I wanted to share this card with you quickly. I was intending to post some Copic information on paper but I worried that I’ve posted too much talk and not enough project lately so I decided to wait until tomorrow to share the Copic info.

I had a positively horrible time coloring this image. Do you ever do that? Do you work so incredibly hard on something that there is simply no way you can throw it out? I am not sure if I have ever worked so hard on a craft project and been so frustrated.

I am actually on a learning curve here. I am working with a different paper (to be discussed soon) and I recently overfilled refilled my Copics. So this image went through the ringer.

This is an adorable digi by Mo’s Digital Pencil. I love her. Like the rest of the world, I’m having a computer issue lately. More specifically, my battery is shot. If I unplug my laptop, the computer immediately turns off. And my printer is in another room and it’s all a huge PITA to try and print off images so when I hit mistake number one on this card, I was determined to make it work. I didn’t want to go through a huge deal with my laptop!

What was mistake #1? Overfilling my E00. I touched the tip down and SPLAT!!! A huge drop of ink gushed out onto the paper. I had originally wanted to make this cute fairy a little lighter skin toned. But I pushed forward.

Mistake #2: Learning curve on detailed images and new paper. To be discussed tomorrow. These finely detailed images have to be colored with caution on certain types of paper. That is, “lighter” weight papers.

Mistake #3: The wings. This is where disaster seriously struck. I didn’t like the original color of the wings. But the entire image was colored and “finished”. I tried lightening the color (they were yellow) but I didn’t like the effect. So I tried adding white. Which looked horrible. So I added black back which looked worse. And then I tried to clean it up and got smoke gray mixed with yellow.

Lesson??? I had an extra image nearby. I colored the wings in this faux white (using a B000), cut them out, and glued them over the ugly mess. If you persevere, you can usually find a way to make your mess work. 

And here is the finished card again. Ultimately, I like this hot mess.

One last thing…despite what some Copic instructors might say…white gel pens are the bomb.

Sorry people, by the time I got finished with my insane mess…there was no way to keep up with the colors I used.