I love Karen Lockhart's new stamps! I thought that I had a favorite--the pie in the window stamp--but having seen what Kim, Sharon, and Susan have done over the past few days, I'm not sure which is my favorite now. Today I'm using one that hasn't been used in the CLASSroom yet, the Rocker. (As always, click on any image to see it larger.)
I started by stamping the image in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloring the browns (Copic E55 and E57). Individual Copic markers can be found here.
Next I colored the blues (Copic B41, B95, and B97). I kept the seat of the rocker lighter, assuming that it would be more faded than the edges of the cushion.
I then colored the greenery, shadows, and sky. The second marker from the left, the clear blender with a blue mark on the cap, is a mixture of colorless blender fluid and BG000. Other Copic markers used were 0, W1, W2, YG11, YG17.
Finally I added my reds (0 to pull the highlights out of the apples, and R27 and R59 as the reds). I saved the reds for last because I didn't want to risk causing them to bleed when I put the paler colors around the reds. A dark red is easy to smear if you touch it with a lighter marker.
To add some texture to the quilt on the back of the rocker, I cut a small piece of paper towel and saturated it with Copic colorless blender fluid. I then touched this bit of paper towel to the quilt, lightening a pattern of color.
For patterned papers, I chose some Graphic 45 Fashionista papers, Buttons a la Mode and Fasionista. A bit of sanding, sewing, and sponging of distress ink, combined with natural twill and buttons from my stash finished it off.
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