Hello, everyone! It's Vicki Finger here today as a Special Guest for Whimsy Stamps!
My first card features one of their rubber background stamps called Sea Shell Background. This is such a pretty background! So I tried it a few ways for you. First, I heat-embossed the background stamp onto a panel of Bristol Smooth Cardstock using Versamark and Simon Says Stamp Antique Gold Embossing Powder. Then I did Ink Blending over the entire panel using Distress Oxide Inks in Salty Ocean, Mermaid Lagoon, and Peacock Feathers. I love these beautiful sea blues with the gold heat embossing. I gave it time to dry then misted the panel with some Iridescent Gold Shimmer Mist. Once it was completely dry, I die cut the panel using a plain 4.25 x 5.5-inch rectangle die.
My focal image is the Goldie digital stamp. For this little lady, I wanted to stick with the sea blues, even on the tail. Because I don't have all of the colors in Copics, I just grabbed a few B colors and a couple of BG colors and then some of the E colors for the skin and hair. Even the little snail's shell is done in sea blues. I added Tonic Nuvo Shimmer Pen to all of the mermaid and also to the bubbles.
For the second background panel, I heat embossed again using a piece of Arches Cold Pressed #140 Watercolor Paper. Then I wet the whole panel with clean, clear water and did a wet-on-wet watercolor technique to get the variegated colors that you see. I used a wide range of Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolors colors from Pink to Rose to Purple to Coral to Blue. It's always a hot mess until you set it aside to dry. I knew I wanted to keep as much of the background as I could in this case, so I die cut it with a 5.5 square die from my stash. I created a 6" square card from Neenah Marble White #130 cardstock.
Next, I stamped my focal image Goldie in black and colored her with Copics. For the coloring, I grabbed colors from the Violet, Red Violet, and Red families. The hair was done again with Earth tones. I really enjoyed making these two cards as it gave me a chance to practice my coloring. I don't use much yellow, even in stamping so I didn't have enough colors to make "Goldie" with a golden tail.
I know this post is getting long, but I have a few more projects to share with you.
I love the Wee Stamps Line over at Whimsy Stamps, and this little girl is called Sweetie. Again, I colored her with Copics.
Just because I loved the image so much, I also decided to color in the Mistletoe Fairy image.
I colored her with Copics and added a layer of Tonic Nuvo Shimmer Pen.
I hope you enjoyed my cards today!
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They are all beutiful. I especially love the background on the second one
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