Thursday, June 4, 2020

Special Guest - Vicki Finger


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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1 comment:

  1. They are all beutiful. I especially love the background on the second one

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