I like you a latte! A colored pencil card featuring Tiddly Inks

Hello friends! It's Tiddly Inks Tuesday, and today I'm sharing the birthday card I made for my sister. I know it doesn't look a traditional birthday card, but I did that intentionally because I wanted to create something super special for her! I colored this Thanks a Latte digital stamp by Tiddly Inks which feature these two adorable girls sitting down for a cup of coffee together. When I saw this image, I immediately thought of my sister and I, and I colored it as such!

I printed this image on Canson Mi-Teintes paper which is what I absolutely LOVE for coloring with my colored pencils. The paper is two sided, so for colored pencils I color on the smoother side (the other has a honeycomb-like texture to it). I color with Prismacolor Colored Pencils. For this image I also used Gamsol and a paper blending stump to help create the final piece. I don't always use a blending solvent when I color with colored pencils, but it really helped with this one.

My sister and I are always mistaken as twins. I think it's because we're about the same height and both have fair skin, blue eyes, freckles, and bright red hair! And we also both love coffee! I am the older sister though, by two years.

I decided to turn this into a scene card - complete with hardwood floors and large window. Gamsol was very, very helpful for the wood flooring part. After laying down multiple layers of colored pencils, the Gamsol helped to smooth it all together. To create the sentiment, I stamped it in black ink and heat embossed Hero Arts Clear embossing powder over it.

This card definitely took me some time to complete! I just worked on it in little pieces at a time. This was such a fun project to make for my sister. Even though she's my little sister, I look up to her in many ways.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog! Remember the Tiddly Inks April Challenge is still going on! CLICK HERE to download the image below that Christy has provided for FREE

to use for this challenge!

This image will only be available for free during this challenge so pick it up soon! There is some great inspiration on the Tiddly Inks April Challenge blog post from our other DT members. And CLICK HERE to see the details of the card that I created. I hope you'll join us, and have a great rest of your day!