Spotlight Technique with the Forest Shapes Bold Prints
Daniel West
Hey there friends, Daniel, here with a fun spotlight technique featuring the Forest Shapes Bold Prints. Sometimes, I feel overwhelmed with a large amount of open spaces on a background stamp. What if I color the whole thing in and make a mistake on a section of it? What if I don't have time to color it in completely because I just learned I needed a card? What if I just LOVE the spotlight technique?
These are great reasons to use this partial coloring method. I showed you how I did this during the Tuesday episode of Live with Libby (where I was Libby for a day). You can watch the replay for details.
Check out the video for tips on choosing Copic markers and palettes! I mention a wonderful tool that will change your palette game.
Now, for today's card, I did a variation of the first card, taking a strip I trimmed off the original panel I created in the video and coloring it in. I moved my card base a bit to the right in my MISTI in order to have some real estate to the right of my colored panel. I stamped the Forest Shapes Bold Prints with Intensified Black Ink. Then, I cut down an A2-sized panel of Classic Layering Vellum and ran it through my Xyron Creative Station Lite to add even adhesive to the back. Then, I laid it over my stamped card base of Dove White cardstock.
Next, I colored in the strip of the Forest Shapes Bold Prints with Copic markers using this color palette: CG10, CG8, BG49, BG18, BG15, R29, R27, R24, YR68 and YR65.
After coloring the strip, I adhered it directly over the vellum with Hero Arts Precision Glue. I made sure to align the prints up. Then, I created a sentiment strip with a great stamp from the Line Art Flowers Stamp Set, some Embossing and Watermark Clear Ink and White Embossing Powder over Pitch Black cardstock.
I popped up the strip with some foam tape over the colored strip. Then, I finished off the card with some Hero Hues Black Enamel Dots.
Thank you so much for joining me today. I hope you enjoyed this spotlight technique as much as I did. Below you will find a grid of supplies for your convenience! Let me know what your favorite colorable Bold Prints stamp is in the comments.
Kindly,
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I think circles and cylinders is my favorite colorable bold print stamp but loving the whole look and especially the stencils this month!
Love these ideas! I have so many stamps to try this with!
Love it!
Thanks!
Daniel – I really love both of these cards! Think it’s especially effective with this graphic style! Looking forward to trying this when my kit, etc. arrive! Thanks for sharing your creative vision!
Awesome cards Daniel. I love this technique and the beautiful colour combo you used.
Thank you so much for sharing, stay safe and have a wonderful weekend,