More Flowers with Stained Glass Greetings!
Hi friends! Happy Thursday! Please welcome very special guest Bibi Cameron back to our blog! Looking at the image below I could barely believe that this was her FIRST time using Copic Markers!! Talk about a NATURAL! Read on for more details below and enjoy!
Hello from the North of Scotland! I hope you are doing well. It’s Bibi Cameron here and today I’m sharing a very simple card design idea and my very first cards ever using Copics!! Can you believe that? I don’t know how I have survived for so long without Copics in my stash?
I did a bit of masking to stamp one of the beautiful florals from Summer Flower Stamp Set and the gorgeous sentiments are from Stained Glass Greetings stamp set.
I stamped all the images with Black Simon Says Stamp Ink, and I heat set it.
First I stamped the flowers and then I added colors using Copics. Once I finished coloring I stamped the big sentiment three times using the Tim Holtz Platform as I want it to be bold and sharp.
I love Simon Says Stamp Ink to stamp fine details as it allows me to stamp crisp and clean lines .. it is just perfect to avoid blotted or blotchy edges and once it’s fully dry it can be used with waterbased coloring products. Now that I have tried this I can say that it is awesome to use with alcohol markers as well.
So I’m a bit obsessed with green and reddish ( brick – wind) colors and I have lovely watercolor paints and water-based markers in these shades but I recently have been looking at Kelly Latevola chatty videos and she inspired me to order my first set of 36 Copic Ciao markers.
I got the Copic Ciao Markers Set B which includes reds and green colors, some primary colors and skin colors too! So it was a great solution because it was the one I could afford to give them a try.
I found that buying them in a set is better value for money than buying colors individually as I got a few Copic markers here and there but they didn’t seem enough to make anything much at all really.
So I was a bit worried about my Copic coloring skills ( none) although I had to stop worrying and then I did what I always do: relax and enjoy. I applied colors without thinking too much, laying down darker colors in some areas of the images and always in flicking motion.
I was having so much fun coloring these images that I quickly made a second card in blue-purple shades as well.
I also used SSS Wonky Rectangles Dies to die cut the panel and add a decorative stitched pattern on the edges created by this die and Deco Diamonds Background Stamp to stamp that beautiful geometrical pattern on an envelope which is a perfect match for these cards.
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Wow!!!! Really STUNNING cards!!!! LOVE!!!!!!!
Beautiful!
STUNNING!!! Beautiful coloring
Sooo beautiful!
WOW, stunning card Bibi. Gorgeous Copic coloring making your florals so realistic.
Beautiful cards! I love how you added the stamens to these to change the look of the flowers. And beautiful colouring ….I especially like the blues.
Beautiful flowers.
I like the bold sentiment.
Gorgeous coloring
and love the look.
Carla from Utah
You did a great job with the Copics on your first time out with them! Wonderful job! :)
Beautiful cards. Your flowers are awesome.
Thanks for sharing….
Very pretty cards.
What a great effect! They are both beautiful!
Those flowers are simply stunning and for it to be her first time using Copics is amazing. The blending of her colors were beautiful!! Bravo!!
I can’t believe it’s your first time using Copic markers and they came out stunning! I keep wanting to try them but have been concerned about spending that much money for the markers and then not being able to make anything look good LOL. Seeing your first try gives me at least a little bit of hope hehe and great tip on buying a set instead of individuals which is what I was planning to do. Thanks for 2 beautiful cards and the inspiration to try this myself :)
Amazing coloring for your first time with Copics Bibi. Yor cards are stunning!
What a great job for a first coloring project. I already follow by email.
Oh WOW Bibi, They are both gorgeous cards! Your coloring is beautiful and it’s so amazing that it was your first time using Copics! I am hoping one day to be able to get some myself. :) How you added the sentiment over the flowers makes it pop, such a neat idea! Thanks for sharing!
Crafty Hugs,
Sherry xx
Beautiful cards, the colouring is stunning!!
Wow! Very beautiful cards.
Wow–these are so pretty!
Wow! Beautiful cards, and what a great promo for those Copic markers! I think I have the first thing on my Christmas list!
Beautiful cards!
I love the stained glass sentiments. They look fabulous with the flowers.
I love the colors you chose!! I, too, am learning to use copics. Not sure what the difference is between ciao and sketch, though.
Fantastic colouring!
Lovely cards!
These cards are absolutely amazing!
your copic colouring is great!!!
Gorgeous cards! Your coloring is so beautiful.
Very pretty cards!!
These cards are amazing – your flowers are beautifully coloured!
Very pretty and thanks for sharing.
Linda D.
So gorgeous – I especially love the shading on the blue florals!
Gorgeous little cards x
WOW these cards are beautiful!!!
These are absolutely stunning cards!! I love the coloring on the flowers. Just gorgeous!
Oh wow,these are gorgeous!
Beautiful cards and great coloring.
Beautiful.
BEAUTIFUL CARDS
Hi Bibi. I’m so disappointed you didn’t make a video tutorial – I’m obsessed with Scots and Irish accents so would have been sitting there drooling. You have done such an amazing job with your colouring and those two truly gorgeous cards. Well done! Thanks for sharing with us.
No way could I color first time like that! Just beautiful.
Super pretty! :)
How pretty! I love the colors and both cards! Thanks for sharing!
Such pretty cards!
WOW! Your coloring is STUNNING! Gorgeous creations ♥
Your coloring is just wow! Such gorgeous cards!
Stunning flowers,thanks for sharing.?
Beautiful cards! Love the impact of the sentiment with the flowers and the white space :)