STAMPtember – The Greeting Farm | It’s a One Layer Christmas!

This card was not colored using Copics. It just dawned on me the other day – if it’s so risky to color with Copic markers over heat embossing (something I still don’t mind doing, but I know a lot of you do), why not find another, different medium that will not be affected by the embossing powder when colored over it.

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CARD DETAILS

I’ve had these waterproof brush pens from Jane Davenport ever since they came out earlier this year and I haven’t really used them much. I did use a black pen here and a red pen for an upcoming post, but I never really considered them as a coloring medium. Until today. There aren’t a lot of colors, I have 6 in my stash (and I think that’s it), but it’s enough for some accent coloring such as this.

The stamp set I used to make this card is a new exclusive collaboration set from Simon Says Stamp and The Greeting Farm, part of STAMPtember 2019. To create this card I masked 1/4″ off each edge of a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2″ Fog panel, next I arranged images in my MISTI creating 4 rows of critters and sentiment with a fireplace in the center. I heat embossed all in Antique Gold embossing powder and colored.

I used red, black and brown (for the fireplace, although it looks almost like black) pens from Jane Davenport, white Sakura pen in all 3 sizes and a YR07 Copic marker (for the fire and beaks). A white pen and non-white background are essential for a design such as this one as it not only lets you color some sections of the images white (and that’s why you need to start on a non-white background, light gray works best) but also add patterns to clothing.

While this card is super simple, I really like how it turned out. It’s clean, it’s modern, it’s exactly how I like ’em! Happy STAMPtember!

SUPPLIES

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The Greeting Farm Clear Stamps Stamptember 2019 Exclusive Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Fog Gray Cardstock Shop at: SSS	Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Antique Gold Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS
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Sakura Classic White Gelly Roll Pens Set of 3 Shop at: SSS	Spellbinders Thriller Jacket Ultimate Waterproof Brush Pen Shop at: SSS	Spellbinders Black Lace Matte Ultimate Waterproof Brush Pen Shop at: SSS	Spellbinders Made In Suede Ultimate Waterproof Brush Pen Shop at: SSS