Elemental Baby!
I just love Michelle’s gallery (sf9erfan), so when I saw that she was today’s Featured Stamper at SCS, I just had to make time to play. This is the card of Michelle’s that I cased. As you can see I made a few changes — I changed it from a standard A2 card to a 5.5″ square card and I changed the placement of the sentiment, but for the most part I stayed with the layout and the flower placement. Here it is:
OK, now don’t laugh — I know this isn’t typical for me — but I sure had fun!! This idea has been in the back of my head for weeks, and today was the day it just HAD to come out — the layout from Michelle was perfect, so I took a much needed break and went for it!!! LOL!!! This is also for my Friday’s Stamp Simply Challenge to think out of the box – so see, I have permission to be a bit goofy with this today - LOL!!!
As for thinking out of the box — can you guess which Flourishes stamp I used on this card? Well, here’s the set – it is Flourished Elements, one of my all time favorite classics from Flourishes. Did you see the oval frame in the set? Well, that’s it. I colored her face in with the skin toned Copic and drew in her hair with the black Copic. Her facial features were drawn in with the fine tip of the SU Black Journaler. The cheek blush is SU Pastels applied with a Q-tip. The flowers are all from the SU Pretties Kit, some colored with the SU pink marker. The hair ribbon is SU Taffeta. The sentiment is from Open to Love by Flourishes, and the White Satin Ribbon and Pink Scalloped Edge Ribbon by May Arts are from Flourishes as well.
- Stamps: Flourished Elements and Open to Love by Flourishes
- Paper: Black, White, Pretty in Pink and Pink Prints DP by SU
- Ink: Adirondack Pitch Black, Copics, Pretty in Pink SU marker and black SU Journaler
- Accessories: Ribbons, SU Pretties Kit, Brads, Mounting Tape, SU Pastels, Q-tip.
Update on my Copic coloring experienes: Well, it’s coming, though I really haven’t had much time to color of late. I am feeling a bit more comfortable with my Copics; however, my biggest struggle lies in coloring larger spaces, like this girl’s face. I have a hard time getting it to look really smooth and well blended. On this face, for the first time, I used the wide tip of the marker, and I really thought I did a pretty good job getting her skin tones nice and even as they look pretty good IRL — LOL!!! Uploading it and putting it on the screen tells me differently — back to the drawing board!!! I definitely see some Copic lessons as being a necessity in my future!!!
Anyway, I had great fun with this card!!! I encourage you all do something a little silly, to think out of the box, just for the pure fun of it!!! Thanks much for stopping in and hope you all have a great week ahead.
And 10 Minute Tuesday begins this week - so say tuned for super quick samples on Tuesdays!!! Thanks much for stopping in!!!