Good Saturday morning. I still had the Altenew Poppy Fields set on my desk from playing with it for the release blog hop last week and decided to try my hand at coloring the Poppies. I was very inspired by Kara Vrabel’s brightly colored red Poppies done with Copic markers and wanted to take a stab with them as well. I only have two red Copic markers and both were a lot darker than what Kara used. On top of that I am totally Copic coloring challenged so I just did my best. I think the flowers are way too dark but I do like how they pop against the all white framed background. I wish I could improve my Copic coloring skills but I never seem to take enough time to practice.
I secured the cardstock and stamps in my MISTI used Memento Tuxedo Black ink to stamp the flowers. I stamped each flower to get a really good dark image and then set the ink with my heat gun. I colored the flowers with the lighter red marker and colored outside the lines of the images so there would not be any white outline when I die cut them. I secured the dies in place with small pieces of Eclipse tape and ran them through my Big Shot.
I stamped the sentiment on the card base and framed it using the Lawn Fawn Scalloped Rectangle Stackables and a Nestabilities Matting Basics. I attached thin strips of mounting tape to the back of the frame and attached it to the card base. And don’t look too close at how crooked that frame is attached. I love using frames but getting them lined up straight is definitely my Achilles heel. LOL! II gently bent and formed the flowers using my fingers and attached them to the card base using glossy accents.
You should check out the United We Flourish page on Ellen Hutson with video tutorials and step by steps on how to use this fun multi step Poppy Fields set.
Thanks for coming by and I hope you are enjoying your day.
Card size: 5.50” x 4.25”
Kitty, I think these poppies are absolutely beautiful! The whole card is just lovely..
I don’t see anything wrong with your Poppies….you always color well…maybe you use something else other than copics….but these are beautiful…
Kittie, What a beautiful card. I love the simplicity of it. So striking. Thank you for sharing your creativity