Thanks A Bunch | Copic Colouring

Hello and happy Friday! Today I have a card to share that features Copic colouring. I am no expert when it comes to Copic colouring, but I do love to experiment with colours on my stamped images. ;)

I used the Sweet Rose stamp set from Clearly Besotted and stamped each piece of the rose and the vase until I was happy with the image. I wanted to keep it pretty simple.

When I stamped the flower stem, it wasn't as long as I wanted it, so I used a black marker and carefully extended it to the bottom of the vase.  When I coloured in the water in the vase, I made sure to use some darker colour and some grey for shading at the bottom to make it look more realistic.

Once I had the rose completely coloured, I added some clear glitter to the areas under each petal on the rose and stamped on the sentiment from the Avery Elle Thanks a Bunch stamp set. I also added some grey under the vase for some shadow.

To add a little more detail to the card, I coloured an additional petal from the same flower image and cut it out to make it look like a petal was falling off of the rose. A few sequins and gems and the card was finished!

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Nicest Thoughts | Paper Pieced Embossing

 Hello!

So I've decided that I need to use my product more... especially the stuff that I have that I loved when it was released, added it to my collection and then never used it because I simply forgot about it.

I asked on Instagram a couple days ago how others remember to use the product that they have. The most common answer was to have a container or basket out on your desk to keep must-use product in. I think that's a great idea so I'm going to try it out and see if it works for me. Thanks to everyone for sharing ideas! ;)

Today's card was a result of my 'use more product' plan since I have had the Hero Arts Nicest Thoughts stamp for a long time and have never once inked it up. I love the larger size of it and decided to heat emboss it in different colours, cut it apart and piece it back together.

I stamped and heat embossed it with Versafine Black Onyx ink and clear embossing powder to create the outside circle. I then repeated the process with Ranger Liquid Platinum embossing powder and American Crafts Zing Aqua embossing powder (LOVE this colour!).

Once I had all of the heat embossing done, I cut out the part I wanted from each piece. I cut completely around the black circle and then I cut around the inside circle on the Liquid Platinum piece. The last part I cut out was the aqua banner piece for the top.

Once I had everything cut out, I adhered it all back together so it looked like the original stamped design. I love how much detail and dimension it added to the finished design!

I adhered it to the card front with foam adhesive and created two side border strips with more stamping and embossing. I used the Clearly Besotted Diagonal Stripes stamp set with the aqua embossing powder and also created a thin strip with the Liquid Platinum embossing powder.

To complete the card I added some sequins and gems. I also discovered that my new favourite thing to put in the center of sequins (I usually use gems since I don't like just leaving the center hole showing) is Stickles! So quick and easy and you can control how much you add! ;)

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Be Awesome | Cards with Multiple Stamp Sets

I love combining several stamp sets to create fun, unique card designs. So many stamp sets from different companies work so well together and give so much possibility for a variety of cards.

For today's card, I used four different stamps sets from three different stamp companies to create a completely stamped design that looks like it actually came together.

I started with the Splendid set from Mama Elephant and stamped it in Versafine Black Onyx ink. Once I had that stamped, I added all of the flowers from the Clearly Besotted Love Blossoms stamp set around the sentiment in a pattern that I liked. I used the largest and the smallest and used all three of the stamps that make up each flower. I used a darker ink for the edges and centers of the flowers.

After the flowers were completely stamped, I added the green swirls from the Simon Says Stamp Favorite Flowers stamp set around the flower images. I added glitter to the sentiment, the green swirls and parts of the flowers with the ZIG clear fine glitter pen.

To finish the card, I added glossy accents to all of the flowers and added a Basic Grey metallic gem to the centers while they were still wet. I adhered the stamped panel onto a Simon Says Stamp Green Apple card base, that I had stamped with the Clearly Besotted Diagonal Stripes stamp set.

Such a fun way to get more out of your stamps by creating completely different card designs!

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