For today’s post I had great fun watercoloring the yeti from Beast Friends by My Favorite Things and came across a happy accident! I’ve linked all supplies at the end of this post. Compensated affiliate links used.

I was planning on some no-line coloring so stamped the yeti in Evening Gray on Saunders Waterford card and watercolored but I wasn’t happy with the definition I’d got so I went over the lines with a brown marker and then trimmed the little guy out. My usual practice when I’ve trimmed out rather than die cut is to run a brush tip marker around the edges to give a finished look. However, the pen I’d used was a bullet nib and so I reached for the only brown marker I had, a Copic marker. When I touched the Copic marker to the edges it soaked in to the absorbent watercolor card to not just give a finished edge but a halo of dark brown. I was about to start again when I realised I really liked the look so this guy might be a bit rough around the edges but I really like the character that brown edging gives LOL.

To give him a little more detail I added some dots of white enamel accents to his scarf, made sure his teeth were nice and white with a white gel pen and then finished with some glossy accents for his mug :D

To finish this simple card I watercolored a panel and layered Snow Drifts cut from more watercolor card on top before popping the yeti on top of those. I white heat embossed the sentiment on a strip of vellum and added that over the top of the winter sky. Finally I mounted the panel on a Fog card base and accented with sequins.

SUPPLIES

You can find links to the supplies I’ve used below; click on the picture or wording to get taken directly to the product. Where available I use compensated affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. You can read my affiliate and product disclosure here. I truly appreciate your support.

My Favorite Things BEAST FRIENDS	MFT Die-namics Snow Drifts	Altenew EVENING GRAY Crisp Dye Ink	Versamark WATERMARK INK	Saunders Waterford Pad
SSS VELLUM	SSS FOG Card	My Favorite Watercolors	COPIC MARKERS	Ranger ENAMEL ACCENTS
Uni-ball Signo WHITE Gel Pen	Ranger GLOSSY ACCENTS	SSS WHITE Embossing Powder	Little Things From Lucy’s Cards NAUTICAL SPARKLE Sequin Shaker Mix	Little Things From Lucy’s Cards SEA SPRAY Sequin Shaker Mix
Little Things From Lucy’s Cards CANDYFLOSS Sequin Shaker Mix	Little Things From Lucy’s Cards PRETTY PINK CHRISTMAS Sequin Shaker Mix	PPP 4mm SPARKLING CLEAR Sequins	3M DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE	Martha Stewart MINI SCORING BOARD
SSS SMALL TEFLON BONE FOLDER	MINI MISTI	Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE

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