Life is full of Beauty

Greetings! Saturday is my day to share a project for Funky Fossil Designs. Their newest collection is the Mixed Media Compendium and it's absolutely fabulous! Click HERE to see what's new! However, I will tell you that you really ought to check out the bundled Mixed Media Compendium Collection which includes the A5 Beauty In Bloom Clear Stamp Set, the A5 Wings of Change Clear Stamp Set, the  Mixed Media Stencil Pack, the 8x8 Mixed Media Compendium Patterned Paper Pad, and the Checkmate Stellar Paste. It's a fantastic deal!

However, I opted to go fairly clean and simple with my first project using the Mixed Media Compendium products, though I channeled my inner magpie and made it sparkly.

Here's my card!

Funky Fossil Products Used:

Beauty In Bloom Clear Stamp Set 

Flowerful Mask

Winged Mask

Other Products Used:
Cryogen White Curious Metallic Cardstock

Raven Textured Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Obsidian Amalgam Ink by Gina K Designs

Lost Shadow Distress Ink by Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink

Tranquil and Serene Dye Inks by Catherine Pooler Designs

Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Copic Markers: BV000, BV0000, E21, E000

Shinhan Touch Markers: Dark Blue Light, Pale Blue, Coral Red, Deep Red

Pigma Black Pen

Repositionable Sticker Paper by Avery

Glassboard by Glassboard Studios

Stamping Platform 

Notes:

• Cryogen White Curious Metallic Cardstock is an off-white shimmery cardstock that is compatible with alcohol markers. When dye inks are applied, they acquire a lovely shimmer, which appeals to my inner magpie. I hope you can see the shimmer on my card.
• My "go to" Memento Dye Ink smeared horribly and corrupted a completely innocent Copic marker. so I tried Amalgam ink instead and heat set it. 
• I did not want to risk contaminating my beloved Copics, so I used older duplicate markers for the skin and Shinhan Touch markers for the flowers and her lips. I had purchased a few Shinhan Touch markers when I first started my alcohol marker journey addiction over 15 years ago. The ones I used were still mostly okay, but I discovered a red one whose nib just broke off. 

Instructions:

1. Cut a piece of 12x12 black cardstock in half, score at 6", and fold to form a 6" square card. Set aside.
2. Use Obsidian Amalgam Ink to stamp the left gazing face from the Beauty In Bloom Clear Stamp Set twice — once onto a 6" square panel of Cryogen White Curious Metallic cardstock and once onto repositionable sticker paper.
3. Heat set the image on the Cryogen White cardstock.
4. Use alcohol markers to color the face and the flowers. 
5. Fussy-cut the sticker paper version of the Beauty In Bloom face and place it over its counterpart on the image panel as a mask.
6. Brush Lost Shadow Distress Ink over the image panel.
7. Place the Flowerful Mask over the left side of the image panel and secure with magnets. 
8. Brush Tranquil over the Flowerful Mask onto the image panel.
9. Remove the mask from the image panel. 
10. Move the image panel and clean the Glassboard.
11. Place the Winged Mask over the image panel, secured with magnets.
12. Brush Serene over the Winged Mask onto the image panel.
13. Remove the mask from the image panel. 
14. Move the image panel, clean both masks, and the Glassboard.
15. Remove the sticker paper mask from the stamped image.
16. Trim the image panel to 5.75" square.
17. Use a black pen to edge the image panel.
18. Heat set the image panel.
19. Place the image panel back onto the stamping panel and secure with magnets.
20. Place the "Life is" sentiment facedown on the lower right of the image panel as shown.
21. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamp and lift.
22. Ink the sentiment stamp with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp. Re-ink and stamp again if necessary to attain a good impression.
23. Heat-set the image panel.
24. Adhere the image panel to the reserved black 6x6 card.

Thanks for visiting today!