Lockhart Stamp Company just released some wonderful new 2013 Spring & Summer images and today I'm using this sweet Gift of Flowers to create a fun thank you card over in Ellen Hutson's the CLASSroom . . . I hope you'll join me there to find out how to create this unique card!
~ Sharon
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I needed a little watercolor therapy tonight, so I thought I'd make a Valentine for my youngest triple-scoop chocolate lover:
Doesn't it look good enough to eat?!! (I think I might be just a little bit carb and sweet deprived!). I stamped Karen Lockhart's Doodles Ice Cream Cone with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto Copic X-Press It Blending Card. I like using this cardstock to watercolor with my Copics because it's so smooth and the colors push around and blend easily.
Next, I filled a water brush with Copic Blending Solution. You'll see in a few photos below that I used a plastic palette with wells in it to squeeze some Copic Various Ink Refills in and then used the water brush to pick up the color and watercolor with. I started by giving the ice cream a base coat of E23-Hazelnut:
I left a few highlight spots white. Then I used a little bit darker E25-Caribe Cocoa to shade the bottoms of the scoops:
Next, I used E30-Bisque to cover the cone (here's that palette I'm using to hold the Various Ink Refills):
Then I used my E31 marker to trace over the cone lines. The cherry was colored with R83-Rose Mint:
I used BG000-Pale Aqua for the background. You can probably see how wet the edges of the aqua background are below -- You can use just the Blender Solution in the waterbrush to blend and fade out the edges of the color right into oblivion!
Here's the finished piece, die cut with My Favorite Things' Dainty Doily Duo die and popped up on Copic Foam Tape:
Pretty Basic Grey True Love patterned paper "girlifies" it nicely for my 10-year old, I think -- especially since she IS my cherry on top! She already snuck a peek just as I finished and asked if she could have this for dessert . . . that's all the approval I need! :)
Thanks so much for visiting . . . I hope you have a fabulous weekend ahead! I'll be back Sunday evening with a fun StampTV Challenge for you!
~ Sharon
{Supplies}
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It's almost that time . . . can you believe the first month of the year is almost over? February is just around the corner, so I got a head start on my February calendar!
I hope you'll join me over in Ellen Hutson's the CLASSroom, where I'll show you exactly how I created my calendar. Happy weekend!
~ Sharon
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Before I announce the winner of my Season's Givings prize giveaway, I wanted to share this brand new sweet Lockhart Stamp Company Ribbon Snippets Heart (#7018) tag I made:
I stamped the heart onto Copic X-Press It Blending Card and colored it with markers from the Copic 25th Anniversary Limited Edition Sketch Set:
Once again, the smaller nibs on these Sketch markers made it easy to color the smaller details of this image. I also colored a piece of white lace trim with the BV13 marker, so it would match the image.
The heart was fussy cut and then mounted with Copic Foam Tape to a red tag left over from my 2012 Advent Calendar project (it measures 2.75" x 4.25" and was cut with a free tag file that came with my Silhouette Cameo). I attached a tiny 7 Gypsies metal key to the heart (I colored it black with Copic 100 marker), also using the Copic Foam Tape -- I love that I can cut just the size I need of this tape, to fit my project perfectly!
The ribbon was secured to the bottom of the tag with Tim's Tiny Attacher and the sentiment stamped with a fun roller date stamper. Machine stitching around the perimeter and tied ribbon at the top complete this Valentine tag.
NOW ON TO THE GIVEAWAY WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT! Thank you all for taking the time to enter my Season's Givings prize giveaway:
I sure did enjoy reading about the ways you all celebrated bringing in the New Year! Both of my daughters had been sick since Christmas with this bad virus/flu that's been going around, so we just stayed safe and sound at home watching movies all evening. Then we had our traditional black-eyed peas (for luck) and cabbage (something green for prosperity) to eat on New Year's Day! Is that a tradition you've done on New Year's, too, or is that just a southern thing? :)
Now on to the winner . . . Random.org chose:
Who is:
Bundled up in a warm blanket by the fire! Thanks for the chance to win something.
Congratulations, Renee! Please send me your mailing address by using my email link under my photo above, and I'll get your prize package right out to you!
Thanks for stopping by today ... happy weekend!
~ Sharon
{Ribbon Heart Tag Supplies}
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