Today I completed my latest swap ATC’s for the September Darkroom Door swap. They turned out so pretty!
The base was embossed with the Swiss dots Cuttlebug plate and the background image was the large roses background stamp. I clear embossed it onto white cardstock and then sponged with dye inks to bring out the colour. The flower images come from montage sheets and words from the Viva La Flora wordstrip. The punched strip is a Martha Stewart punch.
Copic Oz is running a challenge to create a Father’s Day card or masculine card. As I rarely make male cards I thought I would give it a go. It was the perfect opportunity to get my Tim Holtz stamps inky.
You might be wondering how the Copics were used? The black images were stamped with black Momento ink directly over cardstock pre-coloured with Copics. I also coloured in the Paris postage part of the main image with Copics.
For the strip along the left hand side I inked my stamp with 3 different Copic colours, spritzed the cardstock with Colourless Blender solution and stamped. The blender solution reactivates the ink on the stamp and you have your image – much like the brushless watercolour technique using dye inkpads. It takes a bit of practice but the results are worth it!
A close up of colouring the cardstock & stamping. The foolproof way to get perfectly matching cardstock!
For the interested, here are the colours used:
It is a bit hard to see but the stamps are Tim Holtz Visual Artistry, French Market. The embossing was done with a Cuttlebug plate.
Last month I won two stamp sets from Darkroom Door for participating in a challenge. My stamps have arrived and I wanted to thank Rachel for running the competition and for my lovely new stamps. I can’t wait to play! Pity we are about to go on holidays :(
I chose two sets from the new Essentials 6 release – Noel & Chocolatier.
I thought I would share a card given to a friend recently for her birthday. She has a particular fondness for butterflies. The image is coloured with Copics.
Stamp: Hero Arts; die cut: Nestibility
Did you know that aside from colouring with your Copics you can stamp with them as well?
Just colour in your stamp as you would if using dye based markers, spritz your cardstock with blender solution or rubbing alcohol and stamp. The blender solution/alcohol reactivates the ink on your stamp to create the image.
Usually you get a paler image so it is best to use stronger colours that you normally might be used to.
This card background is a bit splotchy looking as it is stamped onto textured cardstock – just the effect I was after.
Stamps: Darkroom Door, Hero Arts; die cut edge: Nestibility
Lately I haven’t had much time to play with my Copics so I made a special effort at the weekend.
Stamps: Darkroom Door, embossing folder: Cuttlebug, punch: EK Success, die cut: Nestibility.
