The first stamp set I wanted to color with my new SU Blendabilites alcohol markers was SU Pleasant Poppies. However, I just got around to it today! And, again, I did not do any “blending” just pure coloring inside the black lines. Oh, I do love these markers! I love how the alcohol color is transparent and shows all the detail and lines on a stamped image. I will get around blending but for now I am enjoying the coloring bliss:) I used Cindy Hall’s neat challenge at Freshly Made Sketches #141 for inspiration.
I changed it up a bit and did an A2 card instead of a square one. And, guess what? I am going to give you my measurements to save you the trouble of figuring them out. If you are stamping an image you would like to divide into pieces, you can follow this: I stamped my image on a 5″ x 3 3/4″ piece of card stock. I then cut one inch of each of the sides to make the four corner squares 1″ x 1″. Make sure you cut from each side in one inch. (Not one inch then another inch from that same edge.) Then you end up with the center top and bottom rectangles being 3″ x 1″. The center rectangle ends up being 3″ x 1 3/4″.
If you want to use Designer Paper, just cut them the above sizes and place them on your card front. There is a 1/8″ inch border around and between the cut portions. I used my grid paper to help me keep the 1/8″ border as straight as possible.
Card Recipe:
STAMPS: SU Pleasant Poppies, SU Petite Pairs
INK: SU Blendabilities Daffodil Delight-lightest one, SU Old Olive- lightest one, SU Cherry Cobbler-lightest one, SU Real Red
PAPER: SU Whisper White, SU Basic Black
TOOLS: SU Artisan Punch, 1- 1/4″ circle punch
Great job with the new markers, Cindy! I really like your interpretation of the sketch!
Kristie, thanks for stopping by and leaving a sweet comment. I admire your coloring skills!
Beautifully done!
Oh this is so pretty – your colouring is awesome! I can’t to get my hands on these markers. Thanks for joining us at FMS this week!
Thanks, Narelle. Pleasant Poppies stamps so well, and just is so pretty plain on a piece of white paper with nothing done to it!
Another beautiful masterpiece. I love the pleasant poppies stamp. Time to get it back out! 🙂
Thanks, Jodi. It is such a beauty of a stamp!
These poppies look like they are blowing in the wind and we are looking at them through a window! Gorgeous! Thanks for joining us at Freshly Made Sketches!
Thank you, Jen. I love how realistic that poppies are on that stamp:)
So pretty, Cindy! Just like looking out a window!
Awe, thanks so much, Jenny. I actually never really thought of that- a window…lol