Here’s a quirky “little monster” card for the not-necessarily-so-frilly girls in your life!  Today, Deb shares how she made it using the A Rose By Any Other Name Monochromatic Family and a stamp from Lizzie Anne Designs.

Begin by stamping two images with Memento ink onto Couture Cardstock’s Detail Blending Paper.  Fill in the base colors of the arms, legs and mouth of one image, and the body only of the other using Copic markers. Use deeper shades of purple to shade the mouth and each extremity close to where it joins the body. (I don’t bother to color in what will not show under the popped up image and usually color only the visible edges…why waste Copic ink?!)

Shade with the slightly darker ink colors, blending with the lighter to create a smooth gradient of color.

On the base image, use warm grays to fill in some dramatic shadows. A swipe with the blender pen just outside the outline of the image before applying the shadow will help the outer edge gradually fade, although in this case, a harsher shadow isn’t necessarily a bad thing…just makes this image a little scarier!

Use scissors and a craft knife/mat to cut out the body and carefully trim around the teeth. Add a little pearl flower center.

Here is a close-up of the image adhered with pop dots, matted and framed with circle and shaped Nestabilities. Sponging the edges of the focal image and cardstock with Ranger Distress Ink brings out the warm golds of the Basic Grey Kioshi designer paper, and accentuates the lines of the design.

Thanks for following along.

Deb F.