Copic Markers with Prismacolor Valentines

I collect Gorjuss Girls stamps.  I say I "collect" because, although I buy and love them, I rarely actually USE them.  So I think that makes me a collector.

Today I used two of them!  YAY!! These are from the mini collection which works better for A2 size cards than the regular sized stamps. I consider them a bit of an experiment since I normally like the stamps colored in rather dark tones similar to what is seen on the packaging.  But I wanted to try something different so I lightened things up and used brown for shading rather than black.

I wasn't (and I'm still not) completely content with them.  I think the background helps with the colors.  But since these are Valentine's cards for my daughters, I had to know when things were good enough and stop there.  It's not that they are bad - they just aren't what I had envisioned in my mind. I went down a creative path and it didn't take me quite where I was hoping to go. But that's okay - now I have a reason to try coloring these again using a different palette!

I used a very light base color of Copic markers.  Then I went over that with Prismacolor pencils.  When I was almost finished I used Gamsol for some blending.  After using Gamsol I rarely go back in to add color, but I did here.

Happy Valentine's Day!  I hope you enjoyed today's post.  And I hope it shows that not every card turns out as you intend, but that it can still yield good results!

Inks: Copic Markers with Prismacolors
Stamps: Gorjuss Girls Little Heart and Little Love

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