Oct 07 2008
2 For You Tuesday #18
Hi everybody! I hope your week is going well so far. I can’t believe it’s Tuesday already! I have 2 new cards for you today.
RUBBERNECKER – TUESDAY TREASURE HUNT
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Arrrr ye mateys, it’s Treasure Hunt Tuesday at Rubbernecker. Hop on over to the Rubbernecker Stamps Blog so you don’t miss those Design Team Members who are offering up Rubbernecker Bucks today. You’ll also find your first link in today’s treasure hunt!
Our Design Team, as always, will delight you with their creations. Be sure to visit their blogs~
- Bev Gerard (Tex)
- Candy Williams
- Juliana Swanson
- Kittie Caracciolo
- Linda Duke
- Shelly Kuck
- Sherry Cheever
- Tami Mayberry
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My card today uses a little of the wealth of knowledge I gained from my Copic markers class with Marianne Walker. You know how we’ve always used the marker-to-rubber technique to color our stamps before huffing, then stamping? Well, this is a similar technique using your Copic markers.
I colored my Red Flowers stamp with BG72 and YG97 markers. Then instead of huffing on the stamp (which by the way will NOT work with Copics), I spritzed my paper with a mini-mister filled with Copic blending solution. The solution keeps the paper moist, which reactivates the alcohol of the markers. The result is beautiful!! I know I’ll be using this technique a lot!
I distressed the edges with my scissors and a sponge dabber using gray ink. I also used my new Fiskars threading water punch for the black strip along the right edge. The main flower was stamped again, cut out and popped up with a dimensional. The center is white opal Liquid Pearls. I also stamped my French Letter background and my sentiment with Adirondack Slate ink.
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Stamps: Red Flowers – Jeanne Streiff Collection, French Letter – Stamp Oasis Graphics, dream-create-inspire text
Paper: white, black, basic gray, S.E.I. Poppy paper stack
Ink: Adirondack – Slate, going gray
Accessories: Copic markers: BG72, YG97, C1, Ranger Mini-Mister, Copic Blending Solution, sponge dabber, Liquid Pearls – White Opal, Fiskars Threading Water punch, Styled Silver Hodgepodge hardware, ribbon
Items available from Rubbernecker Stamp Co.
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JACKSONBELLE EMBELLISHMENTS – JBE023
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Each month the Jacksonbelle Embellishments Design Team gets to CASE one of their own members! And this month it’s ME!!!! At first I wasn’t going to make a card and CASE myself, but then there wouldn’t be 2 cards for the 2 For You Tuesday post, so I decided to go with an easy one and one of my more recent favorites. This is the card I’m CASEing~
I had a lot of fun making it, and combining the whimsical image with the elegant paper and bling. I kept the exact layout and embellishments, and changed only the stamp set and papers. Here’s the CASE~
Don’t you love this cute little image by Inkadinkado? It’s called In A Jam and the second part of the sentiment which I’ll use on the inside of the card says “it’s nice to have a friend.” I colored the image with my Copic markers:
I wanted to point out that I kept the oval Nestabilities die in place after cutting out the image, and sponged some Adirondack Cool Peri ink around the inside edges with a sponge dabber. When the die is removed, there appears to be an added layer of dimension to the image.
Also, to achieve the look of a “rough” road beneath the tires, I colored a road in with a E43 Copic marker. When that was dry, I used the tip-to-tip technique, touching the E43 tip to an E49 marker and dotting the same road area. This was also done for the chicken scratch on the Cocktails card.
That’s it for today, folks! Please visit the other design team members blogs to see what they’ve CASE’d of mine! I can’t wait to see! (Did you leave a comment at the JBE blog to win some candy?) And PLEASE link back here if you decide to play along! I’d love to see your creations!!
- Amber Hight
- Beth Thomas
- Dee Jackson
- Kisa Peters
- Lila Holgate
- Lindsey Botkin
- Lynda Benden
- Maren Benedict
- Rachel Baird
Thanks so much for stopping for a visit! See you tomorrow for the Rubbernecker Blog challenge and a new Color Throwdown color challenge!
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Stamps: In A Jam – Inkadinkado
Paper: white, bravo burgundy, Basic Grey – Perhaps
Ink: Versafine onyx black, Adirondack – Cool Peri
Accessories: Copic markers, sponge dabber, petite oval Nestabilities, rhinestone stickers, hardware, May Arts ribbon
Items available at Jacksonbelle Embellishments.
21 responses so far
Thank you for sharing nice tips and techniques! Love the first card! Very elegant and very delicate! The colors are so natural! And the second card is so cute! Amazing how you can do such a nice job of coloring this little tiny stamped image! Love the gems! Thank you, Broni!
I really like the copic blending solution technique. Gotta try this out. Beautiful cards as usual Broni!
The RN card is so beatuifully romantic. It is also one of my FAVORITE color combos!!
That Inka card is soooo sweet!! I love the little flower on the antenna! Stunning coloring!!. Thanks for the technique tips–now all I need is Copics 😉 !
Wonderful cards, Broni!
Both are fabulous Broni, I so wish I could have went to the Copic class with you, thanks for the tip!
Fabulous technique, Broni!
You’ve really brought out the beauty of these stamps with this one!
Love your color throwdown card too! Totally delightful!
Oh Broni, I love your Silhouette card using Jeanne’s set. The coloring and sentiment is beautiful. I love the the darling car card as well as the cocktail one. Gorgeous coloring, Broni.
Great cards! I love both – your coloring for those tiny cars …perfect!
Your cards are gorgeous, Broni!!! The flowers are just lovely and what a cool technique…gotta try that!!! Your self case card is also wonderful…the rough road technique is another super cool idea…AWESOME work!!
I love the image you used. What a great card!
WOW!!! That first card is just gorgeous! Love the text behind the flower!
BOTH are awesome Broni! I LOOOOOVE how elegant the top one is, the colors, I love it! LOVE The JBE one, sooo cute, GREAT colors! 😀
Perfect card to CASE – I chose that one too!!! Thanks for the tip on how you created that gravel look – inquiring minds wanted to know!!! Thanks – great samples!!!
These cards are both wonderful! Love the cool blues of the RN card and love the CASE! That was the card I almost chose for the challenge!
Wow Broni, the RN card is BEAUTIFUL! I LOVE the colors and the flowers are just stunning!
You REALLY did a great job casing yourself! Love the cute image and the road is awesome! It was really fun casing you!!!
Wonderful, wonderful!
Wow!! Another awesome 2For you Tuesday:) I love the colors and softness of the RN card. The JBE card is so fun. What a great image and sentiment. I hope you enjoyed your day and all the creations made in your honor:)
Absolutely gorgeous, love every deail on these card!!!!
Beautiful use of Fall colors! I really like the way you painted the image and used the bling!
Whoops! and I forgot the cocktail twins! That is so cute! Love the colors too!
Wow! sorry…….hard to tell where the projects begin and end. Your first card is just so pretty. The simplicity gives it such elegance. Love the embellishments too.
Wow, Broni! Your flower card is GORGEOUS! I love those flowers with the silver hardware! And the jam card is adorable! Fantastic coloring!! (I must add that little stamp to my list.) 🙂