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Emily Midgett

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Spring Blooms with Copic Markers!

Hi there! I have a trio of cards that I created using one full colored panel from my new Spring Blooms 6×6 background stamp for Honey Bee Stamps! I’m not going to lie; some of the stamps that I illustrate are more exciting for me than others. I this this background stamp is one of my absolute favorite sets that I’ve illustrated. Those huge peonies and anemones are so much fun to color!

I began by stamping the Spring Blooms 6×6 background stamp onto a 6×6 panel of Copic-friendly white cardstock using no-line coloring ink. I colored the entire background using Copic markers (I’ve shown the combos below), with an interesting combination of deep, raspberry pink, bright blue, and golden orange. I saw a photo on Pinterest of a bridal bouquet with these colors (it actually was the bouquet that inspired the illustration to start with), and I couldn’t wait to color it using the same colors!

After I’d colored the entire image (I won’t tell you how long it took), I wanted to maximize the entire image by creating as many cards as I could from it. So, I cut it into three panels to create three cards with it. For the first card, I used a long, rectangular panel and backed it with a slightly wider piece of black cardstock to create a mat.

For the first card, I used a long, rectangular panel and backed it with a slightly wider piece of black cardstock to create a mat.

For the card base, I created a super textured, white-on-white background using the Quatrefoil Cover Plate bundle. I mounted the floral strip using liquid adhesive, orienting it to one side, then added a die cut greeting cut from some silver glitter cardstock using the Slimline Sentiments: Eyelet die set.

My second card uses another strip of the Spring Blooms 6×6 background panel, this time across the bottom portion of a vertical A2 card front. I again backed the colored panel with some black cardstock.

I mounted the matted Copic-colored panel on another textured white background panel, this one cut using the Quilted Cover Plate die. Another simple, silver glitter sentiment from Slimline Sentiments: Eyelet die set finished it off.

The final piece of the Spring Blooms panel featured that huge peony as the star. I wanted to let it be the main character on the card, so I used the new Wood Frame Builder dies to create a white frame around the edge.

After adhering the framed panel to a white card base (using the white-on-white allows the super colorful floral panel to pop really well), I added another dimensional die cut from the Slimline Sentiments: Eyelet.

Simple, but so colorful and eye-catching! When you spend that much time coloring a background, you need to make as many cards as you can from it, right?

Well, that’s all for me today! Thanks so much for stopping by, and have a marvelous day!

Honey Bee Stamps Spring Bliss release+New Illustrations!

Hi there! Honey Bee Stamps has the new Spring Bliss release now available for purchase, and it’s chock full of some absolutely beautiful new stamp sets. I’m pleased and proud to say that I have two new illustrations being released within this release, as well! I have a quartet of pretty spring cards for you today, so let’s get started with all of the details.

My first card features some of the fantastic new standalone dies from this release: Basketweave Slimline Die and Build An Egg. I love a good standalone die… there are so many, many techniques and tricks that you can use to make them really fun and unique. One of my favorite ways to make an impact with standalone dies is to use specialty papers, like glitter or foil paper. I die cut the base layer of the eggs from Build An Egg from some sparkly white glitter paper, then die cut a some detailed eggs from pale pink cardstock and a polka dotted egg from some pink foil cardstock, as well as a few teeny eggs from Itty Bitty Eggs. I also die cut some pretty green grass using the Grass Border die.

I die cut a Basketweave Slimline Die from some plain white cardstock, then arranged all of the sparkly, shiny pink egg die cuts on the grass, adhering them with foam adhesive. I stamped a greeting from the new Hoppy Easter sentiment set, then die cut it with the coordinating dies. I added a few Moonlight gems for added texture and sparkle!

My second card features the darling new Easter Buddies stamps and dies. I began by stamping a variety of the images from Easter Buddies with no-line ink on Copic-friendly paper, then used my Copic markers to color the images. I love the look of no-line Copic coloring… reminds me of illustrations from children’s books. I die cut all of the images using the coordinating dies.

For the card base, I blended a sky using Speckled Egg Oxide Ink (an appropriate color, no?) and then blended some extra grass using the Grassy Hill Border and some green ink. I adhered the negative die cut from the first card’s grass die cut along the bottom of the blended card base using foam adhesive, then added my little bunny, chick, and Easter accoutrements using foam and liquid adhesive.

I added some sparkly white clouds cut using the Wispy Clouds dies, as well as a die cut sentiment from Easter Buddies. Love these sweet little springy animals!

My next card features one of the new illustrations I created for the Spring Bliss release: Spring Joy Bouquet. It coordinates with the previously released Floral Bouquet Wrap die, but I thought I’d show it off all by itself! I began by heat embossing the bouquet using white pearl embossing powder on some watercolor paper, then used my Holbein watercolors to add pretty pastel pink, yellow, and lavender to create a super springy bouquet.

For the background, I used the wet-on-wet technique to create a light, airy backdrop for my bouquet. I began by taping down my watercolor paper to a board, then wet it thoroughly with clean water and dropped in diluted color, swirling the colors around to create a pretty background. Once it had dried completely, I added a light pink Quatrefoil Cover Plate die cut over the top to create some subtle texture.

I added the watercolored bouquet to the card front using foam adhesive, then added a white embossed greeting on some pretty periwinkle cardstock.

In addition to Spring Joy Bouquet, I also have illustrated a new background set: Spring Blooms. I heat embossed the background stamp using some pretty copper embossing powder on watercolor paper and used Karin markers to watercolor the blooms.

I used the Oval Thin Frames die to cut a copper foil frame. I adhered it using liquid adhesive, then die cut “sending my love” using the dies from the Slimline Blanket Sentiments, cutting them three times and adhering them together to create dimensional die cuts.

I adhered the die cuts using liquid adhesive, then added some Cupcake rhinestones for extra sparkle.

Well, that’s all for my post today! I hope you will check out the new Spring Bliss release from Honey Bee Stamps. So many beautiful and unique products! Thanks so much for stopping by, and have a marvelous day!