Beautiful day

We have a beautiful sunny day today. Blue sky, big white clouds. Just perfect! 

In our garden you see so much flowers. Now and than I pick some for inside the house and that was inspiring for this card.

First used a stencil to put some pink color on white paper. Than used a die  to give it some texture. SSS111856.

Put a Altenew sentiment on top and a Altenew image, from a garden stampset: Garden Grow. I had so much fun with this particular stampset. Colored with Copics and Pencils.

Thank you Virgina Lu for your constant inspiration! I have seen you done this again and again: using a cover plate die over a stamped background. Wonderful!

And that’s it for now!

Birthday Wishes

Not so long ago I saw a video of Yana Smakula, were she showed a coloring technique wich spoke to me. So I wanted to try that myself.
Instead of blending the Copic Marker coloring, you see each color used in a certain area without trying to blend it.

Yana explains it here.

Could not stop with one card. Had to try more, you see here.

Recommend this technique, it’s so much fun!

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You are amazing

Speaking about amazing: I recently came by Stacy’s blog with the name Tattered Nest Designs. I came there via Debby Hughes “Lime Doodle blog”. The card I saw on Stacy’s blog was amazing! Super beautiful! And there was a perfect lesson on how she made it.

Watch it here:

I had to try this myself, with my own supplies.

Stamped the Hero Arts “Friendship” background stamp with TeaDye Distress Ink on watercolor paper. Inked the back of the flower stencil (Prima Marketing, #922139) with Weathered Wood Distress Ink. Pushed in on the background. Than cleaned it and layed it again on the background and added red Distress Inks in the openings. Stamped some flowers hearts in Aged Mahogany.
Used a stencil with dots to add some glittery paste. And a sentiment and a string. And Done!

LOVE the technique and the result!

Give it a try yourself. So much fun!

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