A Little Kraft

Hellooo lovely people! The last card I made was all about enjoying colour, this time the inspiration is all about kraft! (Nothing like 180 turns to keep life interesting :0) Hee.

This challenge was posted on A Blog Named Hero and it's the first time I've played along with them.

I was quite inspired by a Kim Hughes project in PaperCrafts "Card Sketches" a while ago, which used lovely sparkly poinsettias on kraft. I wanted to use the concept in a different way, so that's where this started:

The floral images were heat embossed onto kraft cardstock and then coloured with Copics. (It's a tad messy and the white embossing does tend to get a bit coloured. I find if you go back with a colourless blender and flick those areas, most of the colour comes off - but if you keep colouring over it with the blender, the embossing starts getting mushy. Not good :0)

I coloured a second layer of small flowers to layer over the large ones, they're popped up on some foam for a bit of dimension.

My gel pen came out of retirement to finish this off with some faux stitching. The poor thing has been so neglected, I'm glad the ink was still runny!

I love the richness that kraft gives to Copics. There is an added depth to the colour that doesn't naturally exist. Add some sparkles to the mix and  - *poof* instant happy :0)

Thanks for stopping by!

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Stamps:  Layered Flowers, Thank You Sayings (Hero Arts)