You're Never Too Old by Janet

Hi everyone! 2025 is here and I can't wait to watch it unfold. It's the birth of a brand new year and to celebrate, I've made a birthday card using 5114 - Never Too Old Laughlines. I depend on color for my punch rather than fancy layouts and today is a good example of it. The clean graphic look has a serious purple vein and a touch of green and gold. 

To make it, I cut a piece of alcohol friendly cardstock 3 3/4" x 5". I stamped the lady in the lower right corner making sure there was enough room for the sentiment I chose to be centered over it. Then I stamped the image again on masking paper and fussy cut it out. Carefully placing the mask over the stamped image on the panel allowed me to stamp the sentiment six times around and over the image. The mask protects the lady and when it's pulled off, the sentiment appears to be behind the image. It's a neat trick and so easy to do! Generally the way to accomplish this is to stamp the sentiment in the middle of the image to start and then work your way up and down, doing your best to keep the distance between the sentiments similar. I stamped the last sentiment a little higher than I actually wanted to but it certainly doesn't ruin it. Don't get too worked up if the sentiments aren't perfect.

I got to work coloring the lady and chose to go with a purple combo using my Copic markers. Once done, I drew in vertical and horizontal lines to create a dress pattern. When doing this, just keep in mind the line of the clothing and curve drawn lines where the body curves. It helps make it look more natural. I added small dashes of dark purple in each rectangle pattern to finish this easy pattern. I outlined the whole image again with a black fine-line marker. This refreshed the image lines which became a little washed out during coloring. It also helps it stand out from the sentiment. Finally I added some white pen highlights here and there. 

Once all the coloring was done, I mounted the panel on a 4" x 5 1/4" purple mat and then put them both on a white A2 card base. So simple right? It makes a nice clean card that is a lot of fun.

Thanks so much for joining me here at the blog today. As always, please visit the Ai store for the products I used and all the things you need for your card, journal, and tag making projects. Happy creating!

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