Easy Copic Outlining ft. He Is Risen w/Kelly

Hello Crafters! Spring is here!!!

I'm so excited for warmer temps, grass, flowers to start blooming, warmer temps...you hear what I'm saying. I'm so tired of being cold ya'll.

I decided to ring in Spring with a Simple but colorful Easter card.

I combined our Modern Calla Lillies set with the He is Risen set to create this sweet bouquet. The coloring was inspired by my friend Jana Millen. I saw a card of hers where she used simple outlines to add color to her images and absolutely loved it!. You can see her card here. 

I started by creating a tone on tone background for my flowers to POP off of. I used the large background stamp from He is Risen to stamp in Nautical Navy on Nautical Navy card stock. That's a mouthful ha! But it gives a gorgeous tone on tone look which I adore.

Next I stamped out all of my flowers and leaves and went in with my copic markers. Since it's just outlining the images the coloring goes so fast! Originally I started with lighter colors but I could not get them to photograph well to save my life.

This is the original color scheme. Because photography can be so tricky the dark background kept making my flowers look almost completely white. In real life the card had much more color. In order to fix that I went back into the card with slightly darker colors.

You can watch the entire card in all it's stages in the video below.

Watch above or watch in HD at YouTube

I still like the original color scheme the best. After seeing the photos do you think I should have left well enough alone?

Thanks so much for dropping by to visit today!

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Wplus9 White Cardstock Shop at: WP9	Autumn Leaves Shop at: SSS | WP9	Autumn Leaves Die Shop at: SSS | WP9
Wplus9 HE IS RISEN Shop at: SSS | WP9	Wplus9 HE IS RISEN Dies Shop at: SSS | WP9	Modern Calla Lilies Shop at: SSS | WP9
Modern Calla Lilies Die Shop at: SSS | WP9	WPlus9 Nautical Navy Cardstock Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 Nautical Navy Dye Ink Shop at: WP9

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Masculine Card & Mirror Technique w/Kelly

Hello Crafters! It's been a hot minute since I made a masculine card but when that someone special in my life told me "You've never made me a card" I knew I'd have to figure something out.

Since coffee is kind of a mutual love for us, I started with the Cookies & Cocoa set. That mug was perfectly sized for the idea I had.

It's a party mug!

I thought it would be super cute to incorporate our love for coffee into his card by making his mug celebrate his special day. I used the mirror technique to get both his and hers mugs.

Once the mugs were stamped I trimmed out a mask for the mug but I needed the negative instead of the positive so I could use all the party images to decorate his bug. I started with the Big Top Background then stamped the party hats and stars from the Unforgettable set. Once that was done I stamped the letters to spell out "His". I used the same mask flipped over to stamp the "Hers" on the other mug.

I used the Basic Labels and some simply masking to create a "Happy Birthday" flag for his mug. Of course no birthday is complete with a few balloons to celebrate. Once the stamping was complete I went to work with my copic markers.

You can see the card from start to finish, including the mirror technique, in the video below.

Watch above or watch in HD at YouTube

I love the shine the glossy accents adds! I think this a really fun idea, to create an inanimate object that's celebrating those special days. This would work with a lot of different options. Cars, drinks, any hobbies that person might enjoy. What do you think?

Thanks so much for joining me. I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

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Wplus9 Hayride Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 Wild Mango Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 Big Top Background Shop at: SSS | WP9
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EK Success WRITING PEN FINE TIP Shop at: SSS	Fiskars PREMIUM CUT LINE Paper Trimmer 12 Inches Shop at: SSS	Tombow MONO MULTI Liquid Glue Shop at: SSS | WP9 | HB
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