Hello everyone! Today I am sharing villainously awesome card I created using the Once Upon a Nap set by Kindred Stamps, along with their newer I Put a Spell on You Die! I do have Copic Marker Colors for this wicked enchantress at the end of the post!
I have been having some fun lately going through my stash and using some products that I absolutely love, but haven’t gotten used in a white! I can’t believe it’s been almost 2 years since I last used the Wicked Enchantress image from Once Upon a Nap in a project! I stamped her with Ink on 3 Blackout Ink and I colored her up with my Copic Markers, fussy cut her out, and set her aside.
For my background, I decided to cheat a little, and use a colored cardstock instead of just white blending cardstock like I usually do. I took an A2-sized panel of Gina K Designs Lovely Lavender Cardstock, and blended it first with Catherine Pooler Pixie Dust ink heavily around all the edges. This kept that Lovely Lavender color in the center of my panel. Next, I took Catherine Pooler Grape Crush ink and blended it around the edges of the panel, but not going as far towards the center as I did with the Pixie Dust ink. This created a nice 3-tone ombré effect!
I chose the (retired) Retro Waves stencil by Kindred Stamps to layer on top of my purple background. Using Catherine Pooler Blackjack ink, I blended over the stencil entirely. Then, I reached for my Black Soot Distress Ink, and, with the stencil still over my card panel, blended the Black Soot ink around the edges of the panel, just to make the edges a bit darker to match the Grape Crush portions. Once the stencil was removed, I splattered the panel with Sparkle Silk.
I grabbed my I Put a Spell on You Word Die by Kindred Stamps and a piece of white blending cardstock. I used Catherine Pooler Garden Party ink to blend about 2/3 way up the panel, and then used Catherine Pooler Lime Rickey Ink to blend about 1/3 way up the panel. This created a nice white to lime green ombré. I splattered some water to get those bleached spots. Once dry, I splattered some Catherine Pooler Deck the Halls ink, let it dry, and splattered some more Sparkle Silk for extra shimmer. I ran the panel through my die cutting machine with my I Put a Spell on You die, and also cut out 2 more die cuts. I stacked and glued the 3 die cuts directly on top of each other to get some nice dimension.
Tip: When wanting your word dies to have an ink-blended ombré effect, I recommend blending first and die cutting second. Sometimes the word dies can have a delicate quality to them, where you could potentially wrinkle the paper with your blending tool just purely because you are applying some pressure to the die cut. It isn’t always required, but it’s just one of those tips I follow for myself as a safety precaution to avoid messing something up!
To finish my card, I adhered my sentiment directly onto my panel using iCraft Ultra Bond Permanent Adhesive, adhered my Enchantress using iCraft Foam tape, and a few embellishments from the You Make Me Batty Sparkle Blend to give this card a little more glitz.
And that’s how I put my card together!
As promised, here are the Copic Marker combinations!
Wicked Enchantress Copic Markers:
Green Skin: YG03, YG01, YG00, YG000
Blush: R24, R22, R21
Lips: R17, R14, R11
Eye Shadow: V25, V22, V20
Black Cloak: T8, T6, T4, T2
Purple Trim and Collar: V17, V15, V12
Raspberry Undercloak: RV69, RV66, RV63
Staff Stick: YG67, YG63, YG61
Staff Orb: YG45, YG41, YG11 + White Gel Pen Accents
Note: If cutting out your image right on the line, I do recommend running a brush tip Copic Multi-liner along the edge of your image to “clean it up” and conceal any visible white paper!
Justin
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