use Copic Markers to color the Harlequin Manga Girl and Wings.
22. Use a White Gel pen to add highlights to the Harlequin Manga Girl eyes, boots, and beaded bracelets. 
23. Use a Gold Stardust Glitter pen to add gold glitter to her earring, necklace, and her buttons. 
24. Use the Clear and Gold Stardust Glitter pens to outline the Butterfly Wings.
25. Add a layer of Glaze Pen to the bracelets. Let dry. Then repeat several times to build dimension and shine on the beaded bracelet.
26. Mat the image panel with black cardstock.
27. Adhere the matted image panel onto the reserved 5" x 7" blue card. 
28. Add Gold metallic sentiment stickers to finish the card.

You still have eleven days to play along with our March Woman Challenge 195 for a chance to win Lost Coast Designs Cash. I sure hope I see your artwork!