Here I am with my cards all made and ready and I nearly forgot to write a post about them. I don't seem to get a reminder of your post in my emails any more Mo.
Anyway, I am an avid user of copic markers for colouring stamped images, and my main reason for choosing them is because they have a soft brush tip. I have had a full set for several years but sadly some have now dried out so last week I replaced some colours with the newest Spectrum Noir alcohol markers which also have a soft brush tip. I am quite pleased with them. They are lovely to use but the colour on the caps bears little resemblance to the colour of the ink, nor do the colour tests images on their web site. That said, I was keen to try them out so I went to my digi stamp collection and chose two small images by Inger Harding. When I first got into digi-stamping I bought a lot of random examples, many of which have never been used, and this is two of them.
I printed each one off twice, and also printed off a mask of them onto eclipse paper so I could cover them and dust some DI tumbled glass onto the background. I then coloured each in two colourways and cut them out.
I mounted them onto some pre-cut scalloped-edge cards embossed with small dots, which I bought when a local craft shop closed down.
The frame is one I bought as a cutting file from the silhouette store and cut on my Cameo machine from holographic silver vinyl.
The frame around the 'blue boy' has a couple of bad cut pieces which I deliberately placed in the lower left corner and then I made a stamped sentiment to cover them. I cut it out using a small hexagon label die from a Bright Rosa set, and added a little blue ink around the edges. It seemed to finish the card off well so I did the same for the other three cards, so now another set of four are ready to add to my stash for this year.
So now I will link them to the February Rudolph Day Challenge at Scraps of Life by Scrappy Mo. Come and join in the fun and start to build up your stash too. By next December you will be glad you did!
Sorry to hear that you are not getting my emails like you used to. I only have two people that i get emails from so not really familiar with that system. All the rest I read in my Blogger reading list.
ReplyDeleteSadly, my life has gotten so busy that I rarely have time to sit and read that list like I used to. I am going to the pool for about three hours three times a week and then I am trying to walk in my neighbourhood again. Trying everything I can to avoid getting the other knee replaced!
Your cards are fabulous. The images are sweet and I love the holographic frame around them. As always, you have made a good number.
Thanks for taking part in the February Rudolph Days Challenge.
Lovely cards, Kate. Great design and the images are so cute. xx
ReplyDeleteWhat fabulous cards Kate - loving the sweet image and that frame is stunning
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Maxine
A beautiful collection of cards Kate, they are so pretty. Thank you for joining the February Rudolph Days Challenge.
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Hi Kate,
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Oh these are so gorgeous and this images are so sweet and vintage looking.
Your colouring is excellent.
Lots of crafty love. Jenny L.
Love how you have used different "mediums" to make your cards, they are just wonderful, love the snowflake frame and the shape on your card, fab images too. I am getting emails, I wish we could contact Bloglovin to get problems sorted. I have a problem and emailed them a few times and they don't even acknowledge me.
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A lovely set of Christmas cards Kate, lovely colouring with your new markers too, Robyn
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful set of cards, all colored so beautifully! It's a shame you had to toss your Copics. The Copic sketch markers I use are refillable and have replacement tips too, so they're a forever investment for me!
ReplyDeleteFour really lovely creations, great images and love the delicate blue background and the super snow flakes.
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