Copic Marker is proud to support our nation’s deployed heroes through Operation Write Home®. This organization has sent over one million cards overseas, allowing our service members to keep in touch with their loved ones while they’re away.

We want to invite you to join in this amazing service and send in your beautiful cards to be used by our nation’s heroes. Visit Operation Write Home for the details.

Today we’re happy to be a part of the Operation Write Home Memorial Day Blog Hop! This card, based on OWH Sketch #109, was designed by Copic Design Team Member Sherrie Siemens. View her tutorial below, and click the banner at the bottom of the post to start hopping!


Step 1: Stamp the “Soldier Girl” image from My Favorite Things, due for release June 5th, onto X-Press It Blending Card .  Stamp another image on a Post-it note.

Step 2: Color the skin areas on the image. Don’t forget those strong cast shadows that land on her face from her hat. There are also cast shadows on her legs and arms from her uniform. Use BV20 sparingly to sink the very deepest of shadows on the skin.

Step 3: Color the main clothing. I love the E80 series for its green tone in the earth color family. My light source is in the upper right so I have a large cast shadow falling on her uniform from her head. I did not leave any area of her uniform white because I did not want to give the illusion of shininess.

Step 4: Color the trim. I used the same copic marker values for the trim, just in another tone. In this case the E50s.

Step 5: Color the hair. Make sure to have a streaked appearance.

Step 6: I added some BVs to sink some of my shadows further on her uniform.

Step 7: Mask your finished image with a Post-it note and airbrush Y21 on the “sunny side” of the image.

Step 8: Airbrush some W2 over the entire surface to change the color tone of the original card stock. Now it will match the patterned paper.

Step 9: Airbrush some W4 on the shadow side of the image.

Step 10: Airbrush the white resin embellishment with RV32 and then W2, to grey down the vibrancy.

Step 11: To match my image I directly colored a few of the squares on the embellishment with E84

Final Project Supplies:
Copic Sketch Markers
Copic Airbrush System
Soldier Girl Stamp (My Favorite Things)
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink (Tsukineko)
X-Press It Blending Card
Fossil Card Stock (My Favorite Things)
Pink Lady Patterned Paper (Melissa Frances)
Attic Treasures Sticker Banner (Melissa Frances)
Resin Heart Piece (Melissa Frances)