Using Copics

Yes, a few more online challenges used, did I say I love them!!!!

 I really like the Freshly Made sketch for this week and had to sit for a minute to decide how to use it.  I decided to cut my main piece of watercolor paper and then work with both parts.   

I also used the CAS on Friday challenge to use Sequins and the Addicted to Stamps challenge to Make Your Mark, all using Altenew Stamps.

 I don't usually use Copic markers on Watercolor paper, the watercolor paper does not allow you to really blend the Copics but in this case it did work out just fine.  I stamped the leaves with black ink and embossed them with clear embossing powder and then colored all of them. The background was also colored with a black pen.  

Here is the Freshly Made sketch.

Here is the Addicted to Stamps and More challenge.

Here is the CAS on Friday challenge.
Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

Summer means Sunshine (hopefully)

It was fun to work around the theme of sunshine and yellow.

The starting point for the card design was to use a stencil and a few shades of Distress Stain.  The result was so fun and so cheery.  This fits the theme at The Paper Players of Watercolor.

 This sentiment is from Technique Tuesday and fits so nicely.  I added a few sequins for some extra accent and that fits the CAS on Sunday challenge.

Here is the CAS on Sunday challenge.

Here is The Paper Players challenge.
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Love, Love, Love and some hearts

So I picked up a set of stamps by Tim Holtz, these are the mini version and the set covers several holidays.  I picked out the three that went with Valentines day and sat down to play.

 I stamped each image on a square of watercolor paper. I stamped them in black and embossed with clear embossing powder.  I like to do that because it makes the black lines more intense and I can use any other inks on it and the black won't run.  I created a background piece for my card base with a stencil and various Distress Stains.  

 I turned this closeup on it's side so you could get a good view of my little sequins that I placed in some glitter glue.  It also helps the golds to show up.  I colored my "14" image with Copic markers. It is really fun how these work on watercolor paper.  I then added color by spritzing my piece with water and swiping mini Distress Stamp pads across it.  I could add the browns and pinks were I wanted them and the inks ran because of the water.  I sprayed on some Heidi Swapp gold Color Shine and those wonderful gold chipboard pieces are by Teresa Collins.  I embossed a stitched square into the paper. 

This fits the color combination at Curtain Call. 

 For this one, I cut the little cupid piece with a banner die from My Favorite Things when I was done coloring it.  That background is also created with a stencil and Distress Inks.  The little row of hearts is a die from Reverse Confetti. I used the red negative of the cut and placed the pink cut hearts into that with foam tape.

 After I colored in the little Cupid, I added a coating of glitter glue.  The LOVE die cut word is from My Favorite Things.  

This fits the retro sketch for this week.

 For this one, I did all of my coloring of the candy heart piece and then cut it out with a My Favorite  Things banner. I love this banner set because there are so many choices in size.  You can see I cut it again, slightly larger from gold metallic paper and then again, slightly larger from pink cardstock.  

 The kraft colored doily is from Recollections, I distressed it by wrinkling it and adding inks to it.  The word "LOVE" is cut from the gold metallic cardstock and added to the one banner.  You can see my dotted embossed background on the kraft cardstock base. I embossed a die from My Favorite Things into the paper. 

 This fits the My Favorite Things sketch.

They all fit the Crafty Gals Corner Sweethearts challenge.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

Butterfly fun

I wanted to play along with the AAA challenge blog again this week.  The challenge is a sketch and/or color combination. I decided to combine both in one card.

 First off, I took a background stamp from Hero Arts and only inked part of it with two colors of Distress Ink, using the stamp pad directly to the rubber.  By only inking part of the stamp, I was able to have just a border of the design when I stamped it.  

 I used a set of round, stitch looking stamps from Prima to help match the sketch and the butterfly and the sequins finish off the card.  The butterfly is from Clearly Besotted.  

Here is the AAA Cards challenge.
Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

Gotta use sequins

I cut out some little clouds with a Paper Smooches die and knew I needed to use them. I have wanted to try something for awhile and that it is use lots of sequins on a project. These little clouds looked like just the right place to glue a whole bunch of sequins, two sizes of turquoise ones.  

 I created this dot background with a border stamp from Paper Smooches.  I inked it with some Distress Stain and filled the piece of paper.  I did spritz it with water so that the blue dots ran a bit.  

 The tag die is also from Paper Smooches. I cut it from a piece of paper that I had already colored with a stencil and yellow spray ink.  I thought the look was so sunny, the perfect place for my pretty clouds.  

 I am entering my card in the Paper Smooches Sparks Anything Goes challenge.  

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)