Adding details with copics!
Good morning, Jess here! I wanted to create a CAS card using primarily stamping with ink pads but with a little extra details from copic markers and I’m really pleased with how it turned out. Concord & 9th is one of the newest companies that MarkerPop is carrying and I wanted to show you how easy it is to create a bunch of really pretty cards with nothing but a handful of ink pads and copics!
That little bit of copic shading at the base of each bottle tree really adds depth to the card! So I started by stamping the trees from Concord & 9th’s O Christmas Tree across my card base using a variety of dye inks. I also used my MISTI to make sure my trees lined up correctly.
Next I added shading using two copic markers for each tree. I left the color lighter in the middle of the curve to give it a little depth. Then I added clear spectrum noir sparkle and trimmed the panel down to 4″ by 5.25″. Once it dried I prepped it with my powder tool and then stamped the sentiment across the card with versamark before I heat-embossing it with gold embossing powder. Finally I covered the edge of another piece of white cardstock with versamark and heat-embossed it with gold embossing powder to create a frame. I adhered the tree panel to the gold frame and that was it!
These would be fun and easy cards to mass produce for a holiday card. You could use different color palettes or do an ombre look using varying shades of one color. Thanks so much for stopping by today and have a wonderful day.
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Tags: concord & 9th, Copic, Jessica Frost-Ballas
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Kristina Song
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So colorful and beautiful!
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Carolina Alvarez
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Perfect!, simple, easy and a really beautiful card!
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Michael Bakeler
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Such an elegant card! I love your style!
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Celeste Goff
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Such a fun and unexpected color combo for a Christmas card Jess!
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Trina P.
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Love non-traditional colors for Christmas cards. Great tip with using Copics for shading and adding depth.
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Lisaerica
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Hi Jess, such a pretty card! I love the colors and the media mixture. My mom had such a love for bottle brush trees since I was little. I remember them around the house during the holidays, all different sizes and colors. Thanks for sharing and inspiring.
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Patt H.
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Very pretty card! Love the unexpected colors!!
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Denise Bryant
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Love this card! Such fun colors and an awesome tree stamp!
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Jennifer K
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Really great Christmas card, I love the colours and how you did the gold embossing around the separate piece of card-stock to create a frame for the tree panel, it looks fantastic.
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Maggie B
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Hi Jess ~ Your card is another stunner! I love the Copic/Ink Pad combo. They’re a match made in heaven. This card would be beautiful to mass produce for my large family. Thanks so much for sharing! ~HUGS~
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Annie
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Such a pretty card. Really wonderful.
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