Sunday, March 18, 2018

Simon Says Stamp - Simon Monday Challenge

This week's challenge is Easter/Spring inspiration and since I don't really do Easter as an adult (hey, chocolate is a year-round thing), I put in some practice colouring flowering images with my copic sketch markers.


I stamped the Concord & 9th So Lovely flower image on Neenah Solar White 80 lb cardstock with Antique Linen Distress ink.  The outline doesn't disappear like when one watercolours, but it worked for me.  I used the copics I had on hand.  I only had 2 yellow copics, so I challenged myself to use my browns to build depth in the yellow flower.  I love how it turned out!  The smaller images are tricky if one's hand is heavy, but I made it work.


My stash has limited sentiment stamps, so I kept it simple with a sentiment from Altenew offset by some sparkly Nuvo drops.  And that's it!

Friday, March 9, 2018

MFT Card Challenges: MFT Color Challenge 89

It was time to pull out the Dino stamps by MFT Stamps (yay!).  I love these stamps for making dimensional scenes.  The T-Rex is my absolute favourite.

This is my first time testing out my copics on these images.  Colouring larger images (like the T-Rex) was a bit of a challenge to blend, but after a couple of test images, it turned out pretty well I think!

MFT Color Challenge 89

The colour combo:




Love the punny sentiments that come with these stamp sets!


Saturday, March 3, 2018

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

I love my Waffle Flower stamps but sometimes I don't know how to stretch the use of some of them.  These enveloper stamps are some of my absolute favourites!

I tried some no line copic marker colouring this time around, fussy cut out the image, and popped the image up for a little bit of dimension.  I added some distress ink clouds in the background for a bit of texture (and a butterfly from another Waffle Flower stamp set), and voila!

(sentiment by Altenew)

Simon Says: Anything Goes