When I first told you about the Artistic Expressions stamp set, I had no finished artwork to show you. Well I did actually use it to make my wedding anniversary card to Adrian last week. It’s a super simple card. The word Love is stamped onto one of Lesley’s vintage tags with Brilliance Pearlescent Poppy. I made a heart stencil from a piece of card (fold in half and cut half a heart) and sponged some of the poppy ink through the stencil. I then removed the stencil and cut out the heart, leaving a small border around the stencilled area. I stamped the flourish onto a plain white card with Bundled Sage distress ink and stuck the heart on with foam pads.
Now for a complete contrast to the pale, subtle colours above – this is the one you might need the shades for. Over the last couple of evenings, I’ve been feeling the urge to do some colouring. Word stamps may not be the obvious choice for colouring, but here’s what I came up with.
It is ages since I got the copic markers out, so I decided to practice my shading. The scan has actually made some of my gradients look more ‘stepped’ than they look to me in real life. I stamped the word and flourish in Memento Tuxedo black then just drew some lines with a copic multi-liner black pen. After I had done the colouring, the lines looked very thin and lost so I embellished each one in some way, then darkened the edges with Black Soot Distress ink.
I thoroughly enjoyed the colouring – it’s so soothing and relaxing. I ended up with pens all over the table and instead of putting them back how they were, I have sorted them into colour groups and put them into separate containers grouped by colour.
Maybe if I leave them out in tubs I will use them more. Just looking at that photo of the pens makes me want to dive straight in and start colouring something right now!
PS – thanks for the comments about the blog scheme. I like it, but I’m having a bit of a nightmare with it behind the scenes so not sure if it will last!
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I really like both the cards Glenda!
The first one is lovely and elegant, and the second takes me right back to the 60′s! Fab! Just the thing to chase away the horrid grey, wet weather we’ve been having here for months now.
I’m now giving some thought to storing my pens like that too, I do often forget about them having so much other stash to use!
Coral xx
Love the card and the colouring is fab Glenda !
Love both cards Glenda they are so different but both equally gorgeous and that second one is a great idea for something different to do with the word stamps xx
What gorgeous card both in their own way. The first one is very elegant and the second one certainly chases away the blues love all those colours and would love to dive into and use the Copics very inviting in those tubs.
Suexxx
Both are beautiful Glenda…. the 2nd one needs to be made into a floaty top for me I could wear any of me Docs with that… time you went into fabric printing
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Suzee xx
Love both cards but especially the second one. Looks like one of those fabulous art journals that I keep meaning to have a try at. x Lavinia
oooooh – just look at those pens & the colours – I need to follow your cue too. I feel the need to practise blending but want to get ahead with the Alphatags so I’m ready for your MCC Design. Love the way you turn your hand to CAS & elaborate. Now those tubs look very interesting – I can identify the Sketch & Ciao but those black capped fat ones look more like Letraset Trias or maybe ProMarkers but the logo doesn’t look quite right. I’ve not gone quite mad – I’m laughing at myself for I can see the funny side of having a product fascination…….
Have a brilliant day & thanks for a lovely colourful start.
Paula (PEP)
You know your pens Paula, the fat ones are indeed Tria Markers and there are a couple of ProMarkers in there too. My Tria markers are about 15 years old, so the logo may well have changed over the years.
Glenda
ooh, all those pens – am green with envy! really like the first card, so simple and elegant – but the second certainly brightens the day up! Like the zentangly lines separating the colours
Hi Glenda, lovely ‘Adrian’card and the 2nd one really jumps of the paper! Great and if I may I will use that as an inspiration for Posthumus next weekend!
warm greet, Miranda
Brilliant Card so elegant
CAN we see more wedding pics
I’m supposed to know where my wedding album is?! Tell you what, when I can fit back in my wedding dress I’ll share more wedding pics then. Might be this year …
Glenda
What a Simply Beautiful Anniversay Card. It took me Weeks to narrow down my Valantine and Days to make it. I need to learn ‘Simple’. Your Create Card is in completely the opposite direction, The Colours are Spectacular! I rather like Your Blog’s New Clothes, shame they seem uncomfortable. Best Wishes!
Love Adrian’s card, very elegant. Your colouring is fab, I gave my Copics to my niece, couldn’t get on with them. Seem to do better with Promarkers & Spectrum Noirs, for some reason.