Here’s a birthday card for Jason’s dad! I always have the hardest time with cards for guys — I usually end up making a card with leaves or something — so this time I decided I’d start with the color scheme and go from there.
I instantly thought of brown and blue, but I didn’t want to make it look like a baby card so didn’t want to use baby blue, so decided to go with this “pool” blue color. It was all easy from there!
I used Staedtler watercolor pencils from Hero Arts to color the present — click on the picture to make it larger so you can see where I put the different colors. Just scribble the color on — don’t worry about being neat! Just don’t press hard enough to make grooves in the paper. Then go over everything with a wet brush — I used more water to blend the colors on the front of the present, not as much on the sides and top. I worked on each side of the present seperately and started each side by painting a line of water along the endges — this helps keep the colors from running — say from the left side to the front for example.
Leave me a comment if you have any questions! And leave me a comment if you have ideas for guy cards too! Especially ideas for guys that aren’t into fishing, sports, or hunting!
Supplies: Hero Arts Polka-Dot Present (E3773), Script Birthday (C3956), and Staedtler watercolor pencils (MC011). The numbers on the pencils are 30, 3, 50, and 80. Ribbon by American Crafts. Ancient Page Chocolate ink.
Cool! Dad will like his card!
So perfect for a guy … the colors, the layout, everything!
Your work just continues to amaze me, Lisa! So glad you are back posting your cards … I missed your new additions each day while you were gone!