May I Suggest

Sharon Johnson is off to CHA, she always has a May I suggest column on Wednesday mornings. As you can imagine, getting ready to take a "working" trip requires more time that we have allowed. Sharon, not ever wanting to disappoint, asked if we had any tips to share.

Follow the links for more tips in one day than "I" usually find in a week. And wish Sharon and Jan a successful "shopping" trip. So, May I Suggest!

Working with clear card stock gives you many options to show off your creativity. When I used clear card stock I have a tendency to show more of the background papers that the clear stock.

May I suggest, for an extremely easy background start with one of the newly arrived 6x6 designer papers, then all you have to do is add a few embellishments, walla your done.

Here I stamped the butterfly twice on vellum with versa mark, embossed with silver pearl (I bought while on vacation ), then colored with copic markers.

A quick tip, using darker shades of markers on vellum, I found that the lighter colors did not show as well .


I glued one butterfly on top of the other for an added dimensional affect

The tulip is also stamped with a dark shade (SU baroque burgundy) then lightly colored with copic markers. A quick tip, when using copic alcohol based markers over a water based dye marker, use a light quick touch as the alcohol has a tendency to smear or blend the water based dyes.

I found it very easy to use my markers on the edge of the cut out images, that way you don't have to trim as close or precise. What easier way to cut out intricate designs.

To take a look at other creations check these out, Sharon Johnson, Faith Hofrichter, Julie Koerber, Leslie Miller, Susan Roberts and Linda Duke. You won't want to miss all the fabulous tips not to mention GORGEOUS cards, all using clear card stock.