easy handmade cards

Quick and easy handmade cards

This is the technique I referred to in my last post for quick and easy handmade cards.  I find it to be relaxing because I am not a ‘stay-in-the-lines’ type of person. It is time to turn on the music, brew the tea and enjoy doodle time.

Patterned Easter paper
I chose a patterned paper with large size images and bright colors.
Handmade Easter card
On this photo I layered the original sheet of paper with the completed card to show the inked detail. The yellow flowers and leaves are easier to see after they are outlined in ink.

Originally I only drew around the foreground egg images.  However, as you can see, I changed my mind.

easy handmade cards
The swirls in the flowers bring more attention to them. And the lines on the leaves help to define their shape.
handmade card techniques
The green leaf spray overlapping the yellow egg on this image was barely visible. I inked it darker to have it stand out.

The verbiage on the cards is rubber stamped on deli paper.

When you have wide open designs like this you can also add squiggles, circles or lines within the images.  I chose to leave the eggs as they are. Though I might try that idea on my next batch of cards.

If you do not have fine line pens you can use a regular pen, colored pencils or markers.  This technique can be applied to wrapping paper, magazine pages or your painting practice papers.

Have fun with your doodles; outline various images, add swirls, dots and lines.  Make it your own pattern.

The lines do not have to be straight. There are no rules; just have fun and relax.

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