Girlfriends by Dori Mendiola

 Happy Thursday AI Friends!

Today I have a card that I made for one of my best girlfriends.  I don't know about any of you, but the Art Impressions girlfriends stamp sets are my favorites!!!  Bonnie has done such a great job with each of the characters in these images.  I just love the fun and laughter expressed in each and every one of the girlfriends faces.  Sooooo relatable!  

The #4129 Uptown Girls stamp set actually has four girlfriends but I stamped only three.  Sometimes it's fun to adjust a stamp set to give it a different look.

I stamped the image with memento black ink onto copic friendly paper and colored with my copic markers listed below.  I originally colored the middle girlfriend with a solid yellow top but it was just too overpowering so I stamped the image onto pattern paper and fussy cut her top and glued it over the yellow one.  Toned it down and I like it much better.  Don't ever throw away an image because you don't like the way you colored a part of it.  You can always fix it by paper piecing or covering with a sentiment, etc.  Just depends what you don't like.  One time, I even went so far as to stamp, recolor and paper piece the hair.  It worked and I saved the image to use on another card and no one was the wiser (except my friends that saw me do it).  LOL!  

I stamped the sentiment, that is in the stamp set, at the top of the image panel.  Using a die cut from my stash, I matted the image onto a pattern paper frame using the #5873 Mini Birthday paper pack and then again on yellow cardstock.   I then placed that onto a blue checkered piece of pattern paper from the #5940 Journal Cover Paper Pack - Plaid.  To finish the card, I placed little die cut stars around and adhered a bow. 

Remember to review your stamp sets and see how you can change them up to give them a slightly different look.  Adds fun to your card making.  

Thanks for joining me today and I hope you enjoyed my card.  

Have a great day and keep creating!

Copics used:  E000, E00, E01, E11, E21, E23, E25

C00, C1, C3, C5, R20, R22

Y21, Y32, Y35, Y38

YG21, YG23, YG25

B0000, B000, B91, B93, B95