Hello crafty friends. I’m back with some Copic colouring today, as well as a favourite trick of mine for creating backgrounds. It’s been absolutely freezing here in Japan, so I’ve been both wearing ing colouring wool! There’s nothing like a wool jacket for keeping you warm when you’re out on your bicycle!

For today’s card I’ve used the ‘You Warm My Heart’ stamp set from Paper Rose Studios. I stamped the main image in Copic friendly ink. I knew from the start that I wanted to make a variegated ball of wool, so I chose three colours that would work together, and made sure that I had similar last numbers in each colour set, so that I could blend between colours. I then cut the image out with scissors, leaving a small border.

To make the background, I chose one of the small stamps from the set, and two similar colours of ink. To ‘colour’ the little balls of wool, I used the back of the stamp. Simply stick the stamp on your block upside down, and you have a solid stamp. This works best for stamps that are fairly symmetrical, like this one. Once I had stamped all the paler blocks of colour, I turned the stamp over and used the ‘correct’ side of the stamp. For this card I used Altenew Inks in Soft Lilac and Lavender Fields. Because the Lavender Fields is quite a bit darker than the Soft Lilac I stamped off on some scrap paper and used the second stamping for the card (Well, except for that once in the top right hand corner where I forgot!) A little white pencil toned most of the colour down!

The sentiment comes from the same stamp set, and I used a small purple border around both the sentiment and the main panel to frame them both. As always, I used foam tape to pop everything up, and then I added a few sequins to complete the card.

I hope that 2020 is starting out well for you. If you liked this card and would like to see more, feel free to visit my Instagram feed, where I post a lot more cards than make it to my blog.

Until next time, may your days be crafty (and free of fires and smoke if you’re in Australia right now)

Blessings, 

Donna

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