Pom pom card

Handmade cards featuring pom pom animals

This cute frog card will appeal to all lovers of pom pom crafts. It can be used for a variety of occasions from a birthday to an invitation, or simply as a thoughtful greeting to someone special. The frog may not turn into a prince when you kiss it, but it does have a soft, cuddly tummy made of wool which gives the card its charm. Designing this card with the help of edding 1340 flexible brush pens is lots of fun because you can mix the colours for the frog any way you like to make him bright and colourful or give him a soft, pastel look. There are lots of other pom pom animals you can use, from a bear to a mouse. The Colour Happy Box contains everything you need for your card: edding 1340 brush pens in 20 vibrant colours, plus the practical Brushpen Colour Mixer which you can use to mix up to 190 shades.

Category: Craft your own cards
Products: Fibre and felt pens
Fineliners
Materials: Paper, carton and cardboard
Difficulty: Easy peasy
Downloads: Images (ZIP)

Step-by-step

Step 1

Start by cutting out the card in the size you want, or use a pre-folded card. Pick suitable colours from the Colour Happy Box (we used colours 2, 11 and 14) and get everything ready.

Step 2

Print out the frog motif in the size you want and place underneath the paper as a template, so you can go over the lines with the black edding 1800 profipen.

Step 3

Now draw the eyes and the mouth and add a few little hearts.

Step 4

And now for the fun part: colouring in with the brush pens. The brush pen colour mixer allows you to blend colours any way you like. For example, if you want a greeny-blue gradient, insert the turquoise pen in the top of the Colour Mixer and the light green pen in the bottom, so the pen tips are touching. Hold vertically and wait a couple of seconds.

Step 5

The light green pen will have absorbed turquoise ink so now you’re ready to start drawing. The line will start off turquoise and then gradually change to light green. You can use this method with any combination of colours to achieve awesome colour gradients. Colour in your frog, one section at a time. Finally, glue the pom pom onto his tummy. You can find simple instructions for making your own pom poms on youtube.