Hi Everyone, it’s Faye Wynn-Jones here and I am delighted to be posting at Your Next Stamp today.

 I thought I’d share a little cheat I mess around with from time to time…

It all started with clouds. I love clouds. But, they are something I have to really think about colouring to get right. And sometimes, I just want quick clouds! I also like looking at techniques that have been done with other mediums and working out how I can achieve the same thing with my Copic supplies.

So, clouds. What do we need?

 

Cardstock trimmed down to the size you want to cover (mine measures 11cm square)

Craft Mat

Make Up Sponge

Suitably sky coloured Copic Re-Inker (I used BG70)

Copic Marker in the same colour as above

Die Cut Clouds (mine are done on scrap card)

Place a small amount of Re-Inker on the craft mat and dab the make up sponge onto it, to pick it up. You do need to work fast here, as the ink dries fairly quickly on the sponge. I also only place a small amount of ink at a time on the Craft Mat, for the same reason.

Starting at the top of your square of card, place your die cut where you want it and dab the make up sponge along the edge of the die cut. The first time you do it, you will have more ink on your sponge, so press gently! You will need to apply more pressure as the ink starts to dry.

Work your way down your piece of cardstock, moving the die cut clouds around and switching between the two sizes. I left a rough, small circle area clear, in the bottom left of my card to stamp my toadstool in. I was happy to do this by eye, but you could stamp the toadstool first and mask it. 

When I have finished dabbing my clouds on, I go back into some of the cloud creases and add a little extra colour with my Marker. I dot the colour in with a fairly light touch, and return to add more if I want to increase the colour even more.

Now it’s time to stamp and colour the toadstool. I used the following Markers…

Toadstool Stalk; E41, E42, E43, W3, W5

Ground; E41, E31, E33, E43, W3, W5

Wood; E31, E33, W3, W5

Window Panes; BG70, B91

White; C0, C1, C3

Yellow; Y13, Y17

Grey; C3, C5, C7 

Red; R14, R24, R29, E09

And finally, the card. I die cut a cloud for the corner, (attached with foam pads) and some grass, which I coloured with YG01, YG03, YG17, YG63 and YG67. I stamped a sentiment and some little hearts and doodled a border. 

All done!

Thanks so much for stopping by… Have a great day.

Faye xx