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Copic Coloring on Gray Card

Posted on February 12, 2023February 11, 2023 by Leen

Hello my friends and welcome back to the craft room! Today I am sharing a technique I recently ran across on YouTube; Copic coloring on gray card. The very talented Therese from Lost In Paper shared this tutorial on YouTube: Yes! I Colored with Alcohol Markers on Dark Gray Cardstock!  I was so intrigued I had to give it a try myself.

Copic Coloring The Flowers

I started this adventure with a piece of 110lb. gray Recollections cardstock from the Coffee and Cream paper pack. This card is extremely smooth and perfect for coloring with Copic Markers. The stamp set is AlteNew’s Adore You set and stamped with Amalgam Ink by GinaK Designs.

Picture of the AlteNew Adore You stamp set, GinaK amalgam ink pad, My Sweet Petuna Misti and the gray Recollection cardstock.

Choosing a color combination in any medium is always difficult. After trying a few different color swatches on a scrap pieces of card, I decided on pink. For the flowers I used RV13, RV17, and Y19 for the flower centers. I used the flicking technique to add some interest and texture to the petals. Lastly I colored the leaves with a combination of YG25, and YG63.

Picture of the stamped flowers from the Adore You set by AlteNew and the Copic Markers that were used to color them.

The Card Base

When I began this card it was going to be a regular A2 size. However, after thinking about it I decided on a mini slimline card. The card base is the same gray 110lb. base that I used for the flowers. The card base is cut to 6.25″ x 6.5″ and on the 6.5″ side it is scored at 3.25″.

The mat is a piece of Astrobright Eclipse Black  80lb card by Neenah that I purchased from my local stationary store and is cut to  6″ x 3″. The background paper is from the DCWV paper pad Silver Leaf.

Photo of the card mat made with Astrobright eclipse black cardstock and a background paper from the Silver Leaf paper pad from DCWV.

The sentiment is from the Waffle Flower Peony Notes set and is stamped with Amalgam Ink by GinaK.

Picture of the Waffle Flower Peopny Notes stamp set, mini Misti by Hero Arts and amalgam ink pad by GinaK

Flower Placement

It typically takes me a long time to arrange floral images on a card. I have watched many crafters dry fit their creations and then piece by piece glue them down. Try as I might, it never works out for me, things shift and I lose my train of thought. I have used Press’NSeal a few times to keep my arrangements together while gluing them down. This time however, something went terribly wrong!! Everything was lined up and secured it with Press ‘N Seal, the glue applied to the backs of the images and placed onto the card.

Image of the AlteNew flowers colored with Copic Markers on Gray card under a piece of Press'NSeal.

When I slowly removed the Press’NSeal from the flowers, it started lifting up the top layer!!! WHAT???? I have never seen this happen before and was devastated! I pulled the rest of the flowers off of the card and put it away for the night. The next morning I surveyed the damage and made a few more flowers so I could finish the card.

Torn flowers laying on a piece of Press'NSeal.

The Finished Card

Thankfully, I was able to cover up the little rips to the background paper that occurred from the night before. If I wouldn’t have said anything, no one would even know there had been a problem and I’m thankful for that!

The finished I Love You card created by coloring with Copic markers on Gray card.

I don’t often add dimension to my cards with foam tape, and didn’t for this card. It doesn’t seem necessary to me in most cases. In my mind, the heavier card that I use offers some height as well as when the images are overlapped as they are here.

Side view of the finished card.

I am so happy with this little card, it turned out great. I am curious though, has anyone else experienced an issue with Press’NSeal like I did? I’ve used it before, a time or two, and the only other issue I’ve had was when it left a texture on flowers colored with Polychromos pencils. Let me know down in the comments if you’ve had issues, or what you do for perfect image placement on cards.  

I hope you all have a fantastic week and I’ll see you in the craft room again soon!!


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