Congrats again to Vicki! This time I chose her Reds & Greens of Christmas to case. I kept the wreath and holiday theme, but added some die cut layers and embossing and changed it from Christmas to Thanksgiving.
After stamping, I colored the wreath in with Tombow markers. I stamped the apples twice more on another piece of white card stock and colored them with a combination of Copics and Tombows. Found out an interesting thing doing this and so here's my Fun Dscovery Tip for You: If I lay down a light base color with the Copics (here I used FY1, Fluorescent Yellow Orange), then use the Tombows (water based markers) on top, the paper doesn't pill or shred like it does when using water based makers and with heavy blending. The reason I did this, was because my Tombow red markers are so much brighter and clearer than the reds I have in Copic markers. And with the Copic base, they blended beautifully and easily with no paper shredding. So give it a try and mix things up!
I was in a hurry so I opted to die cut the wreath w/ a scallop circle instead of fussy cutting. I used both the lg and sm scallop circles to cut out the dk green and kraft circles to back the wreath. On the white background, I used an embossing folder and on the narrower strip on the right, I stamped the wood background with the desert sand ink before embossing it as well. I added a narrow dk green layer to make it stand out a bit. The sentiment was die cut using a small tag die. I cut to the middle, took it out, turned the die around and cut the other end to the middle in order to get both ends the same. I added a few more punched branches behind it and a tied green straw like ribbon at the top of the wreath. The finished card is 4.25 x 5.50.
Thanks so much for looking! All the info and links are on my blog: The Write Stuff. I also have a fun discovery I made while coloring this and if you don't like your waterbased markers making the paper pill up or shred, then this tip for you! So I'd love for you to check it out!
Date: Monday, October 1, 2012 GMT Views: 1942
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Registered: October 21, 2007 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 6707
Mon, Oct 01, 2012 @ 11:14 AM
WoW! What a beautiful wreath! Love your card!
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Registered: February 21, 2007 Location: Bay City, MICHIGAN Posts: 17556
Mon, Oct 01, 2012 @ 11:20 AM
Gorgeous wreath and I love how you added some netting in with your bow!
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Mon, Oct 01, 2012 @ 3:25 PM
Omgosh! Oh So Stunning! this is such an inspiring card! love every amazing detail!
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Judy
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Mon, Oct 01, 2012 @ 4:25 PM
Wow, Julie, what a masterpiece. I love this new stamp, and the coloring is just awesome, especially these beautiful apples.... They look so real.... Of course you have such great detail on this one with the branches and everything... What a great idea to use the scallop circles alternating colors and sizes for your backing of the wreath and then to top it all off with this wonderful bow... All of you are amazing and I feel so blessed. You really know how to make me feel so special. I really appreciate you and this beautiful creation... Thanks so much....
------------------------------ Happy Stamping Vicki One of Kota's Kids ***A Proud Fan Club Member *** QFTD81.... FS295