Saturday, May 1, 2021

Sometimes, You Just Gotta Color...

Oh, hi! The new Gerbera Daisy stamp & die set by Whimsy Stamps just made my heart flutter! I couldn't wait to sit down and color it . . . so I did . .. three times . . . three different ways.

For my first card, I reached for my trusty Copics (colors used are listed below). I've been practicing underpainting and I love how this turned out.

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For my second card, I thought I'd try out my new Zig Clean Color Brush Markers (colors used are listed below). Watercoloring is not one of my strengths, but I thought I'd give it a shot . . .I figured I could do "loose" watercoloring to warm up a bit. The colors are much softer, but I really like how this turned out, too . .. especially because I usually struggle with watercolor.



For my third card, I decided to only color some of the flowers . . . because you don't always have to color everything. And, I used my Zigs for this card, too. I wasn't too sure how the silver embossing would look, but I was pleasantly surprised.

I also used the coordinating border die to cut up along the top of the flowers, and to add some texture, I stamped the Tartan Plaid background stamp onto pink paper with Hero Arts Unicorn White Pigment Ink.

And. . .since I embossed the image in silver, I thought a silver frame around the sentiment would tie it all together.


Supplies used:


Copics used:

Sky - BG000
Purple Flowers - BV02, BV00, B60
Tall Purple Flowers - B63, B66, B60, BV31
Red Flowers - R17, R14, R02, underpainted with B32
Peach Flowers - YR02, E95, YR00, E99, Y19, Y08, Y06, underpainted with B00
Yellow Flowers - Y19, Y08, Y06, underpainted with BV000
Leaves - BG75, BG72, YG61, BG90, YG67, YG17, G24, YG63
Berries - BG72, BG90

Zig Brush Markers used:

Pink, Orange, Yellow, Light Green, Persian Green, Light Violet, Pale Violet, Shadow Mauve, English Lavender, Light Brown, Pale Gray

Zig Brush Markers used on silver embossed flowers:

Pink, Yellow

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