Sunday, May 3, 2009

HHC29 Heat Emboss! Plus, more info on highlighting with Copics.



I'm grateful that Ying, one of our darling Divas, came up with this challenge! This week, get out the old heat gun and emboss away! Remember that if you join in, and link a photo of your project on the High Hopes Blog, your name gets entered in a draw to win two free High Hopes Stamps!!
I stamped Fanciful Flower and Fanciful Flower Corner in Versamark clear, sprinkled on gold embossing powder, shook off the excess and heat set.
The other bg paper is one I made with alcohol inks dripped onto white glossy. I used some Spellbinders dies with my CB as well. I left the main image panel in the square die to before I sponged on Vintage Photo Distress ink to get a crisp white edge.
I stamped the bee twice so I'd have another set of wings to use. After embossing the wings with Psychedelic Embossing powder, I cut them out and popped them up at the outside edges, and taped them down flat closer to her body.

HIGHLIGHTING
In this close-up picture, notice the highlights on her bow and shoes. I'd like to explain the two techniques I used for both, which differ from the one I did in my tutorial from Monday April 27 2009.

For the bow: I left a white path where I thought the light would be hitting it. Since satin bows tend to reflect a lot of light, I wanted this highlight to be stark and very bright. I waited until the ink was very dry, about ten minutes (though you probably only need five). With my colorless blender, I carefully drew it along the edges of the red closest to the white path I had left, without going all the way across and dragging red ink into the white. Since it was such a tiny white area, some of the red did bleed into it, but that's ok, it makes for a more natural looking highlight anyway.

On the shoes, I colored them in red, leaving no white areas. I waited for the ink to be dry, about ten minutes, and using my colorless blender, drew it along where I wanted my highlights to be. It took several strokes with the brush tip til I was happy with it, about five or six times. By doing it this way, the highlight will not be pure white, because some of the original layer of color will remain. It makes for a more subtle highlight. I still wish to to a tutorial with photos to make the s'plain'in much easier to comprehend!



I hand wrote a little play on words for my greeting inside, as well as using some older saying stamps from the High Hopes catty!



And here are the colors I used. Wow, not my usual two thousand and twenty two shades! LOL



Thanks for coming by for a visit today! Wish we could sit awhile and chat with a cuppa jo. Sure would be nice, eh?
Hugs to all!
God bless you!

26 comments:

  1. This is beautiful Crissy, your colouring is exceptionallly gorgeous, have a lovely day huggies June xx

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  2. Simply stunning you make it look so easy, this is really gorgeous hugs pops x

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  3. such a cute card, and I love your soft coloring!

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  4. what a lovely card that little bee is super cute

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  5. Oh so beautiful Crissy and I just love the paper you created, such a gorgeous effect and you know how much I adore your colouring, Love the pretty heart and raffia, Have a great Sunday, Big Hugs, Nikki x

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  6. What a stunnig card! Love the distressing and coloring. Thanks so much for the explanation, I"ll have to try this.
    Hugs, Christine :)

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  7. This is incredible as always Crissy! Your colouring is always beautiful!

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  8. Oh WOW! This card just "jumps" off the page...(I wish it would...in my hands)! Love what you have done wit the embossing...but mostly TFS your techniques...You are so gifted with your coloring and the way you put your white areas :)

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  9. I'm absolutly blown away! I love your colouring and your tutorial is A++++ Thanks !!
    Love ya!
    Amy

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  10. What a beautiful card Crissy,l love the image and colours.

    Hugs Riet.x

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  11. Oh hun, I love your card! Just love your awesome colouring and I lovin the embossing too!
    Hugs Tab xxx

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  12. Awesome card, Crissy.
    Love how you colored the bee...the red accent is wonderful. The paper you made with the alcohol ink is amazing!! The colors are so rich.

    Karen x

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  13. This is the first time I visit your blog but it will certainly not be the last! What a great blog, with lovely cards and you explain everything so well!
    Lots of greetings from a Dutch girl, Anita

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  14. Beautiful card Crissy, such a cute image and your colouring is beautiful. Thank you for the tutorial too. Dawn Marie.x

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  15. I love that little bee! Your backgrounds are awesome. I need to go dust off my heat gun. :)

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  16. What a beautiful card, I love the distress ink on the edges, how do you think of these things?

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  17. Fabulous Crissy!! Love the embossed bg, it's super and your coloring/shading, everything it outstanding!

    Hugs, Kelly

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  18. Ohhh this is gorgeous!!
    Love the image and you`re colouring is wonderful!
    Hugs from Maya :)

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  19. Great card! Love the homemade paper--the colours are so brilliant--kinda like you! Thanks for the helpful hints on shading!
    Bee Blessed!
    Sarah

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  20. Feel free to snag any quotes you like--thanks for stopping by!
    Blessings,
    Sarah

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  21. Crissy,
    Your card is unique as always and I love your style. ALL your daughters are beautiful and I wonder if they are actress? too beautiful. You are blessed and I am so lucky to know you.Hugs, ying

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  22. Gorgeous card, and the image is so beautiful! Fab papers you used! Hugs COCO

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  23. Fabby creation Crissy, love your colouring...very kind of you to share your tutorial....I don't colour with copics but can appreciate the advice anyway! bx

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  24. This card is So Fabulous!!...and that Bee is Super Cute!!...I love the way you've achieved the highlights here. I'm going to have to try this!!...Hugs, Ila

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