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Saturday, March 13, 2021

Let Your Spirit Fly!

 Hello crafty Friends! I am so excited to share my first post on the Maker Forte Design Team! I just love black and white mixed with color. I also love manipulating my images to be a little different than intended. 

I made this black and white paper background by repeatedly stamping the floral stamp from "Bless This Nest",  a Maker Forte collaboration with Jess Fracisco. I stamped the flower and hummingbird on a piece of Neenah cardstock and colored them in with Copic Markers {see below}. After I colored the flower swag, I fussy cut it and snipped it in half. I wanted the two ends to face up for the hummingbird to hover over the small hibiscus bud. They needed to have a sky behind them so I ink smooshed Hero Hues Reactive ink "Pool Party" on a piece of watercolor paper. I stamped the sentiment and trimmed it a little different than a usual flag edge. Then I layered the two pieces of the sentiment on a piece of Eclipse Black cardstock. This is what I had before I assembled my card:


I cut a 4 1/8"x 5 3/8" piece of Eclipse Black cardstock and layered it on the white card base. Then I added the black and white stamped background panel. I popped the ink smooshed piece up on foam tape and arranged the flowers. I placed the sentiment how I wanted it and popped the hummingbird up on foam tape. To finish it off, I added some Mercury Kaleidoscope powder on the hummingbird. I love the shine, but was not able to capture it on camera.   I just love that hummingbird! 


Copic markers:
Hummingbird: YG03,G24, G02, R22, R27, E50, E42, W2
Flowers: 
Lily:RV11, RV14, RV29
Hibiscus: YR000, YR00, YR01, RV11, RV29
Leaves: YG01, YG03, YG05

Thank you for stopping by! I would love to know if you love to color flowers or if it stresses you out. Please check out these awesome products that I used to make this card!








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