Seeing Stars

This is another swap card I made this time for the Seeing Stars theme.

The image is a mandela I printed and colored with Copics and pencils and cut out. The blue layer is embossed with a Cuttlebug embossing folder and image is raised with dimensional tape.

Another mandala

I am back with the second mandala card I made over the weekend!

For this mandala I again printed it out 4 times at 3-3/4". I colored a different section of each image using a combination of Copics and pencils and cut them out with scissors. Each of the four layers are raised with dimensional tape and I added a tiny half pearl that I colored with a Copic marker to the center.

I started printing and coloring mandalas for practice. Here are some that I colored. If you like to color these are so much fun and it is so relaxing!

Mandala

While my mojo was missing I printed and colored some mandalas. I decided to make cards with a couple of them. Definitely not quick and easy cards! The coloring is very time consuming but I like the results. I an posting one now and the other one tomorrow.

I started by printing the mandala four times at 3-3/4" and colored different sections on each print as I wanted it to be 3 dimensional. I used a combination of Copics and pencils for the coloring and then cut out the different pieces  with scissors and used dimensional tape to raise each of the three inner layers. If you do a search for mandalas you will find hundreds! The card is 5.5" square.

Doodle and coloring fun

A couple of things I like to do is doodle and color, for me it is very relaxing. As I don't have a card to share today I thought I would show you a couple of doodles and mandalas that I have done.

It takes very little in the way of supplies to doodle. Just some paper and a pen. When I travel I take a small drawing pad and a couple of pens and doodle on the plane or at the airport between flights. I did these doodles last month on a trip to California. You can use any fine tip pen such as the fine end of a black marker or a Sharpie. I use Pigma micron pens because they come in different tip sizes. These are small, about 4" x 3"

I print the mandalas on the computer and these are colored with Prismacolor pencils and odorless Turpenoid. Most people use odorless mineral spirits but I had Turpenoid and it works. It is a great way to practice coloring. I will be printing more to practice using my new Copics. Goodness knows I need the practice! You can find free mandelas to print HERE and HERE The ones shown are 3 1/2" across.