It’s rapidly approaching that time of year when I start to get a bit anxious over having enough Christmas cards to send out come December. Every year I say I will start early and make at least one a month all year round, but I never manage to achieve that aim! This is my fifth card of the year and the next in my Colouring Scenes series on the Heffy Doodle blog. Here is the Christmas scene colouring card.
Christmas Scene Colouring Card
For this card, I mixed quite a few different sets in order to create this Christmas scene: Wanna Build a Snowman, Holiday Sentiment Duos, Teacher’s Pet and Santa’s Village. I used my Copic markers, some coloured pencils, a white gel pen (a staple this time of year!) and lots of masking paper to bring the scene alive!
As always, I started out by planning out my scene before stamping. I used the rule of thirds to place the background images (the majority of the scene is situated in the lower third) with the sentiment in the top right hand corner. I then stamped the scene out in some Lawn Fawn Jellyfish Ink (great for no-line Copic colouring!), starting with the foreground elements first and working towards the back. I use these sets so often at Christmas time that I already have masks cut out of masking paper, but Heffy tape works well.
Firstly, I always start with the background as it helps to prevent bleeding when colouring different elements. I chose some bright aqua blue-greens and used a gradient with the darker markers used behind the houses. Don’t worry if you can’t get a smooth blend – just add more snow later to hide it!
Next came the houses, using a mixture of warmer E70 and cooler E40 markers to distinguish between wall and roof. I use at least four markers to get the depth of colour, though a white and black pencil do wonders to boost the contrast in the later stages!
Next, I continued on with the scene, gradually filling my desk with markers. I left the small details uncoloured, so I could go back in and add them with coloured pencil with the finer tips.
I stamped out the sentiment in the top-right corner in some Lawn Fawn Yeti pigment ink as I wanted more of a subtle feel to the background.
Of course, some final finishing dots with a white pen for the all-important snow and add that festive feeling to the scene!
I have a couple more festive cards to share with you before the year is out, so look out in a couple of weeks for another Christmas scene!
Supplies
Please see below for information on the supplies used in this post. Please note, affiliate links* are used at no cost to you!
- Heffy Doodle Wanna Build a Snowman stamps (Heffy Doodle)
- Heffy Doodle Santa’s Village dies (Heffy Doodle)
- Heffy Doodle Teacher’s Pet stamps (Heffy Doodle)
- Heffy Doodle Holiday Sentiment Duos stamps (Heffy Doodle, Simon Says Stamp*)
- Heffy Doodle Alcohol Marker Friendly Cardstock (Heffy Doodle, Simon Says Stamp*)
- Lawn Fawn Jellyfish Ink (Seven Hills Crafts, Simon Says Stamp*)